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South Carolina data center and compute infrastructure research

This state has reviewed research coverage from the national 50-state Atlas. Exact project locations are published only after source evidence establishes coordinates; state-level, regulatory, utility and prospective evidence remains visible without inventing map precision.

6reviewed research rows
2confirmed rows
4accepted prospective rows
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South Carolina

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State research coverage

South Carolina is part of the 50-state research coverage.

The current reviewed research set contains 6 accepted evidence records for South Carolina, including 2 confirmed and 4 accepted prospective rows, with a research cutoff of 2026-08-20. These are evidence records, not a count of unique facilities.

Prospective records remain labeled as proposals, applications, forecasts, targets, queue entries or other non-operational states. The Atlas does not convert state-level or locality evidence into a precise project point unless a controlling source supports that location.

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Evidence-backed project locations

South Carolina project points

Source-exact records use supported coordinates. Dashed rings mark Census address-range geocodes, not rooftop or surveyed coordinates. Qualified research candidates are shown separately at Census locality or county centroids when that is the strongest source-backed geography; those markers do not claim a precise site coordinate.

1 mapped location
Meta Aiken Data CenterAiken CountyResearch candidate · locality centroid · exact site coordinate not claimed · under constructionMeta’s first South Carolina data center campus in Aiken County, with construction having broken ground in 2024 and current Meta materials still describing the site as a developing campus.https://datacenters.atmeta.com/us-locations/Open source →
Documented project / site inventory

8 project, facility, campus or documented site records are tracked for SC.

This project layer combines available project-profile, permit/intent and civic-impact evidence. Records retain unresolved location precision and limitations rather than inventing coordinates.

unknown locality

None SC

None · SC

32 linked evidence rows · coordinate not inferred

proposed or review locality

Unknown SC

Unknown · SC

Documented capacity: 5 MW

44 linked evidence rows · coordinate not inferred

Public records and supporting context

Development context

These dated decisions, filings, research collections and supporting-infrastructure records provide context. They are not additional data-center facilities.

Public agency starting point

City of Beaufort Community Development

City of Beaufort, South Carolina · Community development team

Contact about: Where can we find the current city plan, public project-review records and the archive of planning staff reports with dated review stages?

development@cityofbeaufort.org

Source status: historical org page evidence. Verify the linked public source before relying on an assignment because staff and routing can change.

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SC data-center research sources

This record is a regional research collection or market overview. It is not an individual data-center facility.

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State contact routing

Where to start in South Carolina

Current source-backed route

South Carolina Department of Environmental Services

Contact about: Environmental permitting, public project records and community engagement.

This route was retained from current or recently revalidated public-source evidence.

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Who to contact

Public contacts for data center and compute issues in South Carolina

2 source-backed contact records are available for planning, zoning, permitting, public comments, economic development, project questions and related infrastructure issues. Verify the linked source before relying on a contact because assignments can change.

GENERAL CONTACT

Tyler Dunlop

BAQ Air Permitting Division · South Carolina Department of Environmental Services

Relevant to: NorthMark Spartanburg Campus / Valara Holdings · Spartanburg County

State air-permitting contact for the Valara high-performance compute center and associated generation permits.

Contact details: Tyler Dunlop, BAQ Air Permitting Division, South Carolina Department of Environmental Services; Tyler.Dunlop@des.sc.gov; 803-898-0660; permit CP-50000422

Tyler.Dunlop@des.sc.gov

803-898-0660

Limitation: Generator nameplate totals are not data-center IT/load capacity.

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PUBLIC CONTACT

Dr. Louis Whitesides

Vice President for Public Service & Agriculture · South Carolina State University

Relevant to: HBCU and place-based anchor institution · Orangeburg / Statewide South Carolina, with local, state, national, and global research relevance

A brief exchange on how 1890 Extension and its Community & Economic Development work translate research and public information into understandable resources for underserved South Carolina communities, and whether lessons from energy, environmental…

Contact details: Dr. Louis Whitesides; Vice President for Public Service & Agriculture; South Carolina State University; lwhitesides@scsu.edu

lwhitesides@scsu.edu

Limitation: Do not claim SC State is assessing a specific data-center proposal, endorses Compute Equity Project, has agreed to collaborate, or has a broadband/digital-inclusion program…

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