Middletown Data Center
8209 Valley Pike · Middletown, Frederick County, VA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Middletown Data Center is a mapped data center in Frederick County, VA. DataCentersExposed has documented 6.7 MW of reported power capacity and a 273,198 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkdata center
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 Opponents Speak Out Against Lower Bucks Co. SitePatch· Jul 15, 2026
- Amazon Faces Falls Township Residents Tonight as the Data Center Debate Comes to a HeadLower Bucks Times· Jul 14, 2026
- New Pennsbury High School Construction UnderwayPatch· Jul 9, 2026
- DMC Board gets some answers about bitcoin mine near MiddletownDaily Gate City· Jun 24, 2026
- Supervisors to vote on data center moratorium in Lee County | Daily Democrat, Fort Madison, IowaDaily Gate City· Jun 15, 2026
- Middletown zoning board preparing for data center struggles roiling other townsthereporteronline· Jun 14, 2026
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 →
6.7 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price.
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 →
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Winchester), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Middletown Elementary in Middletown, is 2.2 mi from this site (568 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.