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Stafford County, Virginia

Stafford County, Virginia has 1.8 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 36 records, against 3.5 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 5 MW of planned generation across 1 project. That is 3.1% of Virginia's data center MW.

Data as of Grid region: PJM InterconnectionRefreshed monthly
1.8GW
data centers, planned to operating
36
data center records, not cancelled
3.1%
of Virginia's data center MW
3.5MW
operating generation, 3 projects
5MW
planned generation, 1 project
15
data center developers active here
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Stafford County and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 6 of its 7 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

King George 2.4 GW Caroline 1.7 GW Culpeper 1.6 GW Fauquier 561 MW Spotsylvania 3.1 GW Stafford 1.8 GW Prince William 8.2 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
517times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Stafford County's own plants cover 0.2% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 5 MW.

Data centers, planned to operating1.8 GW
Operating generation3.5 MW
Planned generation5 MW

Data centers by status

36 records, 1.8 GW

Operating64.1 MW1 record, 4%
Under construction373.2 MW5 records, 21%
Planned1.4 GW30 records, 76%
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The data center pipeline

24 records list a year online or expected, from 2026 to 2031. The largest expected additions are 467.6 MW listed for 2028 and 376.5 MW for 2029. 12 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 147 2026 2027 468 2028 377 2029 301 2030 2031
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YearRecordsMW
20262147
20274290
20286468
20295377
20304301
20313226
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 24 records with a year; 12 without are left out
Figure 2

Who is building in Stafford

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 6 of 15.

Stack Infrastructure 1.4 GW 19 sites
Vantage Data Centers 249.6 MW 3 sites
Amazon 128.2 MW 2 sites
A.I., INC 0 MW 1 site
ENON RD LLC 0 MW 1 site
GAM 403 MOUNTAIN LLC 0 MW 1 site
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DeveloperSitesMW
Stack Infrastructure191,431
Vantage Data Centers3250
Amazon2128
A.I., INC10
ENON RD LLC10
GAM 403 MOUNTAIN LLC10
Members see all 15 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

3 plants operate inside Stafford County, 3.5 MW of solar and landfill gas. The queue adds 5 MW across 1 project.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Stafford County

OperatingPlanned
SolarOperating 1.3 MW 1 project
SolarPlanned 5 MW 1 project
Landfill GasOperating 2.2 MW 2 projects
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
SolarOperating11.3
SolarPlanned15
Landfill GasOperating22.2
Operating: 3.5 MW. Planned: 5 MW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 8.5 MW against 1.8 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
0246 5 2027
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YearPlanned projectsMW
202715
No planned project is past its listed year

Stafford County against its neighbors

Prince William County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 8.2 GW, more than Stafford County. 1 of the 6 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Prince William County 165
8,165
786
1,666 10.4x
Spotsylvania County 47
3,149
500
500 6.3x
King George County 11
2,350
13
334 178x
Stafford County this page 36
1,809
4
5 517x
Caroline County 22
1,670
893
2,246 1.9x
Culpeper County 13
1,588
7
389 230x
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.

7 counties shown

What changed since June 4, 2026

1 project in Stafford County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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added to a queue, 0 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
0
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 0 MW
1
slipped its in-service date, 5 MW

Every change in Stafford County

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.

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County: Stafford County, VASince June 4, 2026 1 change
ProjectChangeTechnologyMWPrevious dateNew date
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Every record in Stafford County

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 40 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Stafford County, VAStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 40 records
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