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NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center

Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina

Under constructionNo reception on recordRecord updated September 13, 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, a reported $2.8 billion investment.

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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
Not established from a public source
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
No reception on record
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.

  1. 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

Nothing on record as of September 13, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center in Spartanburg, Spartanburg 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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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
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • 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.
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.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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.

Questions people ask about this site

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

Nothing on record as of September 13, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center in Spartanburg, Spartanburg 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 NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center data center?

No lawsuit over NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center appears in the record we track as of September 13, 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 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.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "NorthMark Strategies Spartanburg High-Performance Computing Center," updated September 13, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/northmark-valara-spartanburg-sc.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/northmark-valara-spartanburg-sc, retrieved September 14, 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. 1.Spartanburg data center requests additional equipment for larger power capacity · Spectrum News 1 South Carolina · retrieved August 26, 2026
  2. 2.OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocode for 4000 South Pine Street, Spartanburg, SC · OpenStreetMap · retrieved August 26, 2026
  3. 3.Energy and water use, projected jobs and revenue: Spartanburg's NorthMark data center by the numbers · retrieved September 10, 2026
  4. 4.Energy and water use, projected jobs and revenue: Spartanburg's NorthMark data center by the numbers · retrieved September 10, 2026
  5. 5.Air - Construction Permit (Modification), Submission HQJ-32R0-VR9VC, Valara Holdings High Performance Compute Center · SC Department of Environmental Services · retrieved September 13, 2026

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