Spartanburg County

Moratoriums and bans

1. Sept. 21, 2026 Spartanburg County: Moratorium. Council began a one-year pause with a first-reading vote at a June 22 special meeting, invoking the pending ordinance doctrine to freeze new applications (including a proposal at 300 Jones Road), and adopted it 5-1 on Sept. 21 with amendments: it covers only facilities over 65 MW, exempts projects the county already approved (such as the Valara project on South Pine Street) and lets centers of 65 MW or less proceed on industrial park or former industrial sites. On Oct. 20, 2026, the county's Land Use Committee discussed staff-drafted zoning standards for data centers. (FOX Carolina, June 22, 2026; Live 5 News (WCSC), story by FOX Carolina, Sept. 21, 2026; FOX Carolina, Oct. 20, 2026)

Updates, newest first

1. Oct. 24, 2026 DartPoints Spartanburg (SPA01) · DartPoints lists SPA01 at 5700 N Blackstock Rd in a 21,400 sq ft building with a 7,000 sq ft data floor, 1.5 MW of utility power and 0.8 MW of critical IT load. (DartPoints, Oct. 24, 2026; DartPoints, Oct. 24, 2026)
2. Oct. 7, 2026 AIB Data Centers CLT1 (CLT-01 Campus) · AIB's CEO letter identified CLT1 as the site of the Nebius agreement and said customer prepayments and project-level financing would fund much of the initial development. (AIB Data Centers Inc. (via Finviz), Oct. 7, 2026)
3. Sept. 30, 2026 AIB Data Centers CLT1 (CLT-01 Campus) · AIB announced a binding 12-year agreement with Nebius for 50 MW of critical IT capacity at a southeastern U.S. facility; its investor presentation places the 65 MW CLT-01 campus in South Carolina and plans two 25 MW data halls, with two five-year renewal options. (AIB Data Centers Inc. (SEC EDGAR, Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1), Sept. 30, 2026; AIB Data Centers Inc. (SEC EDGAR, Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1), Sept. 30, 2026; W.Media, Oct. 2, 2026; Baxtel, Oct. 2, 2026)
4. Sept. 21, 2026 AIB Data Centers CLT1 (CLT-01 Campus) · Spartanburg County Council voted 5-1 for a one-year moratorium on new data centers above 65 MW, exempting projects that already had county approval and cryptocurrency mining. (FOX Carolina (WHNS), Sept. 21, 2026)
5. Sept. 21, 2026 Spartanburg County: Moratorium · Council began a one-year pause with a first-reading vote at a June 22 special meeting, invoking the pending ordinance doctrine to freeze new applications (including a proposal at 300 Jones Road), and adopted it 5-1 on Sept. 21 with amendments: it covers only facilities over 65 MW, exempts projects the county already approved (such as the Valara project on South Pine Street) and lets centers of 65 MW or less proceed on industrial park or former industrial sites. On Oct. 20, 2026, the county's Land Use Committee discussed staff-drafted zoning standards for data centers. (FOX Carolina, June 22, 2026; Live 5 News (WCSC), story by FOX Carolina, Sept. 21, 2026; FOX Carolina, Oct. 20, 2026)
6. Aug. 25, 2026 LightHouse Data Centers campus (300 Jones Road, former Greenidge site) · The Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously upheld the denial; the developer said it had invested more than $28 million and argued the board could not rely on grounds outside the original noncompliance letter. (WSPA 7News, Aug. 26, 2026; FOX Carolina (WHNS), Aug. 25, 2026)
7. June 26, 2026 LightHouse Data Centers campus (300 Jones Road, former Greenidge site) · County staff denied the application, citing five items out of compliance with the Unified Land Management Ordinance and a data center moratorium council had introduced days earlier. (WSPA 7News, Aug. 26, 2026; FOX Carolina (WHNS), Aug. 25, 2026)
8. June 23, 2026 AIB Data Centers CLT1 (CLT-01 Campus) · AIB formed AIB CLT1 LLC as the project company for its approximately 65 MW CLT-01 campus. (AIB Data Centers Inc. (SEC EDGAR), Aug. 13, 2026)
