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Virginia

World's largest data-center market. The General Assembly is deadlocked over a $1.6B sales-and-use tax exemption for data-center equipment, while the fight plays out county by county through zoning.

Status
Active local fights
Local moratoriums
0 (county zoning fights)

Recent actions

  • Eight Northern/Central VA counties run active Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors dockets on data-center applications.
  • Unverified: $1.6B equipment tax-exemption renewal remains unresolved between the House and Senate.

Upcoming meetings

  1. 2026-06-11 · 19:00 · CULPEPER · PLANNING_COMMISSION Culpeper County Administration Building Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Planning Commission public hearing — Brandy Station and Wilderness Corridor-adjacent data-center rezoning or special-use items anticipated; agricultural-buffer and viewshed conditions in scope
  2. 2026-06-16 · 19:00 · STAFFORD · BOS Stafford County Government Center Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Board of Supervisors meeting — data-center rezoning and special-exception items expected June cycle; I-95 corridor applications and Aquia Creek watershed parcels in active queue
  3. 2026-06-18 · 19:00 · FAUQUIER · BOS Warren Green Building Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Board of Supervisors meeting — data-center applications in Vint Hill technology corridor expected June cycle; agricultural-district setback and VDOT traffic-impact conditions in scope
  4. 2026-06-23 · 18:00 · LOUDOUN · PLANNING_COMMISSION Loudoun County Government Center Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Planning Commission public hearing — data-center rezoning or special-exception items expected June cycle
  5. 2026-06-25 · 18:30 · CAROLINE · PLANNING_COMMISSION Caroline County Community Services Center Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Planning Commission meeting — Rt 1 corridor data-center rezoning or special-use items anticipated; setback and agricultural-buffer conditions in scope
  6. 2026-07-01 · 18:00 · SPOTSYLVANIA · PLANNING_COMMISSION Holbert Building Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Planning Commission public hearing — data-center rezoning items expected July cycle; Wilderness Crossing continuation or new applications anticipated
  7. 2026-07-07 · 19:00 · CULPEPER · BOS Culpeper County Administration Building Not yet verified — check the posted agenda. Board of Supervisors meeting — data-center rezoning and special-exception items expected July cycle; Brandy Station corridor applications and Wilderness Crossing-adjacent parcels in active queue
  8. 2026-11-14 · 19:00 · LOUDOUN · BOS Loudoun County Government Center Compass Datacenter Campus #4 - public hearing on conditional use permit
  9. 2026-11-18 · 18:30 · PRINCE-WILLIAM · PLANNING_COMMISSION McCoart Administration Building Manassas grid load increase - Dominion substation expansion linked to Tract 14B
  10. 2026-12-02 · 18:00 · SPOTSYLVANIA · PLANNING_COMMISSION Holbert Building Tract 3B rezoning - data center on agricultural-use parcel