Amazon Bridgefield Tech Center (former GW Virginia campus, Ashburn)
Also called: George Washington University Virginia Science and Technology Campus, Bridgefield Tech Center
Amazon bought George Washington University's 122-acre Ashburn campus for $427 million in 2026. In July 2026 it filed a plan for four data center buildings, about 805,000 square feet in all. The local supervisor says she will fight it. The land falls under older zoning rules that may let it go ahead without a board vote.
Where things stand: Amazon filed a first plan in July 2026 for four data center buildings. The site may not need a public hearing under old zoning rules.
🕒 Latest update (July 28, 2026): Amazon filed a first plan for four data center buildings (805,092 square feet).
What we know
- 📍 WhereFormer George Washington University Virginia Science and Technology Campus, Ashburn, Loudoun County, Loudoun County
- 🏢 CompanyAmazon Data Services
- 🏛️ Owned byAmazon
- 👤 Built forAmazon Web Services
- 🌳 Size122 acres
❓ Still unanswered
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What happened so far
- March 2026George Washington University sold its 122-acre Ashburn campus to Amazon Data Services for $427 million.
- April 7, 2026County supervisors voted to study what could be built on the GW campus.
- July 28, 2026Amazon filed a first plan for four data center buildings (805,092 square feet).
Local votes and rules
📌 Other
Supervisors voted unanimously to ask staff for a legal analysis of ending the 2025 grandfathering rule, due at the October 6, 2026 board meeting. Until the board acts, the rule stays in effect.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Supervisors voted 7-1 to pause new data center applications for 12 months while the county rewrites its data center rules. The county attorney had warned that true moratoria are rarely allowed in Virginia.
🗺️ Zoning change
Supervisors voted 7-2 to end by-right data centers. New data centers now need a 'special exception', with public hearings before the planning commission and the board.
📌 Other
On the same night, supervisors voted 5-4 to 'grandfather' data center applications already in review, so they can still be approved by staff without a public hearing. In September 2026, 17 such applications (about 11 million square feet) were still in review.
✅ Approved
Supervisors voted 5-4 to rezone 83 acres south of Leesburg along the Dulles Greenway for JK Land Holdings' Greenlin Park: up to 1.4 million square feet of data centers with a 55-foot height limit, noise limits and a 300-megawatt power cap for five years.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Amazon proposes building over 800,000 square feet of data centers on GW's Virginia campus · The GW Hatchet · Aug 3, 2026
- Loudoun Supervisors Back Study of Data Centers at GW Campus · Loudoun Now · April 8, 2026
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