South Carolina index · last changed 13 September 2026
Selected source-linked records are published below. This is not a complete inventory of South Carolina data centers.
Explore South Carolina
Start with 18 licensed source leads, then inspect the separate public-evidence layer below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and are not a statewide census.
South Carolina map
18 licensed rows · 16 source localities · 4 map targets
The state outline is adapted from the U.S. Census Bureau 2025 cartographic boundary file. Facility coordinates are adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Outline and markers use one geographic projection before any explicitly disclosed readability offset. Exact singleton source anchors are never moved. A one-kilometre boundary tolerance prevents the simplified 1:20,000,000 outline from hiding legitimate border-area source points; farther conflicts are disclosed, not clamped. DataCenterData groups source-reported city coordinates only within a bounded map radius; the outline does not validate a facility record. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Browse all 18 rows below. Licensed rows are not independently verified and remain separate from the checked public-evidence layer.
Cielo Digital Infrastructure, LLC
Ford Road · Gaffney · Cherokee County · South Carolina
78 Global Drive · Greenville · Greenville County · South Carolina · 29607
Separate layer
Sites that operators list on their own websites and that are not rows in the licensed directory above. They are kept apart and never added to the licensed rows.
5 operator-listed sites (mixed units; not added to licensed rows) in South Carolina →
5 of these sites have no supported coordinate. The map does not invent a pin or a metro placement for them.
South Carolina evidence at a glance
Selected public evidence, not a statewide census. Each row shows whether it is independently source-linked, attributed, or unresolved; licensed leads remain separate.
No register of South Carolina data center sales and use tax exemption recipients was found.
Browse all 18 South Carolina licensed leads → · Why these counts differ →
1 campus record. Names are as they appear on each record page.
| Record / roles | Status | Capacity / scale | Primary evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| QTS York County Data Center Campus | constructioncampus | UnknownNo independently supported figureNo primary-source critical IT, utility-service, generation or measured-load figure was established. | Data Centers — York County, South Carolina →Gov. record |
Statewide audit pending
A few checked sites
This is not a list of every data center in the state, and the number here is not a count of them. There are almost certainly more.
Statewide coverage is not complete. The records below are sourced; a full statewide count has not been published.
State research audit window ended 12 September 2026. Individual records and claims below show their own evidence dates and may be newer.
Next scheduled coverage review: 12 March 2027.
1 independently source-linked project/campus record; 0 independently source-linked facility/building records; 0 attributed or unresolved rows. These counts use different units and must not be added together.
These notes name selected records, say which kinds of public evidence were checked and show what remains missing. They do not add anything to the published counts.
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Licensed and operator listings, reviewed records, answers and local policy for each place. Listings overlap and are not added; a place without a line here has no published local evidence.
No local evidence answer, reviewed record or local policy record is published for Gaffney, Graniteville, Greenville, Marion, Moncks Corner, Myrtle Beach, Prosperity, Ridgeville, Spartanburg, St. George, Union. Their listings above are source listings to investigate. No statewide evidence answer is published for South Carolina either; statewide and utility-territory rules are under Policy tracker below.
Policy tracker
14 sourced records are associated with this state context. They are grouped below as current, pending and nonbinding, and history, and each card shows its relevant date. These are not facility counts and do not cover every locality.
Recorded as in effect on the dataset date. This does not mean every project in a represented state is restricted or approved.
Enacted legislation or regulation
In effect · South Carolina · State
Effective: 19 May 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina Act No. 242 of 2026 (House Bill 5122) created a sales and use tax exemption for equipment and electricity bought by internet access and communications service providers but expressly bars data centers from claiming it.
Enacted legislation or regulation
In effect · Santee Cooper service territory, South Carolina · Utility territory
Effective: 25 April 2025
Issuing authority: South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper)
The South Carolina Public Service Authority, known as Santee Cooper, adopted experimental rate Schedule L-25-LL on 25 April 2025 mandatory for customers operating data processing facilities or other qualifying large loads above 50,000 kilowatts, and mobile data facilities above 1,000 kilowatts.
Incentive or explicitly supportive policy
In effect · South Carolina · State
Last checked: 22 September 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina exempts qualifying datacenter computer equipment and the electricity a qualifying datacenter uses from sales and use tax under Code section 12-36-2120(79).
