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Jul 28, 2025

Amazon cancels data center in Louisa County

Amazon Web Services has withdrawn its application to build a data center campus in Louisa County, following backlash from county residents.

Chesapeake approves 130+ condo development
Jul 24, 2025

Chesapeake approves 130+ condo development

Chesapeake City Council last week approved a rezoning request that will allow for the construction of up to 137 condo-style units.

A rendering of Commonwealth Fusion Systems' planned facility in Chesterfield County. Image courtesy CFS.
May 27, 2025

Fusion power plant seeks zoning permit in Chesterfield

Commonwealth Fusion Solutions has filed an application with Chesterfield County for a permit to build its proposed 400-megawatt fusion power plant in the county, which would be the world’s first grid-scale commercial fusion power plant.

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Mar 19, 2025

Loudoun County supervisors shake up data center regulations

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved major changes on Tuesday night to how the county regulates data centers, eliminating them as a by-right use. The board voted 7-2 to alter the county’s comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance, with supervisors Kristen Umstattd and Caleb Kershner making the dissenting votes. The comprehensive plan amendment makes data […]

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Jan 13, 2025

Riverdale, Roanoke foundry projects progress with zoning votes

Two ambitious Roanoke mixed-use readaptation projects are one step closer to rezoning under the city’s new “urban center” designation, which aims to create more pedestrian-friendly development. Developer Ed Walker’s Riverdale, a 126-acre multiuse project proposed on the site of Roanoke’s former American Viscose rayon plant, and another Roanoke-area developer’s &[...]

Powhatan green-lights $2.7B data center campus
Nov 30, 2024

Powhatan green-lights $2.7B data center campus

Although some Virginia counties are backing away from hosting more data centers, Powhatan County supervisors voted 3-2 in October to approve an estimated $2.7 billion data center campus. The project will be on 119.9 acres partly bordering Chesterfield County, and supervisors OKed rezoning and a conditional use permit, rejecting the Powhatan Planning Commission’s recommendation. The […[...]

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Nov 7, 2024

Developer downscales plans for Pittsylvania power plant/data center campus

The developer planning a natural gas power plant and data center campus on 2,233 acres in the Banister and Callands-Gretna districts of Pittsylvania County withdrew its rezoning application Monday, after facing vocal opposition from residents at public meetings held last week.  Instead, Herndon-based Balico, the development company behind the project, intends to file a rezoning […]

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Oct 30, 2024

Roanoke City Council approves zoning changes — again

A residential zoning do-over in the Star City is done. At least for now. On Sept. 16, Roanoke City Council voted 6-1 to adopt zoning amendments that will allow greater housing density and eliminate single-family-only housing City Council adopted similar zoning amendments in March, but several city homeowners, including Republican mayoral candidate David Bowers and […]

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Sep 29, 2024

Kuhn continues moving Loudoun projects forward

It hasn’t exactly been smooth sailing for Chuck Kuhn lately as he tries to rezone land for flex industrial use in Leesburg and Purcellville. The CEO of JK Moving Services and JK Land Holdings, Kuhn is one of Northern Virginia’s most prominent data center developers and land conservationists, having purchased swathes of property in Loudoun […]

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Sep 29, 2024

$1 billion data center campus moves forward in Pittsylvania

With more than 70% of global internet traffic flowing through Virginia data centers — mostly in Loudoun County — the commonwealth is the world’s undisputed data center capital. And Tom Gallagher’s development group wants Pittsylvania County to claim a stake in that action. Gallagher represents Anchorstone Advisors SOVA, the developer planning to build a potential […]

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Aug 29, 2024

Culpeper tech zone attracts data centers

A Dallas-based developer seeking to build its fourth data center campus in Virginia had a problem. Finding sites large enough was getting difficult in Northern Virginia, where DataBank has two locations in Ashburn’s Data Center Alley and one in McLean. “Virginia is still a solid data center market,” says DataBank Chief Operating Officer Joe Minarik. […]

QTS Data Centers has purchased all of the White Oak Technology Park II property in Henrico. Rendering of a potential data center at the site courtesy Hourigan
Jul 19, 2024

QTS finishes $137M purchase of rezoned Henrico tech park land

QTS Data Centers has secured ownership of all 622 acres of the recently rezoned site for the White Oak Technology Park II project in Henrico County’s Sandston area for approximately $137 million. On June 28, a limited liability company belonging to QTS bought the remaining portion of the site that it hadn’t yet acquired — […]

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