Virginia data centers map
Virginia has 381 mapped data center buildings, the most of any state. Loudoun County has the most: 231. Prince William County has 27 planned data center projects on record, and 7 more are under construction. 7 large AI campuses are here too. Businesses pay 9.95¢ per kWh for power, 26% below the US average.
- 381mapped data center buildings
- 231in Loudoun County, the most
- 7large AI campuses
- 9.95¢per kWh for businesses26% below the US average
About mapped buildings
Buildings and sites that OpenStreetMap volunteers have tagged as data centers. It counts mapped objects, not an official register, so some data centers are not on it yet.
About large AI campuses
A large data center campus built for AI computing, on Epoch AI's list of AI data centers. “Being built” means Epoch AI lists no computers running there yet.
About business power prices
This is the average price businesses paid for power in Virginia in 2025. A kilowatt-hour (kWh) is the power a 1,000-watt heater uses in one hour.
“Businesses” is the commercial group in the US Energy Information Administration's figures: offices, stores and most data centers. Some large data centers buy power as industry instead.
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AI campuses: Epoch AI, CC BY 4.0 (Nov 7, 2026), changes noted
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What the marks mean
Operating: a building mapped as a data center in OpenStreetMap, in use today. As of Nov 6, 2026.
Proposed to under construction, paused, withdrawn or canceled: a planned project and the stage in its latest public record. As of Nov 7, 2026.
About the stages: a project moves from Proposed to Rezoning filed, Approved, Permitted and Under construction. Some stop: Paused, Withdrawn or Canceled.
AI campus: a large AI campus that is not running yet. As of Nov 7, 2026.
Campuses and projects not placed at their street address are listed, not mapped.
Each kind of mark is counted on its own, and the counts are never added together.
Which Virginia counties have the most data centers?
Loudoun County has the most mapped buildings: 231. Prince William County is next, with 72.
Buildings mapped as data centers, per county
- None
- 1
- 2–4
- 5–9
- 10–24
- 25–99
- 100+
How many in each county?
Which natural risks do these counties face?
About the risk ratings
FEMA's National Risk Index scores each county for each natural hazard from 0 to 100, against every county in the US. The score starts from the expected annual loss: the damage a hazard is likely to cause in an average year. It also weighs how many people could be hurt and how well the area can bounce back.
Ratings run from very low to very high.
“Rate high” means relatively high or very high.
6 of the 12 counties with mapped data centers rate high or very high for at least one natural hazard. Lightning and winter weather are the most common, with 5 each.
What does power cost in Virginia, and how fast is demand growing?
Businesses pay 9.95¢ per kWh, 26% below the US average, and their power use grew 60.5% from 2019 to 2025, about 6 times the US rate.
What do businesses pay for power?
9.95¢ per kWh in 2025, the 9th lowest of 50 states and DC.
Is Virginia's power demand rising?
About business power use
This is the power sold to businesses each year, the commercial group in the US Energy Information Administration's figures. Most data centers are in it, so a fast rise often means new data centers, but offices and stores count too.
Virginia: 53.98 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2019, 86.62 TWh in 2025. One TWh is a billion kWh.
Yes. Business power use grew 60.5% from 2019 to 2025, about 6 times the US rate.
What makes Virginia's power?
About the power mix
This is where the power generated in Virginia came from in 2025: each source's share of what its power plants made, 106 terawatt-hours (TWh) in all. Small rooftop solar panels are not counted.
Pumped storage used more power than it made in 2025, so it is left out.
“Other sources” is the agency's catch-all group.
Natural gas made 58% of the power generated in Virginia in 2025; nuclear made 27%.
Under 1% each: other biomass, petroleum, other sources and wind.
How much new power is proposed in Virginia?
About proposed power plants
These are new power plants that companies have told the US Energy Information Administration they plan to open from 2026 to 2030. Plans can change or be dropped.
Sizes are net summer capacity: the most power a plant can send to the grid on a hot summer day. Each bar's length is its part of all the proposed power.
