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.
Greenwood County
Anti-Data Center Policies
Greenwood County’s enacted ordinance pauses approvals for new data centers and related infrastructure for one year, making new construction and expansion harder; it does not say existing facilities must close.
current law · County measureGreenwood County Ordinance 2026-25 imposes a temporary moratorium on the approval of data centers and related infrastructure.South Carolina Greenwood County Ordinance 2026-25 (2026)
What this means
The measure halts approvals for data centers and related infrastructure for one year, making new development and expansion substantially harder during that period (the moratorium takes effect immediately and lasts one year). The sources do not say it shuts down data centers already operating, but the reported zoning restrictions add a further obstacle to new projects.
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• One-year temporary moratorium on approval of data centers and related infrastructure. • County says applications cannot be accepted or approved. Separate zoning-amendment requirements are not treated as provisions of this ordinance.
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None identified in the reviewed moratorium sources; adopted ordinance text was not available.
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