1 data center project in Unincorporated Kershaw County
Who decides here: the Kershaw County Council decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Kershaw County
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Kershaw County Council unanimously passed a one-year pause on data centers, crypto mining and data processing sites, to give time to write local rules. Residents worry a planned gas power plant could bring a data center.
📌 Other
A developer withdrew its request to rezone 162 acres at 771 Park Road for a data center before County Council took it up. The planning commission had voted for the rezoning on Sept. 8, 2025.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Kershaw 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 Kershaw County: Duke Energy Progress (company) or Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (company) or Lynches River Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Black River Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)) or Fairfield 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.