2 data center projects in Unincorporated Aiken County
Who decides here: the Aiken County Council decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Aiken County
Meta data center at Sage Mill Industrial Park
Unincorporated Aiken County, Aiken County
for Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp)
🕒 Aug 29, 2024: Meta announced an $800 million, 715,000-square-foot data center at Sage Mill Industrial …
Approved, not built yetOppidan data center next to Sage Mill Industrial Park
Unincorporated Aiken County, Aiken County
13 acres · for unknown (kept confidential)
🕒 June 3, 2025: Aiken County Council unanimously approved a fee-in-lieu-of-tax deal for the Oppidan data…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Nearby (within 15 miles)
DC BLOX North Augusta edge data center
unknown, Aiken County
for unnamed hyperscale client
🕒 Nov 18, 2024: DC BLOX announced a 5-megawatt edge data center in North Augusta, preleased to an unname…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Proposedabout 1 miles awaySavannah River Site AI data center and energy project
unknown, Aiken County
🕒 July 21, 2026: The National Nuclear Security Administration chose an Amentum-led group, with DC BLOX, t…
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Aiken County. - Go to county meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Aiken County: Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. (company) or Aiken Electric Co-op Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in South Carolina.
🙋 Open tasks here
- How much water will the Meta data center use per day, and from which water system?
- How many megawatts will it use?
- What tax deal did Aiken County give Meta?
- Who is the end user of the Oppidan data center?
- Has construction started?