3 data center projects in Unincorporated Pittsylvania County
Who decides here: the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Pittsylvania County
STACK Infrastructure data center campus at Berry Hill megasite
Pittsylvania County, Pittsylvania County
3,000 acres
🕒 July 21, 2026: Pittsylvania County supervisors passed a resolution supporting the data center campus.
Approved, not built yetAnchorstone data center campus in Ringgold (Route 58 East)
Pittsylvania County, Pittsylvania County
946 acres
🕒 July 16, 2024: Pittsylvania County supervisors voted unanimously to rezone 946 acres for heavy industry…
Stopped or cancelledBalico gas power plant and data center campus near Chatham
Pittsylvania County, Pittsylvania County
2,233 acres
🕒 April 14, 2025: Balico withdrew its second, smaller request (750 acres, up to 12 data centers) before a …
Local votes and rules
🗺️ Zoning change
Supervisors unanimously rezoned the Southern Virginia Mega Site at Berry Hill so data centers that meet the code can be built by right, without public hearings. Some residents objected.
✋ Turned down
Supervisors voted 6-1 to deny Balico's rezoning of about 750 acres near Chatham for a data center campus and gas power plant. Earlier the same night they voted 5-2 not to let Balico withdraw the request.
🗺️ Zoning change
Supervisors unanimously rezoned about 946 acres in Ringgold to heavy industrial (M-2) for Anchorstone Advisors' planned data center campus of $1 billion or more.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Pittsylvania 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 Pittsylvania County: Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative (co-op (owned by its members)) or Virginia Electric & Power Co. (company) or Appalachian Power Co. (company) or Southside 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
- How much power will the Berry Hill campus need, and who will supply it?
- Will new power lines be built for the Berry Hill campus?
- How much water will the campus use per day, and where will the recycled water come from?
- Was a secret deal (NDA) signed with Pittsylvania County or Danville?
- Who is the end user of the Ringgold data center campus?
- Has the data center use permit from the Board of Zoning Appeals been granted?
- Has construction started in Ringgold?
- Has Balico filed any new plan for the Chatham land?