9. June 5, 2026 AIB Data Centers CLT1 (CLT-01 Campus) · AIB de-energized substantially all of its bitcoin mining hosting operations so the site's power and infrastructure could be reused for AI/HPC. (AIB Data Centers Inc. (SEC EDGAR), Aug. 13, 2026; AIB Data Centers Inc. (SEC EDGAR, Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1), Sept. 30, 2026)
10. May 27, 2026 AIB Data Centers CLT1 (CLT-01 Campus) · One Blockchain signed an electric services agreement, set to take effect Oct. 1, 2026, with a $400,000 minimum monthly demand charge; AIB describes it as a 15-year agreement for 65 MW of utility load at CLT-01. (AIB Data Centers Inc. (SEC EDGAR), Aug. 13, 2026; AIB Data Centers Inc. (SEC EDGAR, Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1), Sept. 30, 2026)
11. April 28, 2026 LightHouse Data Centers campus (300 Jones Road, former Greenidge site) · LightHouse submitted a land development application for a 200,000 sq ft, 60 MW facility to the county. (WSPA 7News, Aug. 26, 2026)
12. March 4, 2026 LightHouse Data Centers campus (300 Jones Road, former Greenidge site) · Wharton Digital described plans with LightHouse for a 151-acre campus starting at 60 MW; the county said it knew of no formal data center plan for the site at the time. (FOX Carolina (WHNS), March 4, 2026)
13. Feb. 27, 2026 TigerDC SC1 campus (Project Spero) · TigerDC withdrew Project Spero after council members said they would vote against the incentive; the county said it would wait for state rules before considering more data center incentives. (FOX Carolina (WHNS), Feb. 27, 2026; Data Center Dynamics, March 3, 2026; SC Daily Gazette, March 10, 2026)
14. Feb. 2026 TigerDC SC1 campus (Project Spero) · The incentive passed second reading. (Data Center Dynamics, March 3, 2026)
15. Jan. 20, 2026 AIB Data Centers CLT1 (CLT-01 Campus) · Signing Day Sports, then merging with BlockchAIn, described a 40 MW operating mining site in South Carolina with plans to reach 50 MW and possibly about 200 MW over time. (Signing Day Sports (GlobeNewswire, via StreetInsider), Jan. 20, 2026)
16. Dec. 11, 2025 LightHouse Data Centers campus (300 Jones Road, former Greenidge site) · Greenidge closed the sale of the 152 acres to an affiliate of The Lightstone Group and LightHouse Data Centers for $18 million plus up to $18 million in earnouts tied to added power capacity. (Greenidge Generation Holdings (SEC Form 8-K, Exhibit 99.1), Dec. 11, 2025; FOX Carolina (WHNS), March 4, 2026)
17. Nov. 2025 TigerDC SC1 campus (Project Spero) · The tax incentive ordinance passed first reading. (Data Center Dynamics, March 3, 2026)
18. 2025 Lumen Spartanburg · Lumen listed Spartanburg, SC among its colocation locations. (Lumen Technologies, 2025)
19. Dec. 4, 2024 LightHouse Data Centers campus (300 Jones Road, former Greenidge site) · Greenidge announced a $12.1 million sale of the 152-acre site to Data Journey with an 8% profit share in a planned data center starting at 60 MW; closing was expected in early 2025. (Greenidge Generation Holdings, Dec. 4, 2024)
20. Sept. 28, 2022 AIB Data Centers CLT1 (CLT-01 Campus) · BV Power Alpha LLC, now named One Blockchain LLC, held a ribbon cutting for a bitcoin mining data center in southern Spartanburg County, with a release listing an address at 389 Tyger River Industrial Park North, Moore. (BV Power Alpha LLC (PR Distribution, via Wedbush), Sept. 28, 2022; BlockchAIn Digital Infrastructure, Inc. (SEC EDGAR), June 3, 2026; BlockchAIn Digital Infrastructure, Inc. (SEC EDGAR, Form S-4 Exhibit 10.8), Dec. 1, 2025)
21. March 16, 2021 DartPoints Spartanburg (SPA01) · DartPoints announced it would acquire Immedion, whose portfolio included a Spartanburg data center. (DartPoints (Business Wire), March 16, 2021)