Adopted measures with unverified effect, adopted future measures, open proceedings, proposals, drafts and nonbinding context stay separate from current rules.
Incentive or explicitly supportive policy
Informational—not binding · South Carolina · State
Last checked: 23 September 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina Department of Revenue
South Carolina Revenue Ruling #13-5 is the Department of Revenue's advisory opinion on the datacenter sales and use tax exemption in Code section 12-36-2120(79), covering computer equipment and software used in a qualifying datacenter and the electricity it uses.
Expired, repealed, vetoed, failed, blocked, superseded and completed measures remain visible without being presented as current.
Legislation introduced (any outcome)
Did not pass · South Carolina · State
Ended: 14 May 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina House Bill 4583 of 2026, summarised by the General Assembly as "South Carolina Data Center Responsibility Act", would have enacted the South Carolina Data Center Responsibility Act, adding Chapter 81 to Title 39 with requirements meant to make data centers operate responsibly, sustainably and without burdening taxpayers.
Legislation introduced (any outcome)
Did not pass · South Carolina · State
Ended: 14 May 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina House Bill 4925 of 2026 would have extended the datacenter sales tax exemption in Code section 12-36-2120(79) to persons related to the taxpayer under section 267(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Legislation introduced (any outcome)
Did not pass · South Carolina · State
Ended: 14 May 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina House Bill 5215 of 2026, summarised by the General Assembly as "Data Center Utility Costs", would have barred recovery of incremental costs caused by large load customers from other customer classes, set contract requirements between large load customers and utilities, and required reports that include, for data centers, water withdrawn for cooling.
Legislation introduced (any outcome)
Did not pass · South Carolina · State
Ended: 14 May 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina House Joint Resolution 5286 of 2026, summarised by the General Assembly as "Data Center Moratorium", would have barred state and local governmental entities from granting final approval of applications, permits, incentives or other requests for new data centers until 1 January 2028.
Legislation introduced (any outcome)
Did not pass · South Carolina · State
Ended: 14 May 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina House Bill 5484 of 2026, summarised by the General Assembly as "Energy Affordability Act", would have set terms for electric service to commercial data centers, water-use reporting, and decommissioning plans and financial assurance for commercial data centers.
Legislation introduced (any outcome)
Did not pass · South Carolina · State
Ended: 14 May 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina House Joint Resolution 5526 of 2026, summarised by the General Assembly as "Data Center Moratorium", would have barred state and local governmental entities from accepting or acting on data center applications or permits that had not received final approval until an oversight process existed.
Legislation introduced (any outcome)
Did not pass · South Carolina · State
Ended: 14 May 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina Senate Bill 724 of 2026, summarised by the General Assembly as "Commercial Data Center Water Usage Report", would have required commercial data centers using three million gallons of water a month to report their water use annually to the Department of Environmental Services.
Legislation introduced (any outcome)
Did not pass · South Carolina · State
Ended: 14 May 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina Senate Bill 784 of 2026, summarised by the General Assembly as "Energy", would have set terms and conditions of electric service to commercial data centers and required reports on surface and ground water used by commercial data centers, among other energy provisions.
Legislation introduced (any outcome)
Did not pass · South Carolina · State
Ended: 14 May 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina Senate Bill 867 of 2026, summarised by the General Assembly as "Data Center Development Act", would have enacted the Data Center Development Act, defining data center development terms and creating a Data Center Development Office; it was reported favorably by the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee but did not pass the Senate.
Legislation introduced (any outcome)
Did not pass · South Carolina · State
Ended: 14 May 2026
Issuing authority: South Carolina General Assembly
South Carolina Senate Bill 902 of 2026, summarised by the General Assembly as "Data Center Siting Act", would have enacted the Data Center Siting Act, requiring a Public Service Commission certificate before a data center may begin operation.
Review dates: the 14 South Carolina records were last checked 22 September 2026 to 3 November 2026. 3 scheduled reviews are overdue as of the tracker date 3 November 2026: Santee Cooper experimental large load rate schedule L-25-LL, Datacenter equipment and electricity sales tax exemption (last checked 22 September 2026, review due 22 October 2026); Revenue Ruling #13-5: datacenter sales and use tax exemption guidance (last checked 23 September 2026, review due 23 October 2026). Overdue means not re-read yet, not changed. No single record, and not this list, establishes complete statewide policy coverage.