LightHouse Data Centers Spartanburg (300 Jones Road)

Permits

Permits checklist

1 denied · 2 checked, nothing on file

Approvals the campus needs, and where each stands.

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County permit application Denied
Spartanburg County · Aug. 25, 2026: fees paid Apr. 28, 2026; the Board of Zoning Appeals upheld the denial News report · Aug. 2026
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Checked, nothing on file: Utility commission filing, Air permit

Risks

Why it stopped, what could revive it

High
County has blocked it
The zoning appeal was denied and a one-year moratorium on new data centers now applies. see Permits
Medium
Growth beyond 60 MW unproven
The 160 MW expansion figure came from partner materials with no basis, and no utility filing supports it. News report · March 2026
Medium
No tenant
No customer is named for the site in any source checked, including the seller's SEC filing. SEC filing · Dec. 2025

Power

Power and the grid

60 MW contracted

Grid service rights (60 MW)Rights assigned

60 MW

assigned by the seller at closing, expected to be available Sept. 2026; the developer says it contacted Duke Energy; no service agreement or regulator filing located SEC filing · Dec. 2025

Contracted

Getting on the grid

Partner materials said the first 60 MW phase could grow to about 160 MW; the material later came down and gave no basis for the figure. News report · March 2026
No Duke Energy service agreement, utility commission filing or state air permit for the project was located. News report · March 2026
The 450 MW power station and its air permit in the county belong to a different campus (Valara and NorthMark), not this site. News report · Oct. 2026

Money

Money on record

$18M

cash paid at closing

Dec. 11, 2025 (seller's SEC filing) Company · Dec. 2025

Up to $18M

earnout to the seller

$180,000 per MW of capacity above 60 MW delivered before 2031; seller consideration, not campus capacity Company · Dec. 2025

$12.1M

earlier sale to another buyer, terminated

Data Journey deal of Nov. 2024, ended Aug. 2025 Company · Aug. 2025

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming

Nov. 27, 2024
Site Greenidge agrees to sell the site and its power rights to Data Journey Company · Aug. 2025
Aug. 24, 2025
Site Data Journey terminates the purchase agreement Company · Aug. 2025
Nov. 26, 2025
Site Greenidge agrees to sell the site to a Lightstone and LightHouse affiliate SEC filing · Dec. 2025
Dec. 11, 2025
Money Sale closes for $18M cash, with rights to 60 MW of grid service assigned SEC filing · Dec. 2025
Jan. 14, 2026
Site Partner Wharton Digital lists a 60 MW I-85 corridor facility with LightHouse due in 2026 (press) News report · Jan. 2026
March 16, 2026
Site Residents raise concerns about the proposal at a public county meeting News report · June 2026
April 28, 2026
Permits Application fees for the county permit are paid News report · June 2026
June 15, 2026
Permits County council votes to draft a one-year data-center moratorium News report · June 2026
Aug. 25, 2026
Permits County zoning board upholds the denial of LightHouse's data center News report · Aug. 2026
Sept. 22, 2026
Permits Council passes the one-year moratorium on new data centers, 5-1 News report · Sept. 2026

The buildings

Specs

200,000 sq ft data center LightHouse sought to build (press). News report · Aug. 2026

Former mining site: Greenidge sold 23 acres and its 44 MW bitcoin-mining facility here to NYDIG in 2023, separately News report · 2025

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owner

LightHouse Data Centers LLC: developer
300 Jones Road Associates LLC: buyer and landholder
Lightstone Parent LLC (The Lightstone Group): guarantor and partner
Wharton Digital: investor and partner in LightHouse (press)

Seller

Greenidge Generation Holdings: former owner, through 300 Jones Road LLC

Government

Spartanburg County Council: moratorium
Spartanburg County Board of Zoning Appeals: upheld the denial

Earlier buyer

Data Journey LLC: terminated its 2024 purchase agreement

Still unknown

Open questions

Whether the 60 MW of grid service has been energized.
Whether LightHouse challenges the denial.
Any tenant.