Companies have proposed 7,554 MW of new power plants for 2026 to 2030; solar is the largest source, 3,559 MW.
For scale, Virginia's power plants could deliver 29,581 MW on a summer day in 2025.
Which grid serves Virginia, and what are its water and hazard risks?
PJM runs the grid for 99.2% of Virginia's power sales. 4 natural hazards rate relatively high for Virginia against other states.
Who runs Virginia's power grid?
About the grid
A grid operator, called an ISO or RTO, runs the high-voltage power lines and the power market for a whole region. The share is how much of the state's 2025 power sales were made inside its area.
Where there is none, each utility runs its own part of the grid.
PJM, for 99.2% of 2025 power sales.
How much water do Virginia's power plants use?
About water taken in and used up
Taken in is the water power plants draw from rivers, lakes, wells or the sea to cool. Used up is the part that does not go back: most of it evaporates.
This is the water power plants use, not the water data centers use.
The 12 power plants in Virginia that report their cooling water used up 3.7 billion gallons in 2024, 0.2% of the 1,528 billion they took in.
Which hazards cost Virginia most?
About expected annual loss
FEMA's National Risk Index estimates each natural hazard's expected annual loss: the damage it is likely to cause in an average year. It rates each state against the other states, from very low to very high.
Hazards with the same rating are in the order of FEMA's score. Because each hazard is compared with other states, one can rate higher here and still cost fewer dollars than another.
Not rated: tsunami (insufficient data) and volcanic activity (not applicable).
Drought rates highest for Virginia against other states: relatively high for the damage it is likely to cause in an average year.
- Relatively highDrought, lightning, strong wind and winter weather
- Relatively moderateHurricane, coastal flooding, inland flooding, heat wave, tornado, cold wave and ice storm
- Relatively lowLandslide, earthquake, hail and wildfire
- Very lowAvalanche
Which data center projects are planned in Virginia?
27 planned projects in Prince William County: 18 approved and 9 rezoning filed. 7 more are under construction. Off track: 3 canceled.
How far along are Prince William County's planned projects?
How the stages work
A project moves from Proposed to Rezoning filed, Approved, Permitted and Under construction. Some stop: Paused, Withdrawn or Canceled.
Each stage is the word in the project's latest public record. A project leaves this list once it runs.
18 projects have approval, and 7 are being built. 3 projects are canceled.
Tap a stage to show only its projects on the map.
Table
| Stage | Projects |
|---|---|
| Proposed | 0 |
| Rezoning filed | 9 |
| Approved | 18 |
| Permitted | 0 |
| Under construction | 7 |
| Paused | 0 |
| Withdrawn | 0 |
| Canceled | 3 |
- University Business Park (and substation)Rezoning filedPrince William County · 117 acres as filed · first public record Mar 30, 2023
- Gardner Property (and substation)Rezoning filedPrince William County · 83 acres as filed · first public record Mar 22, 2023
- Gainesville East Data Center (and substation)Rezoning filedPrince William County · 59 acres as filed · first public record Nov 14, 2022
- Gainesville West Data Center (and substation)Rezoning filedPrince William County · 59 acres as filed · first public record Nov 14, 2022
- Innovation on the Parkway PRARezoning filedPrince William County · 18 acres as filed · first public record Nov 1, 2022
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- Ashton Data Center (and substation)Rezoning filedPrince William County · 52 acres as filed · first public record Aug 30, 2022
- Bristow CampusRezoning filedPrince William County · 58 acres as filed · first public record Aug 16, 2022
- Potomac Technology Park (and substation)Rezoning filedPrince William County · 52 acres as filed · first public record Jan 6, 2022
- Compton Property Rezoning (and substation)Rezoning filedPrince William County · 77 acres as filed · first public record Jun 2, 2021
