3 data center projects in Unincorporated Caroline County
Who decides here: the Caroline County Board of Supervisors decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Caroline County
Amazon Mattameade data center campus (I-95 and Mudd Tavern Road)
Caroline County, Caroline County
1,143 acres · for Amazon Web Services
🕒 Feb 2025: Amazon sent a joint wetlands permit application to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
ProposedLadysmith Data Hub (18577 Green Road)
Caroline County, Caroline County
140.3 acres
🕒 July 24, 2025: Planning Commission voted 4-2 to recommend denial of the special exception permit.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Being builtCleanArc VA1 data center campus (former Virginia Bazaar site)
Caroline County, Caroline County
🕒 Nov 20, 2025: Groundbreaking with Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Caroline 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
Rappahannock Electric Co-op (co-op (owned by its members)).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Virginia.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Have the county and the Army Corps approved it?
- Where would the water come from?
- How many acres are in Caroline and how many in Spotsylvania?
- Did the Board of Supervisors approve or deny it?
- Who is the developer?
- How much water will the campus use, and from where?
- Will new power lines be built to serve it?