Where this comes from

38 records from 16 documents

Drawn from news reports, company statements and securities filings, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 12Company 3SEC filing 1

Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (7)

Utility service: 60 MW
“to assign to the Purchaser the Company's rights to 60 megawatts (MW) of electrical service (the Initial Load), which is expected to be made available to the Property in September 2026”
SEC filing · Dec. 2025 · grade B
Project identity: LightHouse Data Centers campus at 300 Jones Road, Spartanburg, SC - approximately 152-acre former Greenidge Generation property, acquired by 300 Jones Road Associates LLC (an affiliate of The Lightstone
“announced the closing of the sale of its 152-acre property located in Spartanburg, South Carolina to an affiliate of The Lightstone Group and LightHouse Data Centers”
Company · Dec. 2025 · grade B
Its 450 MW power station received SCDES air quality permitting and its SC PSC Siting Act docket (2026-158-E) is not LightHouse's; none of those records belong to 300 Jones Road.
“The development's 450-megawatt power station recently received air quality permitting from the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Wharton Digital partner materials described an initial 60 MW phase that could eventually expand to about 160 MW
“The project could eventually expand to about 160 megawatts, according to company materials.”
News report · March 2026 · grade C
Company materials said Wharton Digital/LightHouse contacted Duke Energy and planned an initial 60 MW phase, expandable to about 160 MW. No Duke service agreement, PSC filing, or SCDES permit was located; the figures are
“The company also said it contacted Duke Energy and planned to begin construction this year with an initial 60-megawatt phase”
News report · March 2026 · grade C
Partner Wharton Digital lists an I-85 corridor facility with LightHouse on 151 acres with the first 60 MW phase due live in 2026; LightHouse's launch coverage also describes a 2 GW company pipeline - portfolio marketing,
“Set on 151-acres, the first 60MW phase is due live in 2026.”
News report · 2026 · grade C
Greenidge bought the property in 2021 for $15M and in 2023 sold 23 subdivided acres and its 44 MW cryptocurrency mining facilities on the site to NYDIG for $28M - the 44 MW was the sold-off mining facility, not this camp
“In 2023, it sold 23 subdivided acres and its 44MW cryptocurrency mining facilities to NYDIG for $28m.”
News report · 2025 · grade C

Money and contracts (4)

Sale consideration was $18.0 million cash at closing plus Success Payments of up to $18.0 million at $180,000 per MW for capacity above the 60 MW Initial Load made available before Dec 31, 2030, secured by an irrevocable
“any Success Payments will be made by the Purchaser to the Company no later than three months after any such additional energization in excess of the Initial Load at a rate of $180,000 per MW”
SEC filing · Dec. 2025 · grade B
purchase and sale (closed): consideration 18000000 USD cash at closing
“The consideration for the Transaction consists of $18.0 million in cash at closing (subject to upward adjustment) and the right to receive up to $18.0 million in additional earnout payments.”
Company · Dec. 2025 · grade B
purchase and sale (closed): earnout up to 18000000 USD
“The earnout payments are payable at $180,000 per megawatt (MW) of power capacity made available to the property before 2031, to the extent such capacity exceeds the 60 MW Greenidge previously secured for delivery by September 2026.”
Company · Dec. 2025 · grade B
purchase and sale (TERMINATED): termination 12100000 USD cash plus 8% profit participation interest
“the Company agreed to sell Data Journey two parcels containing approximately 152 acres of land located in Spartanburg, South Carolina (the 'Property'), together with the power rights to the Property”
Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B

Permits and government (6)

One-year moratorium on new data center development passed third reading 5-1 (Coker opposed); it did not include the NorthMark/Valara facility under construction on South Pine Street, a separate campus
“The vote in favor of the moratorium was 5-1.”
News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
County zoning officials denied LightHouse's appeal to build its 200,000 sq ft da: zoning appeal denied (denial upheld)
“County zoning officials on Tuesday denied an appeal by LightHouse as it sought permission to build its 200,000-square-foot center on 150 acres near Interstate 85, northeast of the city of Spartanburg”
News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
Project status: announced permit application filed paused by moratorium
“The moratorium pauses the proposed data center at 300 Jones Road, first reported by FOX Carolina in March.”
News report · June 2026 · grade C
County officials said a permit application for the 300 Jones Road site was received and application fees were paid April 28, 2026; Council acted because of a 60-day window to respond to applications
“Application fees for the 300 Jones Road project were paid April 28, according to county officials.”
News report · June 2026 · grade C
Residents had raised the 300 Jones Road proposal publicly since March 2026 (including at a March 16 public meeting) and questioned Council's claim to have only recently learned of it; in March a Council member said the c
“On March 16, Spartanburg County resident Courtney McClain spoke at length about her concerns regarding the proposed data center during a public meeting.”
News report · June 2026 · grade C
Spartanburg County Council voted June 15, 2026 to draft a one-year moratorium on new data center development, and passed the moratorium Sep 22, 2026; the county also paused new data center tax-incentive decisions. LightH
“Spartanburg County Council voted on June 15 to instruct administrators to draft a one-year moratorium on the development of new data centers in the county”
News report · June 2026 · grade C

Site and other (1)

County code: 45083
“two parcels of land totaling approximately 152 acres located in Spartanburg, South Carolina”
SEC filing · Dec. 2025 · grade B