Promised vs. Produced Tracker · South Carolina · as of Q3 2026

South Carolina has been promised 7 factories since 2017. 1 is producing.

17th of 33 states by announced capital · 13th of 17 by share producing, among states with three or more promises

7 promises · $12B announced · 1 producing · 6 not yet producing

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Redwood Materials Carolina Campus · $3.5B · ProducingScout Motors Blythewood Assembly Plant · $2.0B · Under constructionOctapharma Critical-Care Manufacturing Facility, Rock Hill · $1.5B · AnnouncedAlbemarle Lithium Mega-Flex Facility (Richburg, SC) · $1.3B · PausedUSA Rare Earth Blacksburg magnet and metal plant · $1.2B · Under constructionBMW Plant Spartanburg EV Expansion · $1.0B · Under constructionBoeing South Carolina 787 Final Assembly Expansion (North Charleston) · $1.0B · Under constructionUSA Rare Earth Blacksburg mag…Octapharma Critical-Care Manu…BMW Plant Spartanburg EV Expa…Albemarle Lithium Mega-Flex F…Scout Motors Blythewood Assem…Redwood Materials Carolina Ca…Boeing South Carolina 787 Fin…
producing not yet producing cancelled or closedmark area · announced capitalSites placed at the town · the largest promises are named · a mark opens its row

South Carolina, promise by promise

Largest announced capital first. Each row links to its announcement and to the source for its latest status.

announcement to promised first output past the promised date, not producing producing × promise cancelled or closed

  1. Redwood Materials Carolina Campus

    Battery · SC

    $3.5B · 1,500 jobs · announced Dec 2022 · promised 2023 · first output 2025-11

    sources · promise governor.sc.gov · status redwoodmaterials.com

    Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

    Producing2y 4m late

  2. Scout Motors Blythewood Assembly Plant

    Auto Assembly · SC

    $2.0B · 4,000 jobs · announced Mar 2023 · promised 2026 (end) · first output: not yet

    sources · promise governor.sc.gov · status blog.scoutmotors.com

    Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

    Under constructiondue in 1m

  3. Octapharma Critical-Care Manufacturing Facility, Rock Hill

    Pharmaceuticals · SC

    $1.5B · 1,500 jobs · announced Jul 2026 · promised 2035 · first output: not yet

    sources · promise octapharma.com · status wfae.org

    Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

    Announceddue in 8y 9m

  4. Albemarle Lithium Mega-Flex Facility (Richburg, SC)

    Battery · SC

    $1.3B · 300 jobs · announced Mar 2023 · no promised date · first output: not yet

    sources · promise investors.albemarle.com · status scdailygazette.com

    Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

    Pausedno promised date on record

  5. USA Rare Earth Blacksburg magnet and metal plant

    Other · SC

    $1.2B · 490 jobs · announced Jun 2026 · promised 2028-04 · first output: not yet

    sources · promise governor.sc.gov · status globenewswire.com

    Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

    Under constructiondue in 1y 6m

  6. BMW Plant Spartanburg EV Expansion

    Auto Assembly · SC

    $1.0B · jobs unconfirmed · announced Oct 2022 · no promised date · first output: not yet

    sources · promise sccommerce.com · status press.bmwgroup.com

    Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

    Under constructionno promised date on record

  7. Boeing South Carolina 787 Final Assembly Expansion (North Charleston)

    Aerospace and Defense · SC

    $1.0B · 500 jobs · announced Dec 2024 · promised 2027 (early) · first output: not yet

    sources · promise governor.sc.gov, boeing.mediaroom.com · status postandcourier.com

    Wrong? Correct it on GitHub or email us

    Under constructiondue in 6m

Dates follow the announcement's own precision: a year with no month is drawn at mid-year, a quarter at its middle month. A person has checked every figure here against its sources, and every check is public. We log every correction made after publication, with its reason.

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How we collected this
Data: Promised vs. Produced Tracker, 165 promises at the $1B or 2,000 direct jobs floor across 33 states, verified through 2026-10-03 · A person verified every promise against its sources, and we have logged 88 corrections · 165 of 165 carry both a promise source and a status source · map: Census cartographic boundaries via us-atlas, AlbersUSA · We placed each site at its town by hand and drew the bars and marks from the Tracker, without a chart library