Who owns Google Data Center?

Google Data Center is operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc..

Has Google Data Center had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Google Data Center.

Where is Google Data Center located?

Google Data Center is in Troutville (Botetourt County), Botetourt County, VA.

Proposed

Google Data Center

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.

Troutville (Botetourt County), Botetourt County, VA

Source: Primary source

Google Data Center is a proposed data center in Botetourt County, VA, operated by Google LLC and ultimately owned by Alphabet Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 900,000 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Est. capacity

~180-360 MW

Footprint

900,000 sq ft

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

Announced investment: $0.01. Imported from the FracTracker Alliance U.S. Data Centers Tracker after review. Details to be corroborated from primary sources.

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
Alphabet Inc.
Files as
Google LLC
This facility
Google Data Center

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

1.3 mi

Unknown114183 · 115 kV

Transmission line

0.8 mi

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: GDELT

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, Greenfield Elementary in Troutville, is 1.2 mi from this site (426 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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