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Loudoun County

13 data center projects we know about. 8 towns and unincorporated areas.

Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

Projects

Proposed

Amazon Bridgefield Tech Center (former GW Virginia campus, Ashburn)

Loudoun County, Loudoun County

122 acres Β· for Amazon Web Services

πŸ•’ July 28, 2026: Amazon filed a first plan for four data center buildings (805,092 square feet).

Proposed

B.F. Saul data centers on Shaw Road (Sterling)

Loudoun County, Loudoun County

37.24 acres

πŸ•’ Sept 2026: Loudoun Planning Commission voted against the rezoning.

Proposed

Cochran Tech data center (Cochran Mill Road, near Leesburg)

Loudoun County, Loudoun County

πŸ•’ May 5, 2026: Board voted 6-1-1 to reconsider and send the plan back to the Planning Commission.

Proposed

Prologis Concorde Industrial Park data center conversion (Sterling)

Loudoun County, Loudoun County

17 acres

πŸ•’ Feb 11, 2026: Board of Supervisors held its review of the rezoning.

Approved, not built yet

Cross Mill Center data center (near Leesburg Executive Airport)

Loudoun County, Loudoun County

22 acres

πŸ•’ July 15, 2025: Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning 5-4.

Approved, not built yet

Greenlin Park data center campus (Dulles Greenway, south of Leesburg)

Loudoun County, Loudoun County

83 acres

πŸ•’ Feb 19, 2025: Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning.

Proposed

Leesburg Gateway data center plan (Peterson Companies)

Leesburg, Loudoun County

107 acres

πŸ•’ Jan 26, 2026: Town Council cancelled its public hearing at the developer's request.

Proposed

Quantum Park data centers (Ashburn)

Loudoun County, Loudoun County

40 acres

πŸ•’ April 15, 2026: Supervisors moved the plan to a May 19 vote; several said they would vote no.

Approved, not built yet

Belmont Innovation Campus (Belmont Ridge Road)

Loudoun County, Loudoun County

112 acres

πŸ•’ April 10, 2024: Board approved a 1.3 million-square-foot version, 6-3.

Proposed

Active Infrastructure campus on Evergreen Mills Road

Loudoun County, Loudoun County

325 acres

πŸ•’ July 23, 2026: Planning Commission held a hearing and voted against the rezoning.

Stopped or cancelled

Oaklawn data center (Land Bay A, Leesburg)

Leesburg, Loudoun County

26.4 acres

πŸ•’ July 2025: Developer sued the town over the denial.

Proposed

STACK Infrastructure 144 MW Loudoun campus

Loudoun County, Loudoun County

πŸ•’ Feb 11, 2025: STACK announced the 144 MW campus.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Being built

EdgeCore AS01 and AS02 data centers (Sterling)

Loudoun County, Loudoun County

πŸ•’ April 2026: EdgeCore secured $1.5 billion in loans to build AS01 and AS02.

Reported in the news, not confirmed yet

Local votes and rules

πŸ“Œ Other Β· Loudoun County

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.

Sept 2, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Loudoun County

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.

Sept 2026Source

πŸ—ΊοΈ Zoning change Β· Loudoun County

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.

March 18, 2025Source

πŸ“Œ Other Β· Loudoun County

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.

March 18, 2025Source

βœ… Approved Β· Loudoun County

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.

Feb 19, 2025Source

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