Data Centers Near You · Virginia
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What data centers are near you, and which are still to come?

Every data center Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality has on record, planned, under construction or operating, on one map. Search around a ZIP code, a school, or any spot you pick on the map. An independent project; not affiliated with DEQ or any locality.

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Any Virginia ZIP code. Distances are measured from the ZIP code's center.

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      What this shows

      Every site DEQ flags as a data center in its daily Air Sites records. Data centers need a DEQ air permit for their backup diesel generators, so this covers projects from the point they apply for one. The stage (planned, under construction, operating) is DEQ's own.

      Air permit dates come from DEQ's issued-permits list, saved . Sites DEQ has on record but hasn't issued a permit for yet show no date.

      Diamonds are county filings that mention a data center: land-use applications (rezonings, special exceptions), which the county board decides, usually after a public hearing, and site plans, which county staff review. They come before any DEQ air permit. Loudoun County's come from its land application records (LOLA); the status is the county's own, and each links to its county record.

      What it doesn't show yet

      • Other counties' filings. County filings are shown for Loudoun County so far; elsewhere, a proposal appears only once it applies for a DEQ air permit. Fairfax and Prince William are next.
      • Cost and size. These come from county building permits, also next.
      • Meetings and how to take part. Upcoming hearings, comment periods and who decides, by ZIP code, are planned.

      Sources and related work

      • Virginia Department of Environmental Quality: Air Sites (Daily) and the issued air permits list.
      • County filings: Loudoun County's Loudoun Online Land Applications (LOLA) records.
      • Schools: National Center for Education Statistics, public school locations 2024-25.
      • ZIP codes: U.S. Census Bureau ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (2025 Gazetteer).
      • Map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Map images are loaded from OpenFreeMap, which sees which area of the map is being viewed.
      • Related maps: the Piedmont Environmental Council's Existing and Proposed Data Centers map, and Brockovich Data Center Reporting.