Amazon Web Services plans to develop a large-scale data center campus on approximately 869 acres at the former Birchwood Power Plant site on Birchwood Drive in King George County, Virginia. The project would deliver up to 7.5 million square feet of data center space across 19 buildings in multiple phases, with an estimated investment of $6 billion. Phase 1 includes eight data center buildings totaling 4 million square feet and two electrical substations, with subsequent phases adding 3.5 million square feet across nine additional buildings.
The site benefits from existing grid infrastructure, including a Dominion Energy substation that served the retired 258 MW coal plant, a water extraction permit for 6.6 million gallons per day from the Rappahannock River, and rail access. Amazon acquired nine parcels for $168.8 million in December 2023. The project is currently stalled due to a legal dispute with King George County after a new Board of Supervisors sought to renegotiate the original performance agreement. The case is pending in King George County Circuit Court.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Peterson: Project Sisson |
Dubbed Project Sisson, the development calls for 16 two-story data center buildings totaling an immense 3.8 million square feet.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Forest Lane Data Center |
The Stafford County Planning Commission will consider a rezoning request from Real Estate Pursuits 2 LC to change the zoning of approximately 850 acres from agricultural and light industrial to heavy industrial.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Crossroads Technology Campus |
The proposed Crossroads Technology Campus in Spotsylvania County is a massive 633-acre master-planned project designed to feature 8 data center buildings built out over multiple phases.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | AlphaInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | PowerHouse 95 Bldg-A |
US data center firm PowerHouse has broken ground on a new campus in Virginia's Spotsylvania County.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Hunters Ridge South |
Spotsylvania County, Virginia, has approved rezoning for the Hunter's Ridge development, a 127-acre parcel near Fredericksburg.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us | Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us |
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon.com that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms to individuals, companies and governments, on a paid subscription basis.
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