10-28-2026 Data Center Ad Hoc Committee Meeting

The Greenwood County Data Center Ad Hoc Committee met on October 28, 2026, to hear presentations on water and wastewater capacity, infrastructure, and permitting related to potential data-center development. CPW reported a water-treatment design capacity of 33 million gallons per day and said it has substantial available capacity; water-line upgrades needed to serve a new user would generally be paid for by the developer. Greenwood Metro described available capacity at its Wilson Creek and West Alexander wastewater plants, while noting that collection-line capacity depends on a project’s location and discharge characteristics. Speakers emphasized that developers would be responsible for required on-site improvements and system upgrades, and that permits would set discharge limits, monitoring, and potential pretreatment requirements. No contract awards, bids, or other procurement decisions were identified.

Presenters also discussed drought response, water-quality monitoring, regional water planning, and transparency in evaluating proposed projects. The county discussed Lake Greenwood’s flows and historical water levels. The committee identified power and energy, including data-center heat generation, as a likely topic for its next meeting, and members discussed capturing input from the presentations to inform possible revisions to a previously proposed text amendment. The minutes were approved; no spending vote or procurement action was reported.