- VA 8/9 RezoningApprovedPrince William County · 19 acres as filed · approved Jul 29, 2025
- Wellington Glen Technology ParkApprovedPrince William County · 49 acres as filed · approved Apr 1, 2025
- Manassas Point PRAApprovedPrince William County · 40 acres as filed · approved Oct 8, 2024
- StoneviewApprovedPrince William County · 12 acres as filed · approved Jun 11, 2024
- Mid-County Industrial ParkApprovedPrince William County · 41 acres as filed · approved Jun 4, 2024
- Parsons Business ParkApprovedPrince William County · 91 acres as filed · approved Mar 19, 2024
- Devlin Technology ParkApprovedPrince William County · 270 acres as filed · approved Nov 29, 2023
- KH Data Capital Development (IMVA-3 4 5)ApprovedPrince William County · 37 acres as filed · approved Jan 26, 2023
- Wellington Glen Parcel KApprovedPrince William County · 40 acres as filed · approved Jul 12, 2022
- I-66 & Route 29 Technology ParkApprovedPrince William County · 103 acres as filed · approved Dec 7, 2021
- South Point Phase IIApprovedPrince William County · 22 acres as filed · approved Oct 19, 2021
- Hunter Property RezoningApprovedPrince William County · 196 acres as filed · approved Sep 7, 2021
- Village Place Technology ParkApprovedPrince William County · 48 acres as filed · approved Jun 15, 2021
- Gainesville Tech ParkApprovedPrince William County · 136 acres as filed · approved Jan 12, 2021
- Blackburn Land Bay 5ApprovedPrince William County · 28 acres as filed · approved Jul 21, 2020
- PRA and Release of Declaration, Hornbaker RoadApprovedPrince William County · 36 acres as filed · approved Jul 16, 2019
- Westview 66ApprovedPrince William County · 41 acres as filed · approved Jul 16, 2019
- Airport Gateway Commerce Center I (amended)ApprovedPrince William County · 97 acres as filed · approved Dec 6, 2011
- Manassas Corporate Center MCC-7Under constructionPrince William County · 23 acres as filed · approved Jul 29, 2025
- NVA05C RezoningUnder constructionPrince William County · 24 acres as filed · approved Feb 4, 2025
- DC-4 PRAUnder constructionPrince William County · 20 acres as filed · approved Oct 24, 2023
- QTS - Project Hero Expansion (DC6)Under constructionPrince William County · 13 acres as filed · approved Feb 16, 2021
- Youth for TomorrowUnder constructionPrince William County · 182 acres as filed · approved Nov 26, 2019
- Avanti at Innovation Proffer Amendment & RezoningUnder constructionPrince William County · 88 acres as filed · approved Jul 16, 2019
- Ashwood AdditionUnder constructionPrince William County · 99 acres as filed · approved Mar 6, 2018
- Compass Datacenters Prince William County Campus 1CanceledPrince William County · 884 acres as filed · approved Dec 13, 2023A court voided this rezoning in August 2025 (Court of Appeals of Virginia affirmed, March 31, 2026); after the last appeal was withdrawn in July 2026, the county restored the prior zoning.
- Digital Gateway NorthCanceledPrince William County · 534 acres as filed · approved Dec 13, 2023A court voided this rezoning in August 2025 (Court of Appeals of Virginia affirmed, March 31, 2026); after the last appeal was withdrawn in July 2026, the county restored the prior zoning.
- Digital Gateway SouthCanceledPrince William County · 342 acres as filed · approved Dec 13, 2023A court voided this rezoning in August 2025 (Court of Appeals of Virginia affirmed, March 31, 2026); after the last appeal was withdrawn in July 2026, the county restored the prior zoning.
When did Prince William County's data center projects start?
Of the 9 projects with a known filing date, more first showed up in 2022 than in any other year: 6.
Tap a year to show only its projects on the map.
Table
| Year | Projects |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 2 |
Are there AI data centers in Virginia?
Yes. Virginia has 7 large AI campuses.
Who runs Virginia's data centers?
About this count
Each building counts once, by the operator named in OpenStreetMap. 58 buildings have no operator named.
Amazon Web Services runs the most mapped buildings: 140.
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Which Virginia places have their own page?
4 places have a page so far.
