Numara & Valara High-Performance Computing Center
Spartanburg County
Description
A development agreement for a 457 MW high-performance computing data center spanning over 250 highland acres.
Impact summary
Neighbors worry about continuous low-frequency noise from eleven turbines, air emissions, and water withdrawals; supporters point to cleanup of the old Kohler site, hundreds of local vendor jobs, and workforce training partnerships.
Applicant
- Name
- Numara LLC & Valara Holdings LLC
- Address
- 4000 S. Pine Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302See this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 4
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 4
Last vote · County Council
Rising — discussed at 4 meetings since Sep 21, 2026, up from 0 in the two months before.
Meeting timeline (4)
County Council Agendas - Nov 3, 2026
A roughly 293-acre high-performance computing center with a 457-megawatt on-site natural gas power component, advanced on second reading 3-2 with Council Member Abusaft voting no over broken environmental promises and litigation threats.
County Council Agendas - Oct 22, 2026
A development agreement for a 457 MW high-performance computing data center spanning over 250 highland acres.
County Council Agendas - Oct 19, 2026
A proposed development agreement for a high-performance computing center on S. Pine Street that failed to advance for lack of a motion.
County Council Agendas (Special) - Sep 21, 2026
An informational update was presented to the Public Safety Committee regarding the NorthMark Strategies Project at 4000 S. Pine Street.
Related issues (2)
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