BRIEFS: Spartanburg County could get another data center
Proposed project needs to pass two more votes before approval by county council
DOWN BALLOT STAFF REPORTS
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Spartanburg County is on track for another data center.
The county is located on the North Carolina border and both interstates 85 and 26 go through the area. It's near Greenville, S.C., Charlotte and Asheville.
According to a story from WSPA, a company announced plans to build a data center at the Tyger River Industrial Park near Highway 290.
TigerDC announced the data center and its $3 billion investment.
Spartanburg County Council gave the proposed investment its first approval in November 2025 and there are two more votes needed for the project to be approved.
Spartanburg County Council's next meeting is in February 2026.
TigerDC developed a bitcoin mining facility in Spartanburg County that has been open since 2022.
According to Data Center Map, the Palmetto State currently has 33 data centers. Spartanburg has four, Greenville has three, Columbia has five. Charleston has 15, the highest for the state.
The state with the most data centers in the country is Virginia, which has 568. The Loudoun County community of Ashburn has 128 while Sterling, in the eastern end of the county near neighboring Fairfax County has 89.
