AI Data Centers in South Carolina: Tracked Facilities (2026)

Ban the Bots tracks two artificial intelligence (AI) data centers in South Carolina: Google's Berkeley County site in Moncks Corner, which is operating, and Meta's $800 million campus in Aiken County, which is under construction. The Aiken County campus is expected to be operational in spring 2027.

Where Are the AI Data Centers in South Carolina?

The Ban the Bots tracker of AI data centers lists two South Carolina sites, shown here by operator, location, and status.

• Google Berkeley County Data Center: operated by Google, in Moncks Corner, Berkeley County. Status: operating. Tracker capacity: 200 megawatts (MW).
• Meta AI Data Center, Aiken County: operated by Meta, in Graniteville, Aiken County. Status: under construction. Announced in August 2024 with an $800 million investment, and expected to be operational in spring 2027.

Google's Berkeley County Data Center in Moncks Corner

Google's Berkeley County Data Center sits at the Mt. Holly Commerce Park in Moncks Corner. The tracker describes it as one of Google's early data centers in the United States, chosen for cheap hydro power from Santee Cooper.

According to Google, the data center houses computer systems that support products such as Google Search, Gmail and YouTube. The SC Biz article lists those products as Search, Gmail, Google+ and YouTube.

Investment History

Google announced a South Carolina data center in 2007 with an initial $600 million investment, and the tracker dates the announcement to that year. Three years later, Google announced a second building, with another $600 million in investment by 2013.

In March 2021, Google announced a further $500 million to expand its Berkeley County operations, according to SC Biz's report on Google's 2021 expansion. Lilyn Hester, Google's Head of Southeast Public Affairs, said the expansion brings Google's total South Carolina investment to "$2.9 billion." The SC Biz report gives no breakdown of that total. She said Google has been "proud to call Berkeley County home for more than a decade."

Power and Water Use

The SC Biz article does not mention electricity or water use. The tracker lists Lake Moultrie and Berkeley County Water and Sanitation as the site's water sources.

Ban the Bots has found no published water figure for the site, so none is given here.

The only power number for the site is the tracker's capacity of 200 megawatts. Ban the Bots has found no published figure for how much electricity the site actually uses.

Meta's AI Data Center in Aiken County

Meta announced an $800 million AI data center in Aiken County in August 2024, as Datacenter Dynamics' report on Meta's Aiken County plans describes. The Ban the Bots tracker dates the announcement to August 1, 2024. Local press dates it to August 29, 2024, when Governor Henry McMaster was at the announcement.

The campus sits in the Sage Mill Industrial Park in Graniteville, Aiken County, on a site the tracker puts at more than 300 acres. The campus is AI-optimized and under construction. It is Meta's first data center in South Carolina, and it is expected to be operational in spring 2027.

The tracker and press reports list about 100 permanent jobs for the campus. One outlet also reports about 1,000 construction jobs.

What Sources Disagree On

Building count and size vary by source, so the figures are listed separately.

• The tracker lists two buildings of about 750,000 square feet each.
• Press reports differ on the building count: one says two or more, and one outlet reports four buildings plus an electrical substation.
• One report gives about 715,000 square feet.

Renewable Power Matching

Meta said its electricity use at the Graniteville site will be matched with 100 percent renewable energy. A related 100 megawatt solar supply deal with Silicon Ranch in Orangeburg County is tied to the project, according to Datacenter Dynamics' report on the Silicon Ranch solar supply deal.

Ban the Bots has found no published details on how the renewable matching works or how much electricity the campus will use. The tracker lists no capacity in megawatts and no water source for the Meta campus, so neither figure is given here.

What Is and Isn't Published About Local Impact

The two sites are at different stages. Google's site is operating, and Google said in 2021 that it had been in Berkeley County for more than a decade. Meta's campus is under construction, with operation expected in spring 2027.

Ban the Bots has found no published figure for how either project affects electric bills for South Carolina households, and none for state tax incentives, Santee Cooper rates, or total water use across the two sites. For the wider question, read our guide on whether data centers raise electric bills.

The power calculator takes a megawatt figure, so you can enter the 200 megawatts the tracker lists for Google's site. For the water question, enter a site's megawatts into the water calculator to see its estimated water use per day.

Tracking AI Data Centers in South Carolina Yourself

Both sites are in the Ban the Bots tracker. The data center map is the first place to look for each site's location and status.

To send a comment on a project, use the data center comment letter page. To see AI data centers in South Carolina on a map, start with the data center map, then read our state guides for Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and West Virginia.