The Data Center Divide
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Darlington County
Pro-Data Center Policies
Darlington County’s enacted measure provides Echelon DC Darlington project-specific tax and infrastructure incentives and changes permit and review fees, making construction more attractive; no added operating restrictions are identified.
Incentives
Tax benefits
Authorizes Echelon DC Darlington LLC (Project Infinity) and its project sponsors to receive a fee in lieu of ad valorem taxes and infrastructure credits. The attached agenda does not specify tax rates, credit amounts, or the terms of any additional incentives.
current law · County project: Echelon DC Darlington LLC, formerly known as Project InfinityApproves a fee-in-lieu-of-tax arrangement and a multi-county industrial or infrastructure park with Marlboro County under Ordinance 24-20, which the county lists as approved by County Council (Ordinance 24-20).South Carolina Ord. 24-20 (2024) — Project Infinity/Echelon DC Darlington, FILOT & MCIP with Marlboro County
What this means
The measure gives Echelon DC Darlington project-specific tax and infrastructure incentives, and changes building permit and review fees as part of the deal (tax and infrastructure incentives). These benefits can make building the data center more attractive, and the sources do not identify added operating restrictions.
People behind it
- Darlington County, South Carolina
Party to the fee-in-lieu-of-ad-valorem-tax and incentive agreement and responsible for administering the county incentives and related provisions.
- Echelon DC Darlington LLC
Project company and party to the fee-in-lieu-of-ad-valorem-tax and incentive agreement; formerly identified to the County as Project Infinity.
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The County authorizes a fee-in-lieu-of-ad-valorem-tax (FILOT) agreement for Echelon DC Darlington, allowing the project to receive the tax treatment specified in that agreement instead of ordinary ad valorem taxation. The incentive is subject to the agreement’s terms and applicable South Carolina law. fee in lieu of ad valorem taxes
The project may receive infrastructure credits and related economic-development incentives, reducing or offsetting eligible infrastructure costs under the authorized agreement. certain infrastructure credits and other incentives
The project is included within a multi-county industrial park with Marlboro County, enabling the multi-county park tax and infrastructure-credit provisions applicable under the County’s agreement. The County’s approved-ordinance listing identifies the measure as FILOT and MCIP with Marlboro County.
Building-permit and review fees may be modified for the project consistent with the approved incentives, lowering or otherwise adjusting those fees under the ordinance and related agreement. modify building permit and review fees
Project Infinity, its affiliates, related entities, and other project sponsors may treat qualifying investment expenditures as eligible expenditures for the FILOT and incentive agreement, subject to the requirements of South Carolina Code Title 12, Chapter 44. expenditures eligible for a fee-in-lieu
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