Loudoun County: data center projects and votes
Every data center project and vote The Virginia Pulse tracks in Loudoun County, from official documents. Updated November 10, 2026. Back to the Data Center Download.
Coming up
Data center application pause
Board of Supervisors final vote on 12-month data center and substation application pause (deferred from Oct. 20)
Recent decisions
Loudoun data center (high energy use facility) application requirements
Loudoun began requiring the new data center application documents, announced Oct. 23, 2026
Data center application pause
Deferred Oct. 20, 2026, to Nov. 17 at the county attorney's request
Bridgefield Tech Center (former GW Ashburn campus)
Amazon agreed Oct. 20, 2026, to withdraw its 800,000-sq-ft data center plan; site to be rezoned for mixed use
Data center grandfathering review
Tabled with no vote Oct. 6, 2026, after county attorney warned of up to $60 million in litigation risk
Stories
Amazon drops 800,000-sq-ft data center plan at former GW campus
Amazon will withdraw its Ashburn data center application, donate 25 acres and $5 million for housing, and let Loudoun rezone the former George Washington University campus with a data center ban.
Read the story →Loudoun pushes data center pause vote to Nov. 17
Loudoun supervisors delayed their final vote on a 12-month pause on data center and substation applications from Oct. 20 to Nov. 17 after the county attorney asked for more time.
Read the story →Loudoun shelves plan to end data center grandfathering
After the county attorney warned of up to $60 million in litigation risk, Loudoun supervisors tabled a proposal to strip grandfathered status from pending data center applications.
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