CleanArc Receives Permission for 600MW Data Center Campus in Virginia

CleanArc Data Centers has been granted planning permission for a 650-acre data center campus in Caroline County, Virginia. The Caroline County board of supervisors has approved the development, on a plot of land near Exit 110 of the Interstate 95 between Ashburn and Richmond.

County officials said CleanArc will effectively receive a tax rebate as a result of the size of the contribution it is set to make to Caroline County funds. “In exchange for this anticipated capital investment and job creation, the county will provide funds to its Economic Development Authority for the purpose of making annual grant payments to CleanArc and its tenants upon the completion of each building,” a statement from the county said.

“These annual grant payments will be drawn from the increased real estate and personal property tax revenue generated at the project site as a result of the project, and therefore will function as a tax rebate after these taxes are paid each year.”

“These funds can be used in a myriad of critically important ways by the county,” the statement said. “Among other things, this tax revenue will be needed for new and upgraded schools, new county facilities, fire engines and ambulances, EMS providers and sheriff’s office deputies, water and sewer upgrades, road improvements, and other increasing expenses on the horizon.”