Data centers in Fauquier County, Virginia

Board adopted a zoning text amendment 4-1 (Supervisor Culbertson dissenting) restricting new data centers to land zoned planned commercial industrial development (PCID, currently only the Vint Hill area), removing them as a permitted use in business park (BP) zones, requiring a special exception, closed-loop or air-cooled systems and underground power lines. Does not apply to the three projects already approved or in review in PCID, including operational OVHcloud (FauquierNow via WTOP).

Fauquier Times (published Jul 9, 2026) reported the Board voted 3-1 for a new plan to power Remington Technology Park, a six-building, 1.8 million sq ft data center complex approved in 2018, with a private power plant on site. [Unverified: the type and capacity of the plant and the exact vote date were not confirmed from a primary source; the article says 'Tuesday night'.]

DEQ's list of issued air permits for data centers shows registration 74127-3 (Article 6 - mNSR) issued 2026-01-20 to Data Center Vint Hill LLC in Fauquier County. The list gives no project size or status; the entry says nothing about whether the facility is built.

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.]