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SC-S 867 — Data Center Development

Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws So As To Enact The "data Center Development Act"; By Adding Section 49-35-10 So As To Define Terms Pertaining To Data Center Development; By Adding Section 49-35-20 So As To Establish The Data Center Development Office In The Department Of Environmental Services, To Provide For The Powers And Duties Of The Office, To Establish The Data Center Industry Advisory Committee, To Provide For The Advisory Committee's Membership, And To Provide For The Advisory Committee's Powers And…

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionSouth CarolinaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-05-06Scrivener's error corrected
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

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How it operates

Disclosure & reporting · Siting & permitting · Utility rate / large-load tariff

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private. Sets where and how a data center can be built, and which authority and reviews can accelerate or block a project. Changes who pays for the grid — shifting the cost of new power supply and upgrades toward large data-center loads instead of ordinary ratepayers.

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Data Center Development

12 nodes · 11 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 5Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: exact title companionPolicy recordSC-S 867Data Center DevelopmentSC-S 867: Data Center DevelopmentPolicy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…Explicit record textCertification & Standards: Explicit record textPolicy themeSiting & Land UseExplicit record textSiting & Land Use: Explicit record textPolicy themeRatepayerExplicit record textRatepayer: Explicit record textPolicy themeEnergyAI-assisted policy themeEnergy: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismSiting & permittingText-derived policy signalSiting & permitting: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionSouth CarolinaState policy jurisdictionSouth Carolina: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorThomas DavispersonThomas Davis: personPolicy familyData Center DevelopmentSCData Center Development: SC

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