The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Abbeville County
Mixed Data Center Policies
South Carolina offers qualifying data centers tax breaks, but investment, job, certification, and facility-size conditions limit access, and an enacted rule bars some large facilities from exemptions. A power rate requires customers to cover needed facilities, provide financial security, and accept long-term minimum charges.
Rating and summary from South Carolina statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Abbeville County.
Specific to Abbeville County only.
pending · County measureAbbeville County Ordinance 2026-05 proposes a temporary moratorium for six (6) months on applications for data centers within the County of Abbeville.Abbeville County Data Center Moratorium (2026)
What this means
The measure would pause data-center applications in Abbeville County for six months, delaying new projects and expansions during that period (six-month moratorium on applications). It is a substantial but temporary restriction, not a permanent ban or a stated limit on operating existing centers.
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Proposes a temporary moratorium for six (6) months on applications for data centers within the County of Abbeville. Final adoption is unverified.
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None identified in the reviewed sources; complete ordinance text was not located.
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