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Data centers in Culpeper County, Virginia: a source-linked guide
1 project · 5 dated records · last verified 2026-11-02. Built only from records we have opened; every fact links to its source.
At a glance
- Projects tracked
- 1 (1 approved / permitted)
- Dated records
- 5 (2 Board of Supervisors; 1 News; 1 DEQ air permit; 1 Utility regulator (SCC))
- Official-source records
- 1 of 5
- Last verified
- 2026-11-02
Projects in Culpeper County
Red Ace Data Center campus (Keyser Road)
Rezoning approved 4-3 (Jul 2, 2024)
- Developer (as stated)
- Red Ace Capital Management
- Location
- Stevensburg area
- Size (as stated)
- Two four-story data centers of 290,000 sq ft each (1.16 million sq ft) plus an electrical substation on 69.19 acres (DCD)
- Investment (as stated)
- $350 million; completion not before 2028 (DCD)
- Sources
- 2 linked (News report) · last verified 2026-11-02
- Jun 4 2024 public hearing, then at the applicant's request the Board delayed its final vote to Jul 2 (PEC)
- Jul 2 2024 Board approved rezoning 69.19 acres from Rural to Light Industrial, 4-3 (DCD, citing the Culpeper Star-Exponent; the approval itself rests on that one article)
Timeline of dated records
Piedmont Environmental Council posted a clip headlined 'Culpeper County Board reaches consensus: no more data centers' (Oct 16, 2026). [Unverified: only the headline was read; the underlying report and any Board action were not opened.]
Source: pecva.org ↗DEQ's list of issued air permits for data centers shows registration 74348-1 (Article 6-mNSR) issued 2026-08-05 to DataBank Data Center Culpeper LLC in Culpeper County. The list gives no project size or status; the entry says nothing about whether the facility is built.
Source: deq.virginia.gov ↗PEC reported Dominion proposed a $253.7 million transmission upgrade in Culpeper, Orange and Fauquier counties, mainly to serve data centers in the Culpeper Technology Zone, with SCC written comments accepted until Oct 7 (2025) (PEC alert dated Sept 17, 2025). [Unverified: SCC docket not opened.]
Source: pecva.org ↗Board passed a zoning text amendment requiring a conditional use permit for all new data centers on industrially zoned land outside the Culpeper Technology Zone (Piedmont Environmental Council email alert dated Sept 17, 2025).
Source: pecva.org ↗Board approved rezoning of 69.19 acres from Rural to Light Industrial for Red Ace Capital's two-building, 1.16 million sq ft data center campus on Keyser Road, 4-3 (DCD citing the Culpeper Star-Exponent). (Source article dated Jul 8, 2024.)
Source: datacenterdynamics.com ↗How we sourced this page
Virginia localities control data center siting mainly through zoning, so Board of Supervisors and City Council records are the main local decisions; DEQ permits and SCC dockets cover air emissions and power. Official sources are preferred over news, and company claims are attributed. Full methodology.
Frequently asked questions
How many data center projects does Culpeper County have on record?
Virginia Data Center Watch tracks 1 project in Culpeper County (1 approved / permitted) and 5 dated public records, last verified 2026-11-02. Coverage is partial and a project missing here is not a statement that none exists.
What was the most recent recorded action in Culpeper County?
2026-10-16: Piedmont Environmental Council posted a clip headlined 'Culpeper County Board reaches consensus: no more data centers' (Oct 16, 2026). Source: pecva.org.
Where do the Culpeper County records come from?
1 of 5 records link to a government source. Source sites used for Culpeper County: datacenterdynamics.com, deq.virginia.gov, pecva.org. Each record shows its own label (official record, company claim, news report or third-party tracker).
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