Statewide

The data center exemption in S.C. Code Section 12-36-2120, added by legislation in the 2011-2012 session, exempts qualifying data centers from sales and use tax on their electricity and on computer equipment and software, if the owner invests at least $50 million over five years, employs at least 25 full-time workers and pays wages of at least 150% of the county's per capita income; claims totaled about $828,000 in the fiscal year ending June 2025. (SC Daily Gazette, April 24, 2026; South Carolina General Assembly, Jan. 14, 2026) The South Carolina Energy Security Act (H. 3309, Act No. 41, signed May 12, 2025) cleared the Senate 35-11 on May 7, 2025, after the House dropped Senate amendments that would have ended data center tax incentives, required 15-year power contracts and made data centers report water use; its Section 32 (S.C. Code 58-41-50(E)) only encourages utilities to set operational and financial requirements for new loads over 50 MW, through form contracts, tariffs or service regulations, or credit policies. (South Carolina General Assembly, May 12, 2025; South Carolina General Assembly, Oct. 24, 2026; Southern Environmental Law Center, May 7, 2025; South Carolina Policy Council, Oct. 11, 2025) H. 5122 (Act No. 242, signed May 19, 2026) created a sales tax exemption and refund for internet and communications providers' equipment and electricity, but bars data centers with a contracted peak demand of 50 MW or more that become electric customers after Dec. 31, 2026, from using it; H. 4925 (2026), which would have extended the existing data center exemption to related persons of the taxpayer, never left House Ways and Means. (South Carolina General Assembly, May 19, 2026; South Carolina General Assembly, Jan. 14, 2026) Data center regulation bills died when the 2026 session ended May 14, 2026: S. 867 (Data Center Development Act: state permits, a new office at the Department of Environmental Services, PSC full-cost rules, water and noise standards) got a favorable Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee report on April 28, 2026 but no floor vote; S. 784 (repeal data center tax incentives, 15-year contracts with collateral for loads of 100 MW or more) and S. 902 (Data Center Siting Act) never left Senate Judiciary. (South Carolina General Assembly, Jan. 29, 2026; South Carolina General Assembly, Jan. 13, 2026; South Carolina General Assembly, Feb. 10, 2026; WRHI, April 29, 2026; South Carolina Policy Council, Feb. 13, 2026; SC Daily Gazette, June 26, 2026; SC Daily Gazette, May 15, 2026) Two House joint resolutions for a statewide moratorium, H. 5286 (no final state or local approval of new data centers until Jan. 1, 2028; filed Feb. 26, 2026) and H. 5526 (no data center applications or permits for facilities of 5 MW or more until lawmakers set up an oversight and approval process; filed April 14, 2026), never left House Ways and Means. (South Carolina General Assembly, Feb. 26, 2026; South Carolina General Assembly, April 14, 2026; WMBF News, March 4, 2026) Santee Cooper's board unanimously adopted an experimental large-load rate (Schedule L-25-LL) effective April 25, 2025 and available through April 24, 2029; it is mandatory for data or computing facilities and other high-load-factor facilities over 50 MW, and requires contracts of at least 15 years, minimum bills and billing demand, collateral covering 15 years of minimum bills, and a ramp to full contracted load within three years. (SC Daily Gazette, April 25, 2025; Santee Cooper, April 25, 2025) Under settlements in their 2025 rate cases, Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress agreed to seek a generic docket on large new loads; on Duke's May 27, 2026 petition, the PSC opened Docket 2026-138-E to take comments on loads of 50 MW or more, covering minimum contract terms, billing demand, collateral, exit rules and cost treatment (Order No. 2026-362, June 17, 2026, set the procedural schedule). (Public Service Commission of South Carolina, July 6, 2026; Sierra Club, Oct. 30, 2025) South Carolina data centers →