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Prince William County, Virginia

Prince William County, Virginia has 8.2 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 165 records, against 785.8 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1.7 GW of planned generation across 12 projects, 4 of them past their listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: PJM InterconnectionRefreshed monthly
8.2GW
data centers, planned to operating
165
data center records, not cancelled
13.9%
of Virginia's data center MW
785.8MW
operating generation, 38 projects
1.7GW
planned generation, 12 projects
24
data center developers active here
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Prince William 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.

Loudoun 18 GW Manassas Park Fauquier 561 MW Stafford 1.8 GW Fairfax 1.9 GW Manassas Prince William 8.2 GW
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
10.4times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Prince William County's own plants cover 9.6% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 1.7 GW.

Data centers, planned to operating8.2 GW
Operating generation785.8 MW
Planned generation1.7 GW

Data centers by status

165 records, 8.2 GW

Operating3.5 GW64 records, 43%
Under construction1.6 GW21 records, 19%
Planned3.1 GW80 records, 38%
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The data center pipeline

107 records list a year online or expected, from 2000 to 2029. The largest expected additions are 1.1 GW listed for 2026 and 806.3 MW for 2028. 58 records list no year.

Figure 1

Data center MW by year online or expected

Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.

Through 20252026 and later
05001k1.5k Snapshot year 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 2015 2018 2021 2024 1,069 743 2027 806
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YearRecordsMW
2000122
200100
200200
200300
200400
2005113
200600
200700
200818
200900
2010267
201100
2012250
201300
20143126
201500
2016285
20177377
201800
20193112
20204208
20215331
2022294
20237379
20248597
202512740
2026161,069
20279743
202816806
20296412
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 107 records with a year; 58 without are left out
Figure 2

Who is building in Prince William

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 6 of 24.

Amazon 3.4 GW 65 sites
CloudHQ 914.5 MW 13 sites
Stack Infrastructure 770.2 MW 14 sites
Iron Mountain 622.2 MW 11 sites
NTT 470.4 MW 4 sites
Corscale 456.4 MW 5 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
Amazon653,393
CloudHQ13915
Stack Infrastructure14770
Iron Mountain11622
NTT4470
Corscale5456
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Power generation in the county

38 plants operate inside Prince William County, 785.8 MW. The queue adds 1.7 GW across 12 projects, and 4 of them are past their listed in-service date.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Prince William County

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasOperating 613 MW 3 projects
Natural GasPlanned 1.3 GW 2 projects
Battery StoragePlanned 330 MW 10 projects
OilOperating 150.8 MW 33 projects
SolarOperating 22 MW 2 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasOperating3613
Natural GasPlanned21,336
Battery StoragePlanned10330
OilOperating33150.8
SolarOperating222
Operating: 785.8 MW. Planned: 1.7 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 2.5 GW against 8.2 GW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects
Figure 4

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
05001k1.5k Snapshot year 60 2022 150 2023 2024 2025 60 2026 2027 2028 60 2029 1,336 2030
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YearPlanned projectsMW
2022360
20231150
202400
202500
2026360
202700
202800
2029360
203021,336
4 projects, 210 MW, were due before 2026

Prince William County against its neighbors

Loudoun County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 18 GW, more than Prince William County. 1 of the 4 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Loudoun County 318
18,032
812
1,830 22.2x
Prince William County this page 165
8,165
786
1,666 10.4x
Fairfax County 50
1,919
133
0 14.4x
Stafford County 36
1,809
4
5 517x
Fauquier County 11
561
1,322
1,962 0.42x

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.

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What changed since June 4, 2026

14 projects in Prince William County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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3
added to a queue, 60 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
8
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 490 MW
3
slipped their in-service date, 60 MW

Every change in Prince William County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 14 changes.

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County: Prince William County, VASince June 4, 2026 14 changes
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Every record in Prince William County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 215 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Prince William County, VAStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 215 records
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