1 data center project in Unincorporated Botetourt County
Who decides here: the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Botetourt County
Local votes and rules
🤝 Agreement with the company
Supervisors approved a 20-year performance agreement covering taxes on Google's server equipment for a possible data center campus on 312 acres. Google also promised about $4 million for local services such as fire, police and schools.
🗺️ Zoning change
Supervisors changed the zoning code to define data centers and allow them in the Research and Advanced Manufacturing (RAM) district. Nobody spoke against it at the hearing. Google later bought 312 acres in the Botetourt Center at Greenfield.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Botetourt County. - Go to county meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Botetourt County: Craig-botetourt Electric Co-op (not available) or Appalachian Power Co. (company) or Virginia Electric & Power Co. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Virginia.