Rhodes Technology Park data center campus
A new data center campus of more than 1,200 acres is planned west of I-95 in Colleton County. It would have 10 buildings, use up to 1,000 megawatts and cost $6 billion. The tech company that would use it is not known yet.
Where things stand: County created a digital infrastructure overlay district in September 2026; a development agreement is being finalized.
🕒 Latest update (Sept 2026): Colleton County passed a new digital infrastructure overlay district; Eagle Rock presented a 1,200-acre, 10-building data center campus off Mount Carmel Road.
What we know
- 📍 WhereWest of I-95 off Mount Carmel Road, Unincorporated Colleton County, Colleton County
- 🏢 CompanyEagle Rock Partners
- 👤 Built forunknown (developer says one large tech company)
- 🌳 Size1,200 acres
- ⚡ Power it needs1,000 megawatts (about as much as 800,000 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromSantee Cooper and electric cooperatives; developer says it will pay for new off-site power lines and 2 substations.
- 🗼 New power linesYes
- ❄️ Coolingclosed-loop, non-evaporative cooling (developer's claim)
- 💵 Cost$6 billion
- 👷 Jobs promised500
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Who is the tech company that would use the Rhodes Technology Park? 🙋 I'll find out
- How much water would the campus use? 🙋 I'll find out
- When will County Council vote on the development agreement? 🙋 I'll find out
- Does the overlay district end the county's data center moratorium for this site? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Sept 2026Colleton County passed a new digital infrastructure overlay district; Eagle Rock presented a 1,200-acre, 10-building data center campus off Mount Carmel Road.
Local votes and rules
🗺️ Zoning change
Colleton County Council unanimously created a Digital Infrastructure Overlay District that opens much of the county's rural land to data centers, with rules on noise, buffers, site size and cooling. More than 5,000 people signed a petition against it.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Colleton County Council unanimously passed a six-month pause on special exceptions, conditional uses and other approvals for data centers. In September, council lifted the pause west of I-95 and on land already zoned industrial.
⚖️ Court case
Two residents, with lawyers from the Southern Environmental Law Center, sued Colleton County over the rule letting data centers into rural districts. They say it breaks state law, the county plan and the zoning code, and that notice was not proper. The case was paused in July 2026 while the county moratorium is in place.
🗺️ Zoning change
Colleton County Council changed its zoning so data centers can be allowed by special exception in two rural zoning districts. Residents sued, saying it breaks state law and the county plan, and could bring industry into the ACE Basin.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- New proposed Colleton County data center campus draws residents' questions · Live 5 News · Sept 22, 2026
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