NorthMark / Valara Spartanburg Data Center (South Pine Street)

AI data center in Spartanburg, SC, United States: under construction.

NorthMark / Valara Spartanburg Data Center (South Pine Street) is a AI data center project located in Spartanburg, SC, United States, currently under construction. It is being built by NorthMark Strategies. The estimated build cost is $2.8B. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across SC, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.

Project description

NorthMark and Valara are building a $2.8 billion, 457-megawatt data center on the former Kohler plant site along South Pine Street in Spartanburg, with construction expected to continue into 2028. The 457 MW figure is on-site natural gas generation. It's behind-the-meter with no grid export, per the Aug 27, 2026 PSC ruling.

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Frequently asked questions

What is NorthMark / Valara Spartanburg Data Center (South Pine Street)?
NorthMark / Valara Spartanburg Data Center (South Pine Street) is an AI data center project in Spartanburg, South Carolina tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is under construction.
Where is NorthMark / Valara Spartanburg Data Center (South Pine Street)?
NorthMark / Valara Spartanburg Data Center (South Pine Street) is in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Every tracked South Carolina campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/south-carolina.
Who is building NorthMark / Valara Spartanburg Data Center (South Pine Street)?
NorthMark Strategies is developing NorthMark / Valara Spartanburg Data Center (South Pine Street).

Sources

  1. How SC data center is tied to a British financier with an F1 team (postandcourier.com · press · 2026-09-01)
  2. Poliakoff & Associates (memorandum on SC DES air permit) (gpoliakoff.com · press · 2026-07-22)
  3. Post and Courier (Bing News RSS description) (postandcourier.com · press · 2026-08-05)
  4. Spartanburg data center (NorthMark) water and power (postandcourier.com · press · 2026-05-20)