A common-sense framework for digital infrastructure investment
The South Carolina General Assembly should act today – so all 46 county governments are not forced to develop a confusing patchwork of 46 different local regulatory ordinances and rules to address the same statewide infrastructure challenge.
South Carolina needs a uniform common-sense framework for digital infrastructure investment so that every community in our state remains competitive for future jobs and investment.
What Data Centers Can Bring to South Carolina
Nearly 64,000
Responsible Growth
Good jobs. Long-term investment. Future Prosperity.
Future Prosperity Requires Acting Today
Data Centers Will Pay Their Own Way
Local Communities Decide
Homeowner
Tax Relief
Protect Natural Resources
No Special
Tax Deals
Full Transparency and Accountability
No additional costs for South Carolina families. Data centers will be required by law to bear the electric infrastructure and interconnection costs created by their extraordinary demand for electricity rather than shifting those new costs to residential customers and small businesses.
Communities decide what's best for them. Not outsiders. State law will preserve local decision making concerning data center zoning, setbacks, noise, lighting, traffic, emergency response and other community impacts.
Turn new revenue into real relief for South Carolina homeowners. Any new local property-tax revenues generated from data-center development must be used be used to reduce or eliminate homeowner property taxes. Not to grow government.
A clean, healthy South Carolina for generations to come. State law will require recycled, closed-loop or water-efficient cooling systems and transparent real-time public reporting of projected and actual water use and air emission discharge.
A level playing field for taxpayers and local businesses. End future state and local data center economic incentive deals, tax abatements and fee-in-lieu arrangements. Projects should stand on their economic merits and contribute fully to the communities in which they locate – just like current businesses and taxpayers do.
Disclose everything. Accountability required. Maintain public trust. Data centers shall be required by law to disclose ownership, their customers, future power generation, water use, air emissions, community impacts and compliance with state standards, with meaningful verification and actionable enforcement.