Spartanburg County, South Carolina, is reviewing draft development agreements for three data center projects, two of which involve sites where data center operations already exist. The agreements appeared for a public hearing and second reading on the county council's November 3, 2026 special called meeting agenda, according to a Colocation Scout review of the meeting packet. Final reading was still pending.
The largest proposal covers about 293.6 acres at 4000 S Pine Street in Spartanburg. Numara LLC, the owner, and Valara Holdings LLC, the ground lessee, have already developed a data center there and propose to continue building it out to 457 MW, including on-site power generation and fuel infrastructure. The draft calls for at least $2,756,660,000 in investment and targets 27 full-time jobs. The draft does not state whether the 457 MW figure refers to IT load, utility service, or generation capacity.
At 389 Tyger River Industrial Drive in Moore, AIB CLT1 LLC would replace roughly 20 shipping containers that have operated as a data center for about four years with a single standalone building rated at 50 IT MW. The company anticipates about $1.2 billion in investment and would make community payments of at least $12.6 million over a 12-year term. Its affiliate would also end an existing fee-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement.
A third, new project at 430 Jones Road would cover about 137 acres with capacity of up to 65 IT MW, a planned $1.5 billion investment, and $9.0 million in community payments over five years.
The county has a data center moratorium in place under Ordinance O-26-26. The AIB and Numara drafts state that their projects fall under the ordinance's exemptions. The serving utility for the projects was not disclosed.
Source: Colocation Scout -- https://colocationscout.com/news-spartanburg-county-data-center-development-agreements-9m-12-6m-community-payments.html