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Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Spotsylvania County, Virginia has 3.1 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 47 records, against 500 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 500 MW of planned generation across 4 projects, 2 of them past their listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: PJM InterconnectionRefreshed monthly
3.1GW
data centers, planned to operating
47
data center records, not cancelled
5.4%
of Virginia's data center MW
500MW
operating generation, 4 solar projects
500MW
planned generation, 4 projects
5
data center developers active here
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Spotsylvania County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 7 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

Louisa 3.4 GW Caroline 1.7 GW Culpeper 1.6 GW Orange Hanover 4.2 GW Spotsylvania 3.1 GW Stafford 1.8 GW Fredericksburg
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
6.3times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Spotsylvania County's own plants cover 15.9% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 500 MW.

Data centers, planned to operating3.1 GW
Operating generation500 MW
Planned generation500 MW

Data centers by status

47 records, 3.1 GW

Operating149.6 MW2 records, 5%
Under construction449.8 MW6 records, 14%
Planned2.5 GW39 records, 81%
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The data center pipeline

18 records list a year online or expected, from 2025 to 2029. The largest expected additions are 599 MW listed for 2027 and 420 MW for 2029. 29 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
0200400600 Snapshot year 2025 225 2026 599 2027 2028 420 2029
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YearRecordsMW
2025175
20263225
20278599
202800
20296420
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 18 records with a year; 29 without are left out
Figure 2

Who is building in Spotsylvania

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 5 of 5.

Amazon 2.6 GW 37 sites
PowerHouse 525 MW 7 sites
Four Points LLC 0 MW 1 site
Hunters Ridge LLC 0 MW 1 site
RCK DIGITAL CROSSROADS, LLC 0 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Amazon372,624
PowerHouse7525
Four Points LLC10
Hunters Ridge LLC10
RCK DIGITAL CROSSROADS, LLC10
Members see all 5 developers, each campus they own here, and the people who run their site selection and energy procurement.
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Power generation in the county

4 plants operate inside Spotsylvania County, 500 MW of solar. The queue adds 500 MW across 4 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Spotsylvania County

OperatingPlanned
Battery StoragePlanned 500 MW 4 projects
SolarOperating 500 MW 4 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Battery StoragePlanned4500
SolarOperating4500
Operating: 500 MW. Planned: 500 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 1 GW against 3.1 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. 2 planned projects list no date and are left out.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
050100150200 50 2024 200 2025
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YearPlanned projectsMW
2024150
20251200
2 projects, 250 MW, were due before 2026

Spotsylvania County against its neighbors

Hanover County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 4.2 GW, more than Spotsylvania County. None of the neighbors has more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Hanover County 5
4,200
1,343
1,682 3.1x
Louisa County 20
3,368
2,945
313 1.1x
Spotsylvania County this page 47
3,149
500
500 6.3x
Stafford County 36
1,809
4
5 517x
Caroline County 22
1,670
893
2,246 1.9x
Culpeper County 13
1,588
7
389 230x

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.

6 counties shown

What changed since June 4, 2026

3 projects in Spotsylvania County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
3
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 935 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Spotsylvania County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 3 changes.

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County: Spotsylvania County, VASince June 4, 2026 3 changes
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Spotsylvania County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 55 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Spotsylvania County, VAStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 55 records
Project or campusDeveloperStatusMWYearContacts
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