COLUMBIA -- The Senate has granted final approval to an incentives package for a prospective computer-related facility in the state as well as incentives to reward South Financial Group for its planned corporate headquarters expansion in Greenville.

The House amended the South Financial bill Thursday to include the financial incentives to help lure an unidentified computer-related company that could provide up to 200 jobs and an investment of $600 million.

The Senate agreed with the House change late Thursday, and the legislation now is headed to Gov. Mark Sanford, who is expected to sign it into law.

The amendment was requested by Gov. Mark Sanford and the state Department of Commerce, lawmakers said.

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Sen. David Thomas, a Greenville Republican, said the company isn't looking at any site in Greenville County.

The prospect has been code-named "Project Data" by state officials because it concerns a computer-related business, Thomas said.

The amendment would offer sales tax exemptions, expand the jobs tax credit to include the computer-related firms outlined in the amendment and exempt electricity used by the prospect from the power tax, he said.

South Financial said in March it would build a new headquarters along Interstate 85 in Greenville and add about 600 jobs paying an average of $54,000 a year.