After a meeting that ran past 2:30 a.m., supervisors voted 4-2 (one abstaining) to require data center buildings to sit at least 750 feet from homes, schools, and the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers, up from 100 feet. County staff called it the strictest setback in Virginia.

Oct 22, 2025Source

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Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Stafford County: Virginia Electric & Power Co. (company) or Northern Virginia Electric Co-op (co-op (owned by its members)).

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How much water will the campus use?
Where will new power lines go?
Exactly where is the site?
Did the Board of Supervisors approve it?
When will the water reuse system be finished?
What did the archaeology study find?
Will the graves be protected in place?
Did the Board of Supervisors approve it?
Will the setback from homes be reduced?

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6 data center projects in Unincorporated Stafford County

In Unincorporated Stafford County

STACK Stafford Technology Campus (U.S. 1 at I-95)

Vantage VA4 data center campus

Cranes Corner data center (U.S. 1 near Centreport Parkway)

Amazon Potomac Church Tech Center

Potomac Creek Campus data center (Eskimo Hill Road)

Accokeek Center data center (U.S. 1 near Eskimo Hill Road)

Nearby (within 15 miles)

STACK / Silver Companies campus, Celebrate Virginia South

1500 Gateway data center (Plank Road / Cowan Boulevard)

Local votes and rules

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