{"data":[{"jobs":"No campus-level job total verified","kind":"program","name":"AWS Virginia expansion program","slug":"aws-virginia-expansion","capex":"$35B planned through 2040","power":"Not disclosed for this program","region":"statewide","status":"Announced program","details":["The operator identifies an established presence in Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties.","Individual campus approvals, construction milestones, utility service, and commissioning require their own records. The program is excluded from campus capacity totals."],"summary":"AWS announced a planned $35 billion investment in additional Virginia data center campuses by 2040. This is a statewide program, not a single campus or completed spend.","locality":"Statewide","location":"Multiple Virginia localities","operator":"Amazon Web Services","sourceIds":["aws-virginia"],"confidence":"A","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"},{"jobs":"No project-specific total disclosed in cited announcement","kind":"program","name":"Google Virginia cloud and AI program","slug":"google-virginia-investment","capex":"$9B announced through 2026","power":"Not disclosed for this program","region":"statewide","status":"Announced investment program","details":["The announcement combines infrastructure and statewide educational initiatives. It does not assign the full investment to Chesterfield.","The stated investment is an announcement covering a period, not a verified amount spent or an operating capacity figure."],"summary":"Google’s August 2025 announcement committed an additional $9 billion to Virginia cloud and AI infrastructure through 2026, including a Chesterfield County data center.","locality":"Statewide","location":"Virginia, including Chesterfield County","operator":"Google","sourceIds":["google-investment"],"confidence":"A","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"},{"lat":36.66606,"lng":-78.390727,"jobs":"Not disclosed in cited source","kind":"campus","name":"Microsoft Boydton data center","slug":"microsoft-boydton","capex":"Not verified at campus level","power":"Not disclosed in cited source","region":"southern-virginia","status":"Operating — operator confirmed","details":["The operator’s regional page identifies Boydton operations and community programs across surrounding counties.","This record does not infer the status of every building or expansion in Mecklenburg County."],"summary":"Microsoft confirms that it operates a data center in Boydton. Southern Virginia also hosts Microsoft’s TechSpark community and skills work.","locality":"Mecklenburg County","location":"Boydton, Mecklenburg County","operator":"Microsoft","sourceIds":["census-places","microsoft-boydton"],"confidence":"A","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30","locationNote":"Approximate Boydton town locality marker from the Census Gazetteer internal point; not the campus location or parcel boundary.","approximateLocation":true},{"lat":39.0812,"lng":-77.638898,"jobs":"Not disclosed at campus level","kind":"campus","name":"Google Loudoun County data center","slug":"google-loudoun","capex":"Not separately disclosed","power":"Not disclosed in cited source","region":"northern-virginia","status":"Operating — operator confirmed","details":["Google’s Virginia report describes ongoing operations at its Northern Virginia facilities.","Statewide Google investment figures cover multiple campuses and equipment; none is assigned solely to Loudoun here."],"summary":"Google identifies Loudoun County as the location of its first Virginia data center, opened in 2019.","locality":"Loudoun County","location":"Loudoun County","operator":"Google","sourceIds":["census-counties","google-virginia"],"confidence":"A","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30","locationNote":"Approximate Loudoun County locality marker from the Census Gazetteer internal point; not the campus location or parcel boundary.","approximateLocation":true},{"lat":38.701119,"lng":-77.479579,"jobs":"Not disclosed at campus level","kind":"campus","name":"Google Prince William County data center","slug":"google-prince-william","capex":"Not separately disclosed","power":"Not disclosed in cited source","region":"northern-virginia","status":"Operating — operator confirmed","details":["A separate campus record preserves the distinction between this facility and Google’s statewide investment program.","The cited page does not supply campus-specific IT capacity, water demand, or employment."],"summary":"Google reports that construction of its Prince William County data center was completed in 2023 and describes the Northern Virginia facilities as operating.","locality":"Prince William County","location":"Prince William County","operator":"Google","sourceIds":["census-counties","google-virginia"],"confidence":"A","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30","locationNote":"Approximate Prince William County locality marker from the Census Gazetteer internal point; not the campus location or parcel boundary.","approximateLocation":true},{"lat":37.378434,"lng":-77.585847,"jobs":"Not disclosed in cited source","kind":"campus","name":"Google Chesterfield County data center","slug":"google-chesterfield","capex":"Part of broader Virginia program; campus amount not disclosed","power":"Not disclosed in cited source","region":"greater-richmond","status":"Announced — current construction stage unverified","details":["The campus belongs to Google’s broader Virginia program; the $9 billion program amount is not a campus valuation.","Current local approvals, power arrangements, and completion milestones require separate project-level verification."],"summary":"Google’s 2025 Virginia investment announcement includes a new Chesterfield County data center. The cited announcement does not establish its current construction or operating stage.","locality":"Chesterfield County","location":"Chesterfield County","operator":"Google","sourceIds":["census-counties","google-investment"],"confidence":"B","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30","locationNote":"Approximate Chesterfield County locality marker from the Census Gazetteer internal point; not the campus location or parcel boundary.","approximateLocation":true},{"lat":37.513062,"lng":-77.313008,"jobs":"Not disclosed in cited source","kind":"campus","name":"QTS Richmond 1","slug":"qts-richmond-1","capex":"Not disclosed in cited source","power":"238 MW critical campus capacity — operator specification","region":"greater-richmond","status":"Marketed campus — phased delivery","details":["The operator describes six facilities in the master plan and 2.3 million square feet of current space.","Building-level completion and delivered utility capacity are not established by the marketing specification."],"summary":"QTS lists Richmond 1 as a 207-acre campus in Sandston with 238 MW of critical campus capacity. The specification is an operator campus figure, not a verified energized load.","locality":"Henrico County","location":"Sandston, Henrico County","operator":"QTS Data Centers","sourceIds":["census-places","qts-richmond"],"confidence":"A","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30","locationNote":"Approximate Sandston CDP locality marker from the Census Gazetteer internal point; not the campus location or parcel boundary.","approximateLocation":true},{"lat":39.004733,"lng":-77.405368,"jobs":"Not disclosed in cited source","kind":"campus","name":"QTS Ashburn 1","slug":"qts-ashburn-1","capex":"Not disclosed in cited source","power":"55 MW+ DC1 specification; DC2 delivery not verified","region":"northern-virginia","status":"Marketed campus — expansion stage needs confirmation","details":["The source still labels DC2 under construction with a Q2 2026 target. Passing that target is not evidence of completion.","This record retains the source’s discrepancy rather than counting the expansion as delivered capacity."],"summary":"QTS markets a two-building, 28-acre Ashburn campus. Its page lists 55 MW-plus for DC1 and a separately described DC2 expansion.","locality":"Loudoun County","location":"Sterling, Loudoun County","operator":"QTS Data Centers","sourceIds":["census-places","qts-ashburn"],"confidence":"B","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30","locationNote":"Approximate Sterling CDP locality marker from the Census Gazetteer internal