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Redwood Materials broke ground Jan. 23 on its $3.5 billion battery recycling site in Berkeley County with the aim of starting to reclaim materials needed to power electric vehicles before the end of the year. The Carson City, Nev.-based company plans to eventually hire 1,500 workers at its ... Read More - SC battery-recycling plant owner breaks ground on $3.5B Lowcountry project

The Lowcountry’s electric vehicle industry is set to accelerate Volvo Cars will begin production this year at its Ridgeville plant on a pair of battery-powered SUVs — the seven-seat EX90 and the high-performance Polestar 3, for its sister brand. Both are scheduled to roll off the line by ... Read More - EV traction

Palmetto Railways, a division of the South Carolina Department of Commerce, announced Monday, Dec. 11, that it is providing $375,000 in funding to Central Berkeley Fire & EMS for the Cross Rural Fire District to upgrade equipment and infrastructure to improve emergency services available to the ... Read More - Palmetto Railways donates to enhance emergency services for Cross community

A South Korean company that provides storage for lithium-ion batteries plans to invest more than $30 million in a manufacturing site at Camp Hall Commerce Park in Ridgeville. BSS Global Inc. plans to buy 14.6 acres at the industrial property off Interstate 26 for $4.23 million. State-owned ... Read More - S Korean battery storage firm planning $30M campus at Lowcountry commerce park

A technology infrastructure company that’s playing a key role in a Grand Strand undersea cable venture involving both Google and Facebook has formally announced that Berkeley County will be the site of its third South Carolina data center. Atlanta-based DC Blox said this week that it has ... Read More - Charleston-area business park lands DC Blox’s 3rd SC data center

A Charleston-based convenience store chain is the first retailer to buy property in Santee Cooper’s Camp Hall business park, home of the Volvo Cars manufacturing plant. Refuel Operating Co. paid the state-owned utility $1.25 million recently for a 1.14-acre parcel at 446 Autonomous Drive in the ... Read More - First retail land sold near Volvo Cars factory; 2 new shops coming to downtown Charleston

Camp Hall held the No. 7 for the last three years. MONCKS CORNER, S.C. – Camp Hall Commerce Park moved up in the ranks and has been named No. 5 best industrial park in the nation – and the only one to make the list in the Southeast – in Business Facilities Magazine’s 19th Rankings Report, the ... Read More - Camp Hall Moves Up to No. 5 Best Industrial Park in the Nation

A business deal that fell apart wound up helping state-owned electric and water utility Santee Cooper more than double its money. The utility plans to sell 64.5 acres at its Camp Hall Commerce Park for $16.12 million to a cold-storage warehouse developer. That’s more than twice the $7.6 ... Read More - Busted SC real estate deal works to utility Santee Cooper’s advantage