Louisa County, Virginia
Louisa County, Virginia has 3.4 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 20 records, against 2.9 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 313 MW of planned generation across 5 projects, 2 of them past their listed in-service date.
Louisa County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 4 of its 6 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Louisa County's own plants cover 87.4% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 313 MW.
Data centers by status
20 records, 3.4 GW
The data center pipeline
17 records list a year online or expected, from 2026 to 2028. The largest expected additions are 669.7 MW listed for 2027 and 350 MW for 2028. 3 records list no year.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 148 |
| 2027 | 10 | 670 |
| 2028 | 5 | 350 |
Who is building in Louisa
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 2 of 2.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| EdgeCore | 2 | 2,200 |
| Amazon | 18 | 1,168 |
Power generation in the county
16 plants operate inside Louisa County, 2.9 GW. The queue adds 313 MW across 5 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Louisa County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | Operating | 2 | 1,959.4 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 9 | 846.1 |
| Solar | Operating | 4 | 138.3 |
| Solar | Planned | 3 | 213 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 2 | 100 |
| Hydro | Operating | 1 | 1 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 120 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 1 | 50 |
| 2028 | 1 | 25 |
| 2029 | 1 | 118 |
Louisa County against its neighbors
Hanover County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 4.2 GW, more than Louisa County. 1 of the 4 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover County | 5 | 1,682 | 3.1x | ||
| Louisa County this page | 20 | 313 | 1.1x | ||
| Spotsylvania County | 47 | 500 | 6.3x | ||
| Goochland County | 2 | 40 | 420x | ||
| Fluvanna County | 1 | 5,161 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
5 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
1 project in Louisa County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Louisa County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Louisa County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 41 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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