Data centers facilities may be a permanent part of our current existence, but our county now has incompatible data centers next to homes, schools, and parks. These huge buildings require massive transmission lines, dedicated substations, generate noise 24-7, consume massive amounts of water and power, and create issues with groundwater supply and threats to watersheds due to their building and parking impervious surfaces.
When PWC completes all the data centers already approved as of Jan 2022, we will have 6 MILLION MORE square feet of data centers than Loudoun County has now! THAT’S 33 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF DATA CENTERS IN PWC!
WHY ARE ANY MORE DATA CENTERS NEEDED IN PWC?
This outlines proposed and built out data centers in the Gainesville area based on data as of 6/29/22: Map DCOZOD 2 with Operating Under Devel DC County Offices 062922
This outlines all the built-out, approved, and in planning PWC data centers, as well as available parcels in the Data Center Overlay District – as of Dec. 7, 2022: PWC Data Center Parcels (This breakdown DOES NOT include the 27M sq. ft. of data centers in the Digital Gateway proposal).
To visually appreciate the full magnitude of data centers across our county see the map in this article.
Data Center Noise Study from Dr. John Lyver: Lyver Data Center Noise Study 123122
- Map of all data center sites listed as operational or
planned by the Prince William County Finance Office,
Tax Assessment Division - Listing of schools (public and private), and public
safety facilities in and around the Data Center Overlay
Zone Opportunity District (DCOZOD) and the
anticipated noise levels at each currently and after
build-out - Special small area studies of noise from data centers on
neighborhoods
See all organization letters opposing Digital Gateway – threats to the Rural Crescent
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Data Centers – Applications & Possibilities – ~64M ? sq ft
Data Centers – Approved – Under Construction, To Be Built
~ 55M sq ft
Data Centers – Already Built – 6.1M sq ft
Rejected by Loudoun Board of Supervisors 2/15/22: Loudoun County – Loudoun Rural Data Center Alley ‘Dulles Cloud South’ – Data Center Land Study – 2/16/22