https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/Virginia construction and development news: data centers, zoning votes and new projects.en-us https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/spotsylvania-crossroads-hearing-nov-17https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/spotsylvania-crossroads-hearing-nov-17Tue, 10 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0500Spotsylvania supervisors are set to hold a public hearing and vote Nov. 17 on a special use permit for a 2.1 million-square-foot data center campus. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/pw-data-center-overlay-closes-dec-21https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/pw-data-center-overlay-closes-dec-21Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0500Pending data center applications have until Dec. 21 to qualify for the county's shrunken by-right overlay; a county staff analysis counted 130 parcels relying on that last window. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/eo-22-data-center-deadlineshttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/eo-22-data-center-deadlinesSat, 07 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0500Executive Order 22 gives state agencies 120 to 240 days from Sept. 18 to deliver a toolkit for localities, noise rules and a backup-generator review. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/election-2026-data-center-politicshttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/election-2026-data-center-politicsSat, 07 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0500The data center sales tax exemption cost Virginia and localities a reported $1.94 billion in fiscal 2025, and a VCU poll found 72% of voters oppose it. The 2027 General Assembly and county boards decide what changes. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/dominion-data-center-pipeline-54-9-gwhttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/dominion-data-center-pipeline-54-9-gwFri, 06 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0500Dominion Energy reported 54.9 gigawatts of data center capacity in various stages of contracting as of September, with more than 12 GW under signed electric service agreements. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/valley-north-765-kv-open-houseshttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/valley-north-765-kv-open-housesThu, 05 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0500Valley Link holds drop-in open houses in Winchester on Nov. 5 and Lovettsville on Nov. 12 on its proposed 260-mile, 765-kilovolt Valley North line. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/botetourt-google-foia-lawsuithttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/botetourt-google-foia-lawsuitWed, 04 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0500A Botetourt resident filed suit Nov. 2 claiming the county broke the state open-records law when it approved its $1 billion-per-building agreement with Google in 2025. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/frederick-denies-winchester-gateway-data-centerhttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/frederick-denies-winchester-gateway-data-centerTue, 03 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0500Frederick County supervisors voted unanimously Oct. 28 to deny a conditional-use permit for a 72-acre, three-building data center campus in Kernstown. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/am2-tech-hub-24-8-million-granthttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/am2-tech-hub-24-8-million-grantMon, 02 Nov 2026 08:00:00 -0500The U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded about $24.8 million to the AM2 advanced manufacturing hub, with money for Virginia Tech test beds and training for 2,000 workers. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/google-west-creek-goochland-data-centerhttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/google-west-creek-goochland-data-centerSat, 31 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Google confirmed it is doing due diligence on a roughly 1,000-acre West Creek Business Park site, where a data center could proceed by right with no public hearing. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/botetourt-google-corps-no-hearinghttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/botetourt-google-corps-no-hearingFri, 30 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will not hold a public hearing on Google's three-building data center plan despite 282 requests. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/frederick-technology-park-data-center-withdrawnhttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/frederick-technology-park-data-center-withdrawnThu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Equus Capital Partners withdrew its Virginia Technology Park rezoning request in Clear Brook two days before a county board hearing. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/carroll-project-lightning-data-centerhttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/carroll-project-lightning-data-centerWed, 28 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400A planned data center at Wildwood Commerce Park, expected to bring more than $11 billion in investment, is stalled because Carroll County has not signed on to a plan to let a regional authority make the final call. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/spotsylvania-comp-plan-data-center-caphttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/spotsylvania-comp-plan-data-center-capTue, 27 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Spotsylvania supervisors are scheduled to vote Oct. 27 on an updated Comprehensive Plan that recommends data centers take up no more than 45% of the county's industrial-zoned land. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/amazon-drops-gw-ashburn-data-centershttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/amazon-drops-gw-ashburn-data-centersMon, 26 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Amazon 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. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/loudoun-data-center-pause-deferredhttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/loudoun-data-center-pause-deferredWed, 21 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Loudoun 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. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/pittsylvania-stack-data-center-permithttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/pittsylvania-stack-data-center-permitTue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400A state and federal permit application for Stack Infrastructure's AI data center campus at the Berry Hill megasite lays out 21 buildings, up to 3,000 megawatts of power and up to 7 million gallons of water a day. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/nunnally-village-planning-commissionhttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/nunnally-village-planning-commissionMon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400A mixed-use plan with up to 1,000 homes and HCA's $260 million hospital goes to the Chesterfield Planning Commission on Oct. 20. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/old-dominion-power-rate-hikehttps://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/old-dominion-power-rate-hikeFri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Old Dominion Power is asking regulators for $19 million more, which would raise a typical home bill about 23%; SCC staff recommend about $11.9 million. https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/housing-plans-stall-oct-13https://www.thevirginiapulse.com/stories/housing-plans-stall-oct-13Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400On Oct. 13, housing proposals totaling 1,074 homes were withdrawn in James City County, delayed in Montgomery County and rejected in Richmond.