QTS York County data center campus
QTS is building a large data center campus near Clover in York County. It now plans nine buildings and $8 billion of investment, with the first building opening in 2028. QTS says its cooling uses almost no water after the first fill.
Where things stand: Construction began in 2025; first building expected in 2028.
🕒 Latest update (May 14, 2026): QTS held a community meeting and said the campus is now an $8 billion, 9-building project.
What we know
- 📍 WhereNear Hands Mill Highway and Campbell Road, near Clover, Unincorporated York County, York County
- 🏢 CompanyQTS Data Centers
- 🏛️ Owned byBlackstone
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromYork Electric Cooperative, with power from the Duke Energy area through Central Electric.
- ❄️ Coolingclosed-loop system; 600,000 gallons to fill once (company's claim)
- 💵 Cost$8 billion
- 👷 Jobs promised200
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- How many megawatts will the QTS campus use at full build-out? 🙋 I'll find out
- Who will use the QTS campus? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Sept 22, 2023QTS announced a $1 billion campus near Hands Mill Highway and Campbell Road, its first in South Carolina; the state gave York County a $200,000 site grant.
- May 14, 2026QTS held a community meeting and said the campus is now an $8 billion, 9-building project.
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
York County Council voted 6-0 for a nine-month pause on new data centers in unincorporated York County. The county will not take site plans or give special exceptions or other approvals for new data centers while staff study water, power, noise and neighbor impacts. Projects with vested rights, like approved parts of QTS, are exempt.
📜 Data center rules
York County Council gave first approval to new data center rules. Data centers would need a special exception from the zoning appeals board in industrial zones, with bigger buffers from homes, noise studies and limits on water use. We could not confirm the final vote.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- QTS in York County community meeting · Post and Courier · May 14, 2026
- QTS Data Centers Plans York County, South Carolina, Operations · Area Development · Sept 22, 2023
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