Data Centers Atlas: South Carolina

Legal action: NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center

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.

Southern Environmental Law Center

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.

Permit and comment: NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center

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.

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.

Public concern on the record: Project Boulder

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 date: February 5, 2026

Response sources checked: October 18, 2026

Counts describe attributed documentation, not harm or severity. Allegations, procedural outcomes and published replies retain their separate scope.