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Berkeley County, South Carolina

Berkeley County, South Carolina has 695 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 12 records, against 3.4 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 300 MW of planned generation across 1 project. That is 36.9% of South Carolina's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: Santee Cooper (South Carolina Public Service Authority)Refreshed monthly
695MW
data centers, planned to operating
12
data center records, not cancelled
36.9%
of South Carolina's data center MW
3.4GW
operating generation, 18 projects
300MW
planned generation, 1 project
2
data center developers active here
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Berkeley County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Charleston no data centers Dorchester Clarendon no data centers Georgetown no data centers Williamsburg no data centers Berkeley 695 MW Orangeburg no data centers
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
20%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 695 MW of data centers against 3.4 GW of plants, with 300 MW more planned.

Data centers, planned to operating695 MW
Operating generation3.4 GW
Planned generation300 MW

Data centers by status

12 records, 695 MW

Operating559 MW10 records, 80%
Under construction91 MW1 record, 13%
Planned45 MW1 record, 6%
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The data center pipeline

11 records list a year online or expected, from 2008 to 2028. The largest expected additions are 91 MW listed for 2026 and 91 MW for 2028. 1 record list no year.

Figure 1

Data center MW by year online or expected

Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.

Through 20252026 and later
050100150 Snapshot year 2008 2010 2012 2014 121 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 91 2026 91 2028
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YearRecordsMW
2008134
200900
2010138
201100
201200
201300
2014174
20151121
201600
201700
2018133
2019269
202000
2021144
2022155
202300
202400
202500
2026191
202700
2028191
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 11 records with a year; 1 without are left out
Figure 2

Who is building in Berkeley

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.

Google 650 MW 11 sites
DC Blox 45 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Google11650
DC Blox145
Members see all 2 developers, each campus they own here, and the people who run their site selection and energy procurement.
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Power generation in the county

18 plants operate inside Berkeley County, 3.4 GW. The queue adds 300 MW across 1 project.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Berkeley County

OperatingPlanned
CoalOperating 3.1 GW 5 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 300 MW 1 project
HydroOperating 231.2 MW 9 projects
Natural GasOperating 65.4 MW 1 project
SolarOperating 6 MW 1 project
Landfill GasOperating 3.2 MW 2 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
CoalOperating53,111.2
Battery StoragePlanned1300
HydroOperating9231.2
Natural GasOperating165.4
SolarOperating16
Landfill GasOperating23.2
Operating: 3.4 GW. Planned: 300 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 3.7 GW against 695 MW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects
Figure 4

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
0100200300 300 2027
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20271300
No planned project is past its listed year

Berkeley County against its neighbors

None of the 5 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Georgetown County has the most operating generation among them, 1.6 GW.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Berkeley County this page 12
695
3,417
300 0.2x
Georgetown County 0
0
1,573
413 0x
Orangeburg County 0
0
716
174 0x
Charleston County 0
0
177
0 0x
Williamsburg County 0
0
20
75 0x
Clarendon County 0
0
8
0 0x

Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.

6 counties shown

What changed since June 4, 2026

1 project in Berkeley County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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1
added to a queue, 300 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Berkeley County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.

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County: Berkeley County, SCSince June 4, 2026 1 change
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Every record in Berkeley County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 31 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Berkeley County, SCStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 31 records
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