- Loudoun County231 mapped buildings
- Prince William County72 mapped buildings · 37 projects on record
- Innovation20 mapped buildings · 7 projects on record
- Linton Hall7 mapped buildings · 7 projects on record
Which cities outside any county have data centers?
3 cities have mapped buildings: Harrisonburg (1), Lynchburg (1) and Manassas (1).
More about Virginia data centers
Questions about Virginia data centers
How many data centers are in Virginia?
Virginia has 381 data center buildings mapped in OpenStreetMap, the most of any state, as of November 6, 2026. CamsAhead's project records in Virginia cover Prince William County: they list 27 planned projects and 7 under construction. Epoch AI tracks 7 large AI campuses here. These counts are kept apart.
What county in Virginia has the most data centers?
Loudoun County has the most: 231 data center buildings. They are mapped in OpenStreetMap. That is as of November 6, 2026. Prince William County is next, with 72.
What are the proposed data center locations in Virginia?
Of the 27 planned data center projects on record, 17 sit inside a named place. Linton Hall has the most: 6. Gainesville and Innovation are next, with 3 each. All 27 are in Prince William County, which CamsAhead's project records in Virginia cover so far, as of November 7, 2026. The county list and the planned list show each one, with its stage and source.
Who is behind the data centers being built in Virginia?
CamsAhead's project records for Prince William County name no applicant or operator yet, as of November 7, 2026; each project shows its name as filed, which can include a company. CamsAhead names a company only when a record names it.
How many AI data centers are there in Virginia?
Epoch AI tracks 7 large AI campuses in Virginia, as of November 7, 2026. AI data centers in Virginia lists each one. Other data centers here show as mapped buildings or project records, and each is counted on its own.
Sources and updates
How this page was made: CamsAhead writes each page type once, then fills it with this place's data from the sources below.
- OpenStreetMap contributors: data center buildings, as of November 6, 2026; Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0, free copy on request.
- Prince William County, VA: Build-Out Analysis: data center sites, campuses and buildings, checked November 7, 2026; each project's record is under "Project sources".
- Epoch AI: "AI data centers", CC BY 4.0, retrieved November 7, 2026; changes noted.
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-861 (released Oct 2026) and Form EIA-861 2025 detailed data (released Oct 2026): business power prices and sales by state, grid operators and utilities by county; retrieved October 31, 2026.
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Forms EIA-923/906/920 (released Sep 2026): power generated by source, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plants proposed for 2026 to 2030; retrieved October 31, 2026.
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Form EIA-860 (released Sep 2026): power plant capacity by state, 2025; retrieved October 31, 2026.
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): thermoelectric cooling water data 2024, Forms EIA-860 and EIA-923 (retrieved Oct 2026): power plant cooling water by state.
- FEMA: National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), NRI_Table_Counties and NRI_Table_States: natural hazard ratings by county and expected annual loss by state; retrieved October 31, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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- Manassas Corporate Center MCC-7, Rezoning REZ2024-00025: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jul 29, 2025
- Manassas Corporate Center MCC-7, Data Center Buildings: 1 under construction under REZ2024-00025: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Oct 31, 2026
- NVA05C Rezoning, Rezoning REZ2024-00042: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Feb 4, 2025
- NVA05C Rezoning, Data Center Buildings: 1 under construction under REZ2024-00042: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Oct 31, 2026
- DC-4 PRA, Rezoning REZ2023-00002: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Oct 24, 2023
- DC-4 PRA, Data Center Buildings: 1 under construction under REZ2023-00002: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Oct 31, 2026
- QTS - Project Hero Expansion (DC6), Rezoning REZ2020-00019: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Feb 16, 2021
- QTS - Project Hero Expansion (DC6), Data Center Buildings: 1 under construction under REZ2020-00019: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Oct 31, 2026
- Youth for Tomorrow, Rezoning REZ2019-00034: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Nov 26, 2019
- Youth for Tomorrow, Data Center Buildings: 3 under construction under REZ2019-00034: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Oct 31, 2026
