Orangeburg County, South Carolina, adopted a data-center moratorium on July 23, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is pending.
The record reads: "Orangeburg County Council unanimously passed first reading of a data center construction and development moratorium after learning a company was scouting a Brentwood Drive site for a potential project. The moratorium requires a second… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | pending | July 23, 2026 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Orangeburg County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
South Carolina context
South Carolina has 14 documented local actions across 12 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has a ratepayer-protection law (enacted, May 12, 2025).
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.