Active Infrastructure campus on Evergreen Mills Road
Also called: Ryan Road Hyperscale Site
Active Infrastructure wants to rezone 325 acres on Evergreen Mills Road, south of Watson Road, for 10 data center buildings (3.25 million square feet), three substations and energy storage. It promises cleaner generators, buried power lines and air cooling. At the July 2026 hearing, 50 people spoke against it and one for it.
Where things stand: Planning Commission rejected it in July 2026. County staff opposed it. No board vote found.
🕒 Latest update (July 23, 2026): Planning Commission held a hearing and voted against the rezoning.
What we know
- 📍 WhereEast side of Evergreen Mills Road, south of Watson Road, Loudoun County, Loudoun County
- 🏢 CompanyActive Infrastructure
- 🌳 Size325 acres
- 🗼 New power linesYes
- ❄️ Coolingair cooling (promised)
❓ Still unanswered
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- Will the Board of Supervisors vote on it, or will the developer withdraw? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- July 23, 2026Planning Commission held a hearing and voted against the rezoning.
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
- Loudoun Planning Commission Rejects 3M-Square-Foot Data Center Campus · Loudoun Now · July 24, 2026
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