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NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center

Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Under constructionIn litigationRecord updated October 27, 2026

NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center is a data center under construction in Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County), operated by Valara Holdings (NorthMark Strategies). The public record puts it at 450 MW planned, 293.6 acres, a reported $2.8 billion investment. It is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator: Valara Holdings (NorthMark Strategies)
Facility type: Data center
Location: 4000 South Pine Street, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC, 29302
Coordinates: 34.9231, -81.8519 (approximate)
Power capacity: 450 MW planned
Land: 293.6 acres
Investment: $2.8 billion
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Not established from a public source
Power source: On site gas
Cooling: Evaporative
Water use: 0.459 million gallons a day, reported
Jobs: 27 permanent
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: In litigation
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

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.

April 23, 2026
Under construction
Facility in development at the former Kohler manufacturing plant in Spartanburg County; slated to go online later in 2026. Source: Spectrum News 1 South Carolina

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Concerned Citizens of Spartanburg County, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, sued Valara, Spartanburg County and the county administrator over the use of minor land development permits.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: in litigation means the facility is or has been the subject of a lawsuit related to its siting, permitting, or operation.

Concerned Citizens of Spartanburg County, represented by the Southern Environmental Law Center, sued Valara, Spartanburg County and the county administrator over the use of minor land development permits. Residents and SACE also petitioned the SC PSC for siting-act review, and the PSC ruled in Valara's favor in Aug 2026. The development agreement passed first reading 4-1 in Oct 2026 amid continued opposition.

Source: Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

Power and water

The project is being built with on-site power generation rather than drawing the full load from the local grid. NorthMark applied to the S.C. Department of Environmental Services on 2026-03-04 for 'additional equipment to support increased power generation capacity' at the site; the application was under technical review as of April 2026.

Notes on the record

Adaptive reuse of the former Kohler manufacturing facility in Spartanburg County, developed by NorthMark Strategies through its subsidiary Valara Holdings. This is a DIFFERENT Spartanburg County site from the tracked Greenidge record at 300 Jones Road. Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the South Pine Street address reported in local coverage; no parcel-level source was retrieved. Subsidies checked 2026-09-10: Spartanburg County Council approved a tax incentive package for the project, but the article does not give a FILOT dollar figure or program name -- only projected resulting property-tax revenue ($10.5M in 2026 rising to $15M/yr 2029-2045). Not filing a structured subsidies entry since no incentive amount is stated; flagging for a follow-up pass that can find the actual FILOT ordinance.

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.

Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

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.
Which utility serves it: The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Greenidge Spartanburg (South Carolina) · Spartanburg · Greenidge Generation5 mi · Cancelled · 100 MW
LightHouse Data Centers Spartanburg (300 Jones Road) · Spartanburg · LightHouse Data Centers (The Lightstone Group)7 mi · Proposed · 60 MW · Opposed
CLT-01 Campus (One Blockchain Spartanburg) · Moore · AIB Data Centers Inc. (One Blockchain LLC)10 mi · Operating · 65 MW
DartPoints Spartanburg Data Center (SPA01) · Spartanburg · DartPoints12 mi · Operating · 1.6 MW
Project Spero (TigerDC), Tyger River Industrial Park · TigerDC14 mi · Cancelled
Project Alpaca (Midway Green Industrial Park) · Union · Volt Edge Energy18 mi · Proposed · 49 MW · Contested
Cielo Digital Infrastructure Gaffney Campus · Gaffney · Cielo Digital Infrastructure, LLC19 mi · Proposed · 300 MW
Genesis Digital Assets Union-Lockhart Bitcoin Mining Data Centers · Lockhart · Genesis Digital Assets24 mi · Operating · 15 MW

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center data center in Spartanburg?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center data center?

Yes. This site is recorded as being in litigation. The case, the court, and the filings we hold are listed on this page under the timeline and the sources.

How much water does NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center use?

0.459 million gallons a day is the reported figure on record. Cooling is recorded as evaporative.

Who operates NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center, and how big is it?

Valara Holdings (NorthMark Strategies) is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 450 MW. The site is recorded at 293.6 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center," updated October 27, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/northmark-valara-spartanburg-sc.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/northmark-valara-spartanburg-sc, retrieved October 29, 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.Spartanburg data center requests additional equipment for larger power capacity · Spectrum News 1 South Carolina · retrieved August 26, 2026
2.OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode for 4000 South Pine Street, Spartanburg, SC · OpenStreetMap · retrieved August 26, 2026
3.Energy and water use, projected jobs and revenue: Spartanburg's NorthMark data center by the numbers · retrieved September 10, 2026
4.Air - Construction Permit (Modification), Submission HQJ-32R0-VR9VC, Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center · SC Department of Environmental Services · retrieved September 13, 2026
5.What the Drafts Let Us See (Valara development agreement drafts) · Carolina Ecology (Sam Harrelson) · retrieved October 27, 2026
6.Fact Sheet: Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center Air Quality Construction Permits · SC Department of Environmental Services · retrieved October 27, 2026
7.Residents sue over data center permits, seek utility regulator scrutiny of natural gas plant · Southern Alliance for Clean Energy · retrieved October 27, 2026

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