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Project Liberty fact sheet

Project Liberty, Marion, South Carolina

Status Blocked or paused (confirmed by a source)

Location
Marion, South Carolina
Company, as listed
Stream
Size, as listed in the source dataset
Hyperscale (100-999 MW); 2,000,000 sq ft; 400 acres; expected online 2027
Power
Source review September 9, 2026: Data Center Dynamics reported that Stream withdrew Project Liberty after community opposition and utility power-timing constraints. The dataset's scale label remains unclassified, not confirmed requested, approved, energized, generation, or data-center IT-load capacity.
Water
Source review September 9, 2026: public reporting describes environmental concerns, but no reviewed source discloses Project Liberty's water source, withdrawal, consumption, cooling, or wastewater quantities. The dataset's closed-loop label remains an unverified project-design lead.
Money
Source dataset project_cost field reports $2.4 billion; public funding records still need local review.

As of

Sources: FracTracker Alliance: Open U.S. Data Centers Tracker; ArcGIS source row: Project Liberty dataset attributes; streamdatacenters.com: Project Liberty; Post and Courier: Article Fce64b6c 7e65 4d99 Ba9a 4d1dc70d28e5; wmbfnews.com: Marion County Data Center Qa Draws Concerns Over Energy Costs Local Hiring; capitalbnews.org: Secret Data Center Deal Marion County South Carolina; Data Center Dynamics: Stream Data Centers Pulls Out Of 800m South Carolina Data Center Says Utility Power Would Take Too Long; More Than Just Parks: Project Liberty: data center in Marion, SC

  • Crowdsourced lead with high location confidence. Use the linked sources to verify status, public money, NDA/secrecy, water, and power details before treating this as a fully documented local record.