Has Cielo Digital Infrastructure data center had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Cielo Digital Infrastructure data center.

Where is Cielo Digital Infrastructure data center located?

Cielo Digital Infrastructure data center is in Culpeper, Culpeper County, VA.

Proposed

Cielo Digital Infrastructure data center, Culpeper

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Virginia?

Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Culpeper, Culpeper County, VA

Source: Primary source

Cielo Digital Infrastructure data center in Culpeper County, VA is a proposed facility, operated by Cielo Digital Infrastructure. DataCentersExposed has documented a 1,400,000 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Real parent

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Operator

Cielo Digital Infrastructure

Est. capacity

~280-575 MW

Footprint

1,400,000 sq ft

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

Project covers more than one parcel, the acreage represents the combined acreage Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.

Operator chain

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Cielo Digital Infrastructure data center

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

0.6 mi

Unknown117016 · 115 kV

Transmission line

0.6 mi

115 kV line

Municipal water

No service area

self-supplied or unmapped

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

In the news

source: Google News

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

source · All Virginia subsidies →

Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Eastern View High in Culpeper, is 1.1 mi from this site (1,558 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.

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