Dulles Distribution Center Phase 1 and 2
Loudoun County, VA
Source: Primary source
Dulles Distribution Center Phase 1 and 2 is a proposed data center in Loudoun County, VA. DataCentersExposed has documented a 305,000 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Oct 13, 2026
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Loudoun, Virginia
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Hearing timeline
- DecisionPlanning Commission Public Hearing
Tue, Sep 22, 2026
Planning Commission Public Hearing: LEGI-2026-0001, Dulles Logistics: ZCPA-2026-0002 (Dulles) Project Manager: Fayula Gordon
- Planning Commission Work Session
Thu, Sep 17, 2026
Planning Commission Work Session: data-center item — Data Center Open Houses
- 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 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
- 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Withdrawn — applicant withdrew Concorde Industrial Park item; removed from agenda.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: linkData-center land-use application(s) before Loudoun County, Virginia (status: proposed). Cases: SPEX-2024-0056, ZMAP-2024-0013. Source: Loudoun Online Land Applications (LOLA).
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: Google News- Data center developer’s conditional-use permit appeal denied by Chesterfield BZARichmond BizSense· Oct 13, 2026
- Data center developer offers over $4M per acre to buy out homeownersPlanetizen· Aug 2, 2026
- Prince William supervisors kill plan for massive 2,000-acre data center campusNBC4 Washington· Jul 7, 2026
- Prince William Co. supervisors deny 2,000-acre Dulles South data center plansWTOP News· Jul 7, 2026
- Developer appealing permit requirement for data center project in ChesterfieldRichmond BizSense· Mar 9, 2026
- Amazon to Occupy Massive Future Data Center Campus in Fairfax CountyNorthern Virginia Magazine· Oct 1, 2024
In public meetings
Where this facility is discussed in the verbatim record of public government meetings. Captions are auto-generated and uncorrected.
- Planning Commission Public HearingSep 22, 2026
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Read the transcript · 3 mentions - Board of Supervisors Business MeetingJul 7, 2026
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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.
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's DOM pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →
An estimated ~60 to 130 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price. Estimated from the building footprint at 200 to 400 W/ft² (the typical range for modern data centers). A rough order-of-magnitude figure, not a metered or permitted capacity.
Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Guilford Elementary in Sterling, is 2.1 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.