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Data centers in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Spartanburg County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. Spartanburg County has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Data centers of 65 megawatts or less can still build in Spartanburg County over the next year if located in established industrial parks or on former industrial sites, and cannot generate their own electricity except for emergency backup, September 22, 2026.
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The data center in Spartanburg County
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
NorthMark Spartanburg County Data Center
Spartanburg County · NorthMark
Latest, reported September 21, 2026: Higher water demand figures were provided to Spartanburg Water on February 11, 2026, as part of the project's Large Water Meter Questionnaire yahoo.com national outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- 450 MWthird party estimate
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Spartanburg County: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
What Spartanburg County has decided
1 body, 16 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.
- Spartanburg Countycounty
Data centers of 65 megawatts or less can still build in Spartanburg County over the next year if located in established industrial parks or on former industrial sites, and cannot generate their own electricity except for emergency backup, reported September 22, 2026.
16 acts on this row
- event
Data centers of 65 megawatts or less can still build in Spartanburg County over the next year if located in established industrial parks or on former industrial sites, and cannot generate their own electricity except for emergency backup
- moratorium
Spartanburg County Council voted 5-1 to approve a one year freeze on new data centers larger than 65 megawatts
- moratorium
Spartanburg County Council held special meeting on Monday to discuss data center projects and vote on countywide moratorium on new data center projects
- litigation
Hearing held Thursday morning on whether to halt construction of Valara data center along South Pine Street; judge took issue under advisement.
- litigation
Residents filed lawsuit asking court to declare Spartanburg County comply with its own land development ordinance and require Valara Holdings to obtain major land development permit.
- litigation
Hearing held in Spartanburg County Seventh Judicial Circuit Court to address lawsuit against Valara data center project on South Pine Street.
- hearing
Spartanburg County Council held a special meeting on data center development
- moratorium
Council delayed a vote on the data center moratorium pending more information
- hearing
Spartanburg County Council held a second hearing on the NorthMark Data Center proposal
Also reported by 1 source
- wspa.com local outlet
- event
Committee held five hour meeting about a month ago with experts from power and water sectors and South Carolina Department of Environmental Services
- moratorium
County Council moved through first two readings of proposed 12 month data center moratorium; moratorium currently in effect under pending ordinance doctrine; final vote expected later this month
- moratorium
County planning and development staff denied proposed data center on Jones Road citing Unified Land Management Ordinance violations and noting inability to accept second application due to moratorium under consideration
- moratorium
Spartanburg County Council delayed a final vote on the proposed moratorium on new data center development until September
- litigation
Spartanburg County Board of Zoning Appeals denied the developer's appeal
- moratorium adopted
Spartanburg County Council unanimously approved second reading of a moratorium ordinance on July 20, 2026
- litigation
Southern Environmental Law Center filed lawsuit July 6, 2026 on behalf of concerned citizens group challenging Spartanburg County land development classification
Also reported by 1 source
- goupstate.com local outlet
- event
What happened
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· Spartanburg County
Scorecard event: Data centers of 65 megawatts or less can still build in Spartanburg County over the next year if located in established industrial parks or on former industrial sites, and cannot generate their own electricity except for emergency backup foxcarolina.com local outlet
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· Spartanburg County
Moratorium: Spartanburg County Council voted 5-1 to approve a one year freeze on new data centers larger than 65 megawatts foxcarolina.com local outlet
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· Spartanburg County
Moratorium: Spartanburg County Council held special meeting on Monday to discuss data center projects and vote on countywide moratorium on new data center projects yahoo.com national outlet
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· Spartanburg County
Litigation: Hearing held Thursday morning on whether to halt construction of Valara data center along South Pine Street; judge took issue under advisement. foxcarolina.com local outlet
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· Spartanburg County
Litigation: Residents filed lawsuit asking court to declare Spartanburg County comply with its own land development ordinance and require Valara Holdings to obtain major land development permit. yahoo.com national outlet
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· Spartanburg County
Litigation: Hearing held in Spartanburg County Seventh Judicial Circuit Court to address lawsuit against Valara data center project on South Pine Street. yahoo.com national outlet
What was said
State Rep. Thomas Beach said bill by Rep. April Cromer and co sponsored by Rep. Lee Hewitt would require data centers to pay for infrastructure including electricity and water.
Sarah Knox, Valara Holdings spokesperson, said the project would use 97 percent of its own energy capacity and minimize grid reliance
Frank Holleman, Southern Environmental Law Center, raised concerns about formaldehyde pollution from on site power generation
Every South Carolina statement, by speaker
9 more statements on this page
Valara Holdings Computing Center spokesperson
Sarah Knox said the project will not use groundwater aquifers or wells
Southern Environmental Law Center advocated for a pause on data centers and raised concerns about a data center currently under construction on South Pine Street
Sarah Knox, director of external affairs for NorthMark Strategies
NorthMark is complying with state laws and is still waiting on an air permit to operate and hopes to receive it by the end of the year
Senior Attorney, Southern Environmental Law Center
Frank Holleman, senior attorney with Southern Environmental Law Center, questioned air quality modeling and formaldehyde exposure limits
Sarah Knox, NorthMark Director of External Affairs, stated the project meets DES and EPA regulations according to plain reading
Jessica Holdman, reporter, South Carolina Daily Gazette
Company originally said it needed 50 megawatts, then said it would need 450 megawatts worth of generators on site
Spartanburg resident
Eric Allison runs a Facebook group against data centers with more than 8000 members
LightHouse CEO Nick Etschied stated the company has invested more than $28 million in the project
Disclosed figures
450 MW power
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 450 MW | 1 | 0 | 1 third party estimate | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 1 | 450 MW | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Spartanburg County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Spartanburg County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Spartanburg County, South Carolina", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/sc/spartanburg-county, updated October 6, 2026.
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Data Center Record, "Data center records in Spartanburg County, South Carolina", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/sc/spartanburg-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
- Place id
- us/sc/spartanburg-county
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- Not disclosed
- Rating value
- Not disclosed
- Scale word
- Not disclosed