Wharton Digital

Spartanburg County leaders say they only recently learned of proposed data center. Some residents aren’t buying it.

Spartanburg County Council voted to direct staff to draft a one-year moratorium on data centers after a permit request was filed for a proposed facility at 300 Jones Road. Residents are questioning the timing, alleging council members knew about the project and their concerns for months, despite council claiming they only recently considered the project active. The proposed data center is a partnership between Wharton Digital and Lighthouse Data Centers.