Dulles Electric Data Centers
STERLING, Loudoun County, VA
Source: Primary source
Dulles Electric Data Centers is a proposed data center in Loudoun County, VA. DataCentersExposed has documented a 371,732 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
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Loudoun, Virginia
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Hearing timeline
- Board of Supervisors Business Meeting
Tue, Jul 21, 2026
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting: data-center item — Board Member Initiative: Operational Regulations on Existing Data Center Backup Generators (Countywide) Staff Contact(s): Christi Maple, Supervisor Saines’ Office
- DecisionBoard of Supervisors Public Hearing
Wed, Jul 15, 2026
Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: LEGI-2025-0012, Golden Substation: CMPT-2025-0005, SPEX-2025-0032, SPEX-2025-0033, & ZMOD-2026-0002 (Sterling) Staff Contact(s): Kristian Maldonado & Daniel Galindo, Planning and Zoning
- DecisionBoard of Supervisors Business Meeting
Tue, Jul 7, 2026
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting: *LEGI-2025-0010, Barrister Substation: SPEX-2025-0021 & SPEX-2025-0023 (Sterling) Staff Contact(s): Allison Britain & Daniel Galindo, Planning and Zoning
- Joint Board of Supervisors/Planning Commission Special Business Meeting
Tue, Jun 30, 2026
Joint Board of Supervisors/Planning Commission Special Business Meeting: CPAM-2024-0001 & ZOAM-2024-0001, Data Centers Standards and Locations Phase 2
- DecisionJoint Board of Supervisors/Planning Commission Special Business Meeting
Tue, Jun 30, 2026
Joint Board of Supervisors/Planning Commission Special Business Meeting: data-center item — Data Center Standards & Locations Ph 2
- DecisionPlanning Commission Public Hearing
Tue, May 26, 2026
Planning Commission Public Hearing: data-center item — Golden Substation permit and special exception applications in Sterling for utility project.
- DecisionBoard of Supervisors Business Meeting
Tue, Apr 21, 2026
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting: data-center item — Zoning amendment for Concorde Industrial Park in Sterling.
Withdrawn — applicant withdrew Concorde Industrial Park item; removed from agenda.
- DecisionBoard of Supervisors Business Meeting and Public Hearing
Tue, Mar 17, 2026
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting and Public Hearing: data-center item — Zoning Map Amendment for Concorde Industrial Park in Sterling; rezoning 17.2 acres.
- DecisionBoard of Supervisors Business Meeting
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting: data-center item — Comprehensive Plan Amendment for countywide electrical infrastructure provisions.
- DecisionBoard of Supervisors Public Hearing
Wed, Feb 11, 2026
Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: data-center item — Zoning map amendment and special exceptions for Concorde Industrial Park in Sterling
- DecisionPlanning Commission Public Hearing
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
Planning Commission Public Hearing: data-center item — Concorde Industrial Park zoning map amendment and special exceptions in Sterling.
- DecisionBoard of Supervisors Business Meeting
Wed, Jan 21, 2026
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting: data-center item — Comprehensive Plan Amendment for housekeeping and clean-up text amendments to 2019 General Plan.
- DecisionBoard of Supervisors Public Hearing
Wed, Jan 14, 2026
Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: data-center item — Countywide comprehensive plan amendment regarding electrical infrastructure.
- Board of Supervisors Business Meeting
Tue, Jan 6, 2026
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting: data-center item — Board Member Initiative: Data Center Informational Fact Sheet (Countywide)
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Overview
source: linkProject 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.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe 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: GDELT- The Mid-Atlantic's electric grid operator is taking steps to rein in data center demand - WHROWHRO· Aug 20, 2026
- After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ - Tom's HardwareTom's Hardware· Aug 6, 2026
- Virginia Orders Data Centers To Pay for Dedicated New Electric Infrastructure - Realtor.comRealtor.com· Aug 5, 2026
- New FirstEnergy deals focus on rising data center electricity demands - Akron Beacon JournalAkron Beacon Journal· Aug 4, 2026
- NAHB: Data Centers Are Outbidding Home Builders for America’s Land - the Electrical Distributor magazinethe Electrical Distributor magazine· Aug 4, 2026
- Map Shows Electricity Costs in Every State as AI Data Centers Surge Prices - NewsweekNewsweek· Aug 3, 2026
In public meetings
Where this facility is discussed in the verbatim record of public government meetings. Captions are auto-generated and uncorrected.
- Board of Supervisors Public HearingJul 15, 2026
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Read the transcript · 4 mentions - Board of Supervisors Business MeetingJul 7, 2026
“…to be everywhere but just so everybody knows that. On JULY 18th I did a presentation, I think MS. Tekrony, you joined me at the washington dulles airport for best workplaces in loudoun county. We also got a presentation from jack potter who updated us on the airports right now, not bwi but reagan and dulles and what w…” [18:31]
Read the transcript · 4 mentions
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No 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.
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.
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 ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Guilford Elementary in Sterling, is 0.9 mi from this site (541 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.