5 documented items. Counts describe documentation, not harm or severity. One item can have more than one category.
Air and generators: 3 · Health: 2 · Land use and zoning: 1 · Light: 1 · Noise: 3 · Other: 2 · Power and electric rates: 3 · Water quality and discharge: 1 · Water use: 3 · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater: 1
This is a bounded source collection. Missing items do not establish that no concern was raised. A case disposition does not establish facility operating status or resolve the underlying allegations.
View 5 documented items Legal action Air and generators · Health
Southern Environmental Law Center reported filing a request for a contested-case hearing on Valara's air permit, alleging errors in emissions calculations and public participation. It requested remand and restrictions on turbine construction. These are counsel's account, allegations and requested relief, not court findings or an independently inspected injunction.
Record status: Unknown. The current court disposition is unknown in this bounded review. Counsel reported filing a request; the requested remand and construction restriction are not an order, verified injunction or final merits outcome.
Event date October 16, 2026
Source publication date October 16, 2026
Disposition date Not established
Concern sources checked October 18, 2026 The counsel release expressly states that it filed the request that day, October 16, 2026. This is the filing counsel's stated date; no independent court stamp or docket acceptance was inspected. The original counsel release is explicitly dated October 16, 2026. Publication of the actual filed request packet and an original signed permit was not established.
Raised or recorded by Southern Environmental Law Center.
No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.
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Public concern on the record Newberry County Water use · Power and electric rates · Other
Newberry County Council recorded concern that large computing campuses could strain electricity, finite water supply and local infrastructure and requests a study of energy, environmental, health, housing and community effects in its signed moratorium. These are attributed legislative concerns and requested analysis rather than proof of a measured shortage, injury, reduced housing value or an effect caused by Project Altair. Adoption of a pause does not establish resolution of the underlying concerns or cancellation of an individual proposal.
Record status: Unknown. The selected institutional account records concern or a proposed legislative reason for review. Current concern resolution, measured facility effects, final current legal disposition and individual project eligibility remain unverified. A pause, draft text, extension or vote does not establish resolution of the underlying concern.
Event date July 15, 2026
Source publication date Not established
Disposition date Not established
Concern sources checked October 24, 2026 The signed original records third reading and public hearing July 15, 2026. The Court filing stamp is July 16. The reading day dates the institutional instrument rather than first concern or exact legal commencement, and the two source days are not harmonized. The exact first public posting day of this original government document is not independently established. Signed instrument dates and printed meeting dates remain separate.
Raised or recorded by Newberry County Council.
No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.
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Permit and comment Air and generators · Noise
South Carolina Department of Environmental Services announced a June 25 public hearing and availability session for Valara's compute-center proposal. SC Daily Gazette subsequently reported residents' air and generator-noise questions about the NorthMark/Valara development. These records document a comment process, not measured emissions, present compliance or a verified final permit outcome.
Record status: Unknown. The present original permit and appeal outcomes are unknown in this bounded review. Southern Environmental Law Center reported subsequent permit approval and an October 16 appeal. The original signed permit and court docket were not inspected; that party account is not a final judicial ruling or resolution of every concern.
Event date June 25, 2026
Source publication date Not established
Disposition date Not established
Concern sources checked October 18, 2026 The agency explicitly schedules June 25, 2026 and the June 26 original report describes the hearing as having occurred. The hearing date is separate from an application, final permit or later utility proceeding. The event page has no independently established first publication day. June 25 is the hearing date; June 26 is publication of the separate outlet report, not an issued permit day.
Raised or recorded by South Carolina Department of Environmental Services.
No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.
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Public concern on the record Noise · Water use · Water quality and discharge · Air and generators · Power and electric rates · Light · Land use and zoning · Wildlife, wetlands and stormwater · Health
South Carolina Environmental Law Project raised land-use, water, air, noise, light, energy and health concerns about Eagle Rock's proposed Cooks Hill Road campus in Colleton County. The group questioned compatibility with the rural ACE Basin setting. These are attributed concerns and legal positions, not Atlas findings of measured harm or an issued permit outcome.
Record status: Unknown. The later original zoning, permit and concern outcomes are unknown in this bounded review. Group criticism, related policy debates and company water forecasts do not establish a legal violation, measured conditions, current project approval or resolution of every concern.
Event date Not established
Source publication date March 6, 2026
Disposition date Not established
Concern sources checked October 18, 2026 The changing group page discusses an application and concerns without an exact filing or testimony day established in this bounded review. Event date remains unknown; publication is not substituted. The group page displays March 6, 2026. The earlier SC Daily Gazette report was published February 5; its account of a December company statement has no independently established original statement day.
Raised or recorded by South Carolina Environmental Law Project.
Company statement reported by an outlet. Eagle Rock Partners stated, according to SC Daily Gazette, that the proposed Colleton campus would have limited daily water requirements. This is a company forecast reported by an outlet, not independently verified water use or an approved withdrawal.
The earlier report identifies the same Eagle Rock Colleton proposal. Its account of a December company statement predates the March group page and addresses water only. February 5 is outlet publication, not a newly verified operator-original reply date.
Response publication: February 5, 2026. Response sources checked: October 18, 2026.
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Public concern on the record Oconee County Noise · Water use · Power and electric rates · Other
Oconee County Planning Commission subcommittee recorded a need to distinguish computing facilities from general industrial uses and propose performance standards for noise, water, power, siting, fire safety and decommissioning. The committee also discusses power supply options and asks for legal guidance. These are attributed policy questions and recommendations rather than measured impacts, final County regulations, a prohibition in every zoning district or proof that a later scheduled meeting occurred.
Record status: Unknown. The selected institutional account records concern or a proposed legislative reason for review. Current concern resolution, measured facility effects, final current legal disposition and individual project eligibility remain unverified. A pause, draft text, extension or vote does not establish resolution of the underlying concern.
Event date February 13, 2026
Source publication date Not established
Disposition date Not established
Concern sources checked October 24, 2026 The original subcommittee minute header identifies February 13, 2026. That dates the minuted institutional discussion rather than the first concern, final legislative action or an exact first posting day. The exact first public posting day of this original government document is not independently established. Signed instrument dates and printed meeting dates remain separate.
Raised or recorded by Oconee County Planning Commission subcommittee.
No item-specific published company response was verified in the bounded source review. This does not establish that a company declined to respond.
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