- Avanti at Innovation Proffer Amendment & Rezoning, Rezoning REZ2019-00028: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jul 16, 2019
- Avanti at Innovation Proffer Amendment & Rezoning, Data Center Buildings: 1 under construction under REZ2019-00028: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Oct 31, 2026
- Ashwood Addition, Rezoning REZ2018-00001: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Mar 6, 2018
- Ashwood Addition, Data Center Buildings: 3 under construction under REZ2018-00001: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Oct 31, 2026
- VA 8/9 Rezoning, Rezoning REZ2024-00041: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jul 29, 2025
- Wellington Glen Technology Park, Rezoning REZ2024-00018: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Apr 1, 2025
- Manassas Point PRA, Rezoning REZ2024-00001: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Oct 8, 2024
- Stoneview, Rezoning REZ2023-00026: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jun 11, 2024
- Mid-County Industrial Park, Rezoning REZ2024-00006: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jun 4, 2024
- Parsons Business Park, Rezoning REZ2023-00028: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Mar 19, 2024
- Devlin Technology Park, Rezoning REZ2022-00022: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Nov 29, 2023
- KH Data Capital Development (IMVA-3 4 5), Rezoning REZ2021-00022: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jan 26, 2023
- Wellington Glen Parcel K, Rezoning REZ2021-00014: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jul 12, 2022
- I-66 & Route 29 Technology Park, Rezoning REZ2021-00001: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Dec 7, 2021
- South Point Phase II, Rezoning REZ2020-00021: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Oct 19, 2021
- Hunter Property Rezoning, Rezoning REZ2020-00022: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Sep 7, 2021
- Village Place Technology Park, Rezoning REZ2020-00024: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jun 15, 2021
- Gainesville Tech Park, Rezoning REZ2020-00011: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jan 12, 2021
- Blackburn Land Bay 5, Rezoning REZ2019-00022: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jul 21, 2020
- PRA and Release of Declaration, Hornbaker Road, Rezoning REZ2019-00032: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jul 16, 2019
- Westview 66, Rezoning REZ2019-00025: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jul 16, 2019
- Airport Gateway Commerce Center I (amended), Rezoning PLN2011-00437: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Dec 6, 2011
- University Business Park (and substation), Rezoning REZ2023-00019: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Mar 30, 2023
- Gardner Property (and substation), Rezoning REZ2023-00018: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Mar 22, 2023
- Gainesville East Data Center (and substation), Special Use SUP2023-00006: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Nov 14, 2022
- Gainesville West Data Center (and substation), Special Use SUP2023-00005: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Nov 14, 2022
- Innovation on the Parkway PRA, Rezoning REZ2023-00001: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Nov 1, 2022
- Ashton Data Center (and substation), Rezoning REZ2022-00031: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Aug 30, 2022
- Bristow Campus, Rezoning REZ2022-00030: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Aug 16, 2022
- Potomac Technology Park (and substation), Rezoning REZ2022-00015: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jan 6, 2022
- Compton Property Rezoning (and substation), Rezoning REZ2021-00019: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Jun 2, 2021
- Compass Datacenters Prince William County Campus 1, Rezoning REZ2022-00036: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Dec 13, 2023
- Compass Datacenters Prince William County Campus 1, Opinion: Ordinance 23-57 void: vacourts.gov, Mar 31, 2026
- Compass Datacenters Prince William County Campus 1, PW Digital Gateway: pwcva.gov, checked Oct 30, 2026
- Digital Gateway North, Rezoning REZ2022-00032: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Dec 13, 2023
- Digital Gateway North, Opinion: Ordinance 23-59 void: vacourts.gov, Mar 31, 2026
- Digital Gateway North, PW Digital Gateway: pwcva.gov, checked Oct 30, 2026
- Digital Gateway South, Rezoning REZ2022-00033: gisweb.pwcva.gov, Dec 13, 2023
- Digital Gateway South, Opinion: Ordinance 23-58 void: vacourts.gov, Mar 31, 2026
- Digital Gateway South, PW Digital Gateway: pwcva.gov, checked Oct 30, 2026
CamsAhead's project records in Virginia cover Prince William County so far.
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