Destroying Walterboro, SC and Nature for Data Centers

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Walterboro, South Carolina, and Colleton County, population just 5,000, could become home to the South's next massive data center.

[00:00:07]>> If you elect me for the US House of Representatives, South Carolina District 1, I will prevent this from happening.

[00:00:12]And the project confirms [music] it would mean filling in some of the low country's most cherished wetlands.

[00:00:18]Destroying nature, classic. Residents and environmental leaders here are especially [music] concerned because the location of this data center is located in the ACE Basin watershed. One of the most beautiful areas in the low country.

[00:00:32]Now, the ACE Basin, [music] one of the largest areas of undeveloped wetland ecosystems remaining on the Atlantic coast.

[00:00:39]And we need to keep it that way.

[00:00:41]Some see it as the crown jewel of South Carolina's environment. The proposal to build this data center has come from engineering [music] firms located in both Savannah, Georgia, and Charlotte, North Carolina. Look at that, two places that don't even exist within South Carolina. So, they're going to destroy it for us while they reap all the profits. And in addition to the data center, >> [music] >> a power plant and natural gas pipeline have also been proposed for the area, leaving many residents feeling [music] like developers are circling Colleton County like vultures. This is going to absolutely destroy the environment and raise energy prices for everyone in our state. According [music] to reports, the data center could also double the amount of water that the city of Walterboro already uses.

[00:01:23]And you're going to have to pay for it.

[00:01:25]>> [music] >> Leaving many wondering what the long-term plan is for water usage.

[00:01:28]>> You see, these big developers they don't care about the common people. They don't care about the people who have lived in the low country for years. So, that's why I want on November 3rd, you write in Q Terry for US House Representatives District 1 [music] in South Carolina.

[00:01:41]You will be voting against a data centers. You'll be voting to save nature, to save the culture in our area because it's time we have a voice for the little people. And if you want information, you can go to writeinqterry.com.