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Google data center campus at Mount Holly Commerce Park

Also called: Google Berkeley County, Google Moncks Corner

Google has run a large data center campus in Berkeley County since 2007. In 2024 it said it would spend $1.3 billion more to expand it. The site has a state permit to pump groundwater, which drew pushback from neighbors and water utilities.

✔ ConfirmedSourceLast checked: Oct 7, 2026

Where things stand: Running since 2007. Google announced a $1.3 billion expansion in September 2024.

🕒 Latest update (Sept 26, 2024): Google announced a $1.3 billion expansion of the Berkeley County campus.

What we know

  • 📍 WhereMount Holly Commerce Park, between Goose Creek and Moncks Corner, unknown, Berkeley County
  • 🏢 CompanyGoogle
  • 🏛️ Owned byAlphabet
  • 👤 Built forGoogle
  • 💧 WaterGroundwater from the McQueen Branch (Middendorf) aquifer is allowed as a backup; state approved up to 549 million gallons a year in 2019.
  • 💵 Cost$1.3 billion

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  • How many megawatts will the campus use after the expansion? 🙋 I'll find out
  • Is the campus inside Moncks Corner town limits or in unincorporated Berkeley County? 🙋 I'll find out

What happened so far

  • 2007
    Google's first South Carolina data center campus started in Berkeley County.
  • Oct 9, 2019
    State health regulators (DHEC) approved Google to pull up to 549 million gallons a year of groundwater from the McQueen Branch aquifer, tripling its earlier limit.
  • Sept 26, 2024
    Google announced a $1.3 billion expansion of the Berkeley County campus.
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Where this comes from

  1. Google grows South Carolina footprint with new Dorchester County operations, expansion in Berkeley County · Office of the Governor of South Carolina · Sept 26, 2024
  2. Google announces $3.3 billion investment in South Carolina data centers · Spectrum News · Sept 26, 2024
  3. Google gets approval to triple its use of groundwater from Lowcountry aquifer · Live 5 News · Oct 11, 2019
  4. SC county to disclose Google data center's water usage to settle legal battle · Post and Courier · Jan 2025

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