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.
Union 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 Union County.
Incentives
Tax benefits
Would provide Voltedge Midway LLC (Project Alpaca) a fee-in-lieu-of-ad-valorem-tax agreement and special-source revenue credits. The attached title and minutes do not specify rates or credit amounts.
Specific to Union County only.
failed · County measureUnion County considered a data-center-related ordinance in 2026, but it was not enacted.Union County data center ordinance consideration (2026)
What this means
The proposed agreement would give Voltedge Midway tax advantages and special-source revenue credits, making this project more financially attractive to build (agreement terms). The sources describe no data-center-specific operating restrictions, though the agreement’s exact financial terms are not provided.
People behind it
- Union County Council
County legislative body that considered and introduced Ordinance 413 authorizing the Fee in Lieu of Tax agreement for Project Alpaca.
- Phillip G. Russell, II
Chairman of Union County Council who introduced the first reading of Ordinance 413.
Benefits & exceptionsHide benefits & exceptions3
Proposed authorization for Union County to enter into a fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreement with Voltedge Midway, LLC, allowing the project to pay specified fees instead of ordinary ad valorem property taxes. The ordinance was tabled and therefore was not approved or made operative.
Proposed special-source-revenue credits under the fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreement, which would provide a project-related financial credit. The ordinance was tabled and therefore was not approved or made operative.
Proposed allocation of fee-in-lieu-of-tax payments to establish a multi-county industrial/business park, creating the framework for the project to receive that multi-county park treatment. The ordinance was tabled and therefore was not approved or made operative.
Sources
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