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Pollard Data Center Site (McCormick County)

McCormick, McCormick County County, South Carolina

ProposedContestedRecord updated October 10, 2026

Pollard Data Center Site (McCormick County) is a proposed data center in McCormick, South Carolina (McCormick County County), operated by Undisclosed end user (site facilitated by Pollard Lumber Company). The public record puts it at announced July 2026, 1,000 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Undisclosed end user (site facilitated by Pollard Lumber Company)
Facility type: Data center
Location: McCormick, McCormick County County, SC
Coordinates: 33.8993, -82.2675 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 1,000 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: July 2026
Utility: Not established from a public source
Power source: On site gas
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: Contested
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.

September 10, 2026
Proposed
McCormick County Council approved the ~1,000-acre rezoning for the data center site 3-2. Source: WRDW/WAGT

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Pollard Data Center Site (McCormick County) in McCormick, McCormick County County, South Carolina is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Nearly 400 residents attended a July 28, 2026 information session.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Nearly 400 residents attended a July 28, 2026 information session. The planning commission recommended a pause and denied the rezoning, but on about Sept. 10, 2026 the county council rejected the pause (3-2) and approved the Pollard rezoning on final vote (3-2) amid an outcry.

Source: WRDW/WAGT

Power and water

Pollard representatives said the site would be 100% gas-powered through a new natural gas pipeline built with Kinder Morgan. The pipeline is estimated at $200M-$280M and would be paid for by the data center's user. The route is undisclosed under an NDA.

Pollard representatives estimated 300,000-500,000 gallons per day once operational.

Notes on the record

The site is Pollard Lumber Company land between Whitetown Road and Main Street, a few miles from downtown McCormick. The pin is the Whitetown Road segment nearest town, approximate only. Construction is estimated at about 6 years. No end user, MW or investment figure has been disclosed. The chairman said he does not know whether the full project will happen.

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.

Power capacity in megawatts
Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
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.
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.

White Oak Technology Park · Appling · Trammell Crow Company (CBRE subsidiary)21 mi · Permitted · In litigation
Google Evans Data Center · Evans · Google25 mi · Proposed
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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Pollard Data Center Site (McCormick County) in McCormick?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Pollard Data Center Site (McCormick County)?

No lawsuit over Pollard Data Center Site (McCormick County) appears in the record we track as of October 10, 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 Pollard Data Center Site (McCormick County) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Pollard Data Center Site (McCormick County) 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 Pollard Data Center Site (McCormick County), and how big is it?

Undisclosed end user (site facilitated by Pollard Lumber Company) is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 1000 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Pollard Data Center Site (McCormick County)," updated October 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/pollard-mccormick-county-data-center-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/pollard-mccormick-county-data-center-sc, retrieved October 11, 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.Hundreds gather to debate proposed McCormick County data center · WRDW/WAGT · retrieved October 10, 2026
2.McCormick County council approves data center rezoning while tempers flare · WRDW/WAGT · retrieved October 10, 2026
3.McCormick County chairman discusses approved data center site · WRDW/WAGT · retrieved October 10, 2026
4.OSM Nominatim: Whitetown Road, McCormick County · OpenStreetMap · retrieved October 10, 2026

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