How much power does Pittsylvania County Data Center use?

Pittsylvania County Data Center has a reported power capacity of 3,500 MW across roughly 4,752,000 square feet.

Has Pittsylvania County Data Center had environmental violations?

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

Where is Pittsylvania County Data Center located?

Pittsylvania County Data Center is in Chatham, Pittsylvania County, VA.

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Pittsylvania County 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.

Chatham, Pittsylvania County, VA

Source: Primary source

Pittsylvania County Data Center is a withdrawn data center in Pittsylvania County, VA, operated by Balico LLC. DataCentersExposed has documented 3,500 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026

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Pittsylvania, Virginia

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Pittsylvania County Data Center in Chatham, VA is contested. https://cardinalnews.org/2025/04/14/a-grassroots-fight-against-data-centers-builds-in-rural-pittsylvania-county/ Track what's being decided, when, and how to weigh in.

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Power & your bill

3,500 MW of new demand — roughly a city of 2,800,000 homes.

Large new loads can raise transmission and capacity costs that land on every ratepayer. Residential power in VA is 17.1¢/kWh, up 14.5% year-over-year. (MW→homes is a rough ~800/MW planning figure.)

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Process

Demand a full, public review — not a rubber stamp.

Ask for an independent noise study, a water-and-power impact assessment, enforceable conditions (setbacks, hours, cooling type), and that the record stays open for written comment. Procedural shortcuts have voided approvals elsewhere.

Public comment (editable)

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Records / FOIA request

Public Records Request

To the records custodian for Pittsylvania County, VA,

Under the applicable public-records law, I request copies of the following records concerning the data-center project known as "Pittsylvania County Data Center":

1. The complete application, including any rezoning, special-use/conditional-use permit, or site-plan submissions and all exhibits.
2. All staff reports, analyses, and recommendations.
3. Any traffic, noise, water-use, stormwater, or utility/load studies submitted or commissioned.
4. Any development agreement, proffers, or tax-incentive/abatement agreements and their term sheets.
5. All correspondence between the applicant (or its agents) and county/city staff or elected officials regarding this project.
6. Notices of public hearings and proof of required public notice.

I request these in electronic form where available. If any portion is withheld, please cite the specific exemption. If fees will exceed $25, please contact me first.

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[Your email / address]

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Neighbors taking a stand

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Operator

Balico LLC

Power

3,500 MW

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

This project covers multiple parcels. The total acreage has been represented here. Also includes a 3500 MW gas plant. Blocked, then withdrawn by developer Announced investment: $3.7B. 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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Pittsylvania County Data Center

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

1.0 mi

Chatham · 115 kV

Transmission line

51 ft

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, Chatham Elementary in Chatham, is 1.6 mi from this site (234 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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