Virginia Data Center Lead Intel: sample weekly report

This is the shape of the weekly Lead Intel report: new Virginia filings, approvals and hearings, with the developer, status, size and dates as stated in public records. This sample is built from real records in our tracker (data updated 2026-11-02) and shows the format, not an email that was sent. Every fact links to its source and is labeled Official record, Company claim or News report. We state what the records say and do not predict outcomes.

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Policy watch (state, utility-regulator and federal records)

2026-10-05: Virginia Register published the final regulation adding Article 7 (9VAC5-50-610 to -630), emission standards for data center engine-generator sets, for data centers applying for a permit on or after July 1, 2026; DEQ may not issue a permit unless each… Official record register.dls.virginia.gov ↗
2026-09-18: Gov. Spanberger signed Executive Order 22 (2026), implementing the Virginia Data Center Accountability Framework with five pillars: community transparency, environmental protection, affordability, clean energy and grid reliability, and workforce benefits; it… Official record governor.virginia.gov ↗
2026-06-29: SCC final order in case PUR-2025-00056 selected Route 3A for Dominion's Golden to Mars transmission line, according to the county's transmission page. Official record loudoun.gov ↗

Recent leads (6)

Lead 1 · Loudoun County · Ashburn (Algonkian District)

Amazon Web Services plan for the former GWU campus (Bridgefield / 'Project Potomac Promise'), Ashburn

Developer (as stated in records): Amazon Web Services (per county release and WTOP)
Status: Preliminary agreement to drop the data center use announced Oct 20, 2026, final agreements not yet complete
Size (as stated): About 122 acres bought by Amazon, with four data center buildings in the site plan (WTOP). Under the preliminary deal about 25 acres go to the county and the remaining 97 acres would be rezoned for housing and mixed use (county release)
Investment (as stated): Amazon paid about $427 million for the campus in March 2026 (WTOP)

Latest dated records

2026-10-20: Board voted to support a preliminary agreement with Amazon Web Services under which Amazon intends to withdraw its data center application on the former GWU campus in Ashburn. Official record loudoun.gov ↗

Lead 2 · Prince William County · Prince William County

Gardner Property data centers (REZ2023-00018, SUP2027-00008)

Developer (as stated in records): Not named in the sources we opened
Status: Rezoning and special use permit under review, no hearing scheduled
Size (as stated): Proposed: 82.74 acres with data centers and a substation, building height up to 66 ft plus rooftop equipment to 81 ft (DAPS)

Latest dated records

2026-09-24: Special use permit application SUP2027-00008 for the Gardner Property data centers and substation was accepted, alongside the pending rezoning REZ2023-00018 (82.74 acres). Official record eservice.pwcgov.org ↗

Lead 3 · Prince William County · Prince William County

Project Industry (REZ2025-00003)

Developer (as stated in records): Industrial Park Court LLC (applicant per county staff report)
Status: Board of Supervisors deferred action (Sept 1, 2026 hearing), pending
Size (as stated): Proposed: two data center buildings (staff report) on 42.28 acres at up to 0.35 FAR, 85 ft height including rooftop equipment (DAPS), substation up to 300 MW and 110 ft height

Latest dated records

2026-09-01: Project Industry (REZ2025-00003) was set for a Board hearing on Sep 1, 2026 and is listed as deferred in the county's Nov 2, 2026 DAPS report. Official record eservice.pwcgov.org ↗
2026-05-20: Planning Commission took no action on Project Industry (REZ2025-00003) after a 3-3 vote with two absent, per the DAPS report. Official record eservice.pwcgov.org ↗

Lead 4 · Prince William County · Nokesville

Madera Farm data centers (SUP2027-00002), Nokesville

Developer (as stated in records): Madera Farm applicant (name not confirmed in the sources we opened)
Status: Application under review, no Planning Commission hearing scheduled
Size (as stated): Proposed: rezoning of about 228.88 acres to M-1 plus a special use permit for data centers up to 75 ft tall and substations outside the Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District (DAPS). Prince William Times reports seven data centers

Latest dated records

2026-07-31: Madera Farm special use permit application SUP2027-00002 was accepted, covering data centers up to 75 ft tall and substations on about 228.88 acres outside the Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District. Official record eservice.pwcgov.org ↗

Lead 5 · Prince William County · Gainesville area

PW Digital Gateway (Compass / QTS)

Developer (as stated in records): QTS and Compass (developers, per InsideNoVa/WTOP)
Status: Canceled (rezonings voided; developer terminated project)
Size (as stated): Proposed: over 22 million sq ft of data centers on about 2,000 acres along Pageland Lane, next to Manassas National Battlefield Park (per InsideNoVa/WTOP)

Latest dated records

2026-07-29: The county's Nov 2, 2026 DAPS report annotates the three Digital Gateway rezonings (REZ2022-00032, -00033 and -00036) as void per a Virginia Court of Appeals order dated July 29, 2026. Official record eservice.pwcgov.org ↗
2026-07-02: Notice of Withdrawal of Petition for Appeal filed Jul 2, 2026 in the Supreme Court of Virginia, Record No. News report protectpwc.org ↗
2026-07-02: QTS withdrew its legal challenge at the Virginia Supreme Court and said it had terminated the Digital Gateway project and withdrawn related filings (InsideNoVa via WTOP). News report wtop.com ↗

Lead 6 · Loudoun County · Loudoun County (Dulles area)

Dominion 'Golden to Mars' 230/500 kV transmission line (SCC PUR-2025-00056)

Developer (as stated in records): Dominion Energy Virginia
Status: Approved by the State Corporation Commission (final order Jun 29, 2026, Route 3A), appeal pending per United Loudoun
Size (as stated): Per United Loudoun's summary of the SCC order: about 8.4 miles, in-service target Jun 1, 2028, estimated cost about $513 million (tracker summary, SCC order not opened)

Latest dated records

2026-06-29: SCC final order in case PUR-2025-00056 selected Route 3A for Dominion's Golden to Mars transmission line, according to the county's transmission page. Official record loudoun.gov ↗

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