2 data center projects in Unincorporated King George County
Who decides here: the King George County Board of Supervisors decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated King George County
King George Technology Center (Green Energy Ventures)
King George County, King George County
300 acres
🕒 Feb 17, 2026: Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning 3-2 and a height permit.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Approved, not built yetDahlgren West data center campus (Oasis Digital Properties)
King George County, King George County
485 acres
🕒 Aug 2025: Board of Supervisors approved the campus unanimously.
Reported in the news, not confirmed yet
Local votes and rules
⚖️ Court case
Amazon Data Services sued after the county zoning appeals board upheld a refusal to confirm Amazon's 'vested rights' to build on the 893-acre Birchwood site. A trial was scheduled for September 28-29, 2026; no ruling had been reported.
📌 Other
A newly elected board majority canceled the tax deal (performance agreement) the county had signed with Amazon on December 19, 2023 for an 869-acre data center campus at the old Birchwood power plant, and began looking at rezoning the land back to farmland.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated King George 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 King George County: Virginia Electric & Power Co. (company) or Northern Neck Electric Co-op, Inc. (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
- Who will use the campus?
- Where will cooling water come from?
- Who will use it, and where will its power come from?