South Carolina Public Service Commission approves nearly $3 billion data center

South Carolina Public Service Commission approves nearly $3 billion data center

South Carolina regulators have unanimously approved plans for a nearly $3 billion data center in Spartanburg County, dismissing concerns raised by an environmental group.

Spartanburg data center not subject to public power plant rules, SC regulators rule • SC Daily Gazette

This photo shows a power supply cabinet and server racks in a data center. (Stock photo from Getty Images)COLUMBIA — South Carolina utility regulators ruled a Spartanburg data center that wants to generate its own power is not subject to the same regulatory process as power plants. NorthMark Strategies, along with its subsidiary Valara Holdings, is converting a former Kohler kitchen and bath manufacturing plant into a $2.8 billion computing cent…

State commission sides with Spartanburg data center in legal challenge

The South Carolina Public Service Commission unanimously ruled in favor of the data center under construction in Spartanburg.

Public Service Commission sides with Spartanburg data center, says it won't regulate NorthMark

Commissioner Swain Whitfield said the contentious NorthMark data center is not subject to the Siting Act because “the facility will not export power generated to the electric grid for public use.”