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Cherokee County, South Carolina

Cherokee County, South Carolina has 300 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 1.9 GW of generation operating inside the county. Nothing is in the interconnection queue for the county. That is 15.9% of South Carolina's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: Duke Energy CarolinasRefreshed monthly
300MW
data centers, planned to operating
1
data center records, not cancelled
15.9%
of South Carolina's data center MW
1.9GW
operating generation, 24 projects
0MW
planned generation, 0 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Cherokee County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 3 of its 3 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Union 49 MW York 604.8 MW Spartanburg 0 MW Cherokee 300 MW
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
16%

of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 300 MW of data centers against 1.9 GW of plants.

Data centers, planned to operating300 MW
Operating generation1.9 GW
Planned generation0 MW

Data centers by status

1 record, 300 MW

Planned300 MW1 record, 100%
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The data center pipeline

None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.

Figure 1

Who is building in Cherokee

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.

Cielo Digital Infrastructure 300 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Cielo Digital Infrastructure1300
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Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. Aggregates only. Campus names are for members.

Power generation in the county

24 plants operate inside Cherokee County, 1.9 GW. Nothing is in the queue for the county.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Cherokee County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 1.9 GW 15 projects
HydroOperating 21.6 MW 8 projects
SolarOperating 5 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating151,901.9
HydroOperating821.6
SolarOperating15
Operating: 1.9 GW. Planned: 0 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 1.9 GW against 300 MW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects

Cherokee County against its neighbors

York County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 604.8 MW, more than Cherokee County. 3 of the 3 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
York County 9
605
2,476
0 0.24x
Cherokee County this page 1
300
1,929
0 0.16x
Union County 1
49
51
0 0.95x
Spartanburg County 1
0
63
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.

4 counties shown

Every record in Cherokee County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 25 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Cherokee County, SCStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 25 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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