Data Center Registry
Project Alpaca (Midway Green Industrial Park)
Union, Union County, South Carolina
Project Alpaca (Midway Green Industrial Park) is a proposed data center in Union, South Carolina (Union County), operated by Volt Edge Energy. The public record puts it at 49 MW planned, a reported $410 million investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Volt Edge Energy
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 265 Midway Drive, Union, Union County, SC
- Coordinates
- 34.7089, -81.6624 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 49 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- $410 million
- 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
- 50 permanent; 500 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Project Alpaca (Midway Green Industrial Park) in Union, Union County, South Carolina is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Union County Council tabled the first reading of the FILOT ordinance for Project Alpaca on 2026-04-28 and cancelled a May 12, 2026 public hearing after resident concerns raised at a community listening session; council said the project would need to be reintroduced, with a public information forum required before any further tax-agreement decision.
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.
Union County Council tabled the first reading of the FILOT ordinance for Project Alpaca on 2026-04-28 and cancelled a May 12, 2026 public hearing after resident concerns raised at a community listening session; council said the project would need to be reintroduced, with a public information forum required before any further tax-agreement decision.
Notes on the record
Site address per the Union County Development Board's own park page is 265 Midway Drive, Union, SC 29379 (a secondary source gave 260 Midway Drive; the two geocode ~40m apart, consistent with the same industrial park). Coordinates geocoded from that street address via the US Census geocoder, not stated as facility coordinates by any source, and the industrial park spans multiple parcels so the specific building footprint is unconfirmed. No source names an AI-specific workload for this site, so aiClassification is omitted.
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
- Land area
- 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.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with 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 Project Alpaca (Midway Green Industrial Park) data center in Union?
Yes. Project Alpaca (Midway Green Industrial Park) in Union, Union County, South Carolina is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Union County Council tabled the first reading of the FILOT ordinance for Project Alpaca on 2026-04-28 and cancelled a May 12, 2026 public hearing after resident concerns raised at a community listening session; council said the project would need to be reintroduced, with a public information forum required before any further tax-agreement decision.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Alpaca (Midway Green Industrial Park) data center?
No lawsuit over Project Alpaca (Midway Green Industrial Park) 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 Project Alpaca (Midway Green Industrial Park) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Project Alpaca (Midway Green Industrial Park) 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 Project Alpaca (Midway Green Industrial Park), and how big is it?
Volt Edge Energy is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 49 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Alpaca (Midway Green Industrial Park)," updated September 13, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/volt-edge-project-alpaca-union-county-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/volt-edge-project-alpaca-union-county-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.Union County tables tax breaks for $400M data center | Project Alpaca · Fox Carolina · retrieved September 13, 2026
- 2.Midway Green Industrial Park · Union County Development Board · retrieved September 13, 2026
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