Data Center Registry
DartPoints Columbia Data Center (CAE01)
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina · All 8 DartPoints sites
DartPoints Columbia Data Center (CAE01) is an operating data center in Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County), operated by DartPoints. The public record puts it at 2 MW operating.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- DartPoints
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 1000 Catawba Street, Columbia, Richland County, SC, 29201
- Coordinates
- 33.9873, -81.0308
- Power capacity
- 2 MW operating
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- September 22, 2026OperatingOperator lists the site as an in-service carrier-neutral colocation facility. Source: DartPoints
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 22, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DartPoints Columbia Data Center (CAE01) in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Notes on the record
Colocation facility in the SCRA Innovation Center: 15,000 sq ft raised floor, 8,200 sq ft data hall, 10 on-site network providers. Operator states 2 MW utility power with 110 kW critical IT load; capacityMw.operational records the 2 MW utility figure. Coordinates and address are from the OSM node carrying the operator's own site reference (CAE01).
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the DartPoints Columbia Data Center (CAE01) in Columbia?
Nothing on record as of September 22, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DartPoints Columbia Data Center (CAE01) in Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the DartPoints Columbia Data Center (CAE01)?
No lawsuit over DartPoints Columbia Data Center (CAE01) appears in the record we track as of September 22, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does DartPoints Columbia Data Center (CAE01) use?
No water withdrawal figure for DartPoints Columbia Data Center (CAE01) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates DartPoints Columbia Data Center (CAE01), and how big is it?
DartPoints is the operator on record. We hold 8 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 2 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "DartPoints Columbia Data Center (CAE01)," updated September 22, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/dartpoints-columbia-sc.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/dartpoints-columbia-sc, retrieved October 1, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.DartPoints, Columbia, SC (CAE01) data center · DartPoints · retrieved September 22, 2026
- 2.OpenStreetMap node 12120745596, DartPoints Columbia (telecom=data_center) · OpenStreetMap contributors · retrieved September 22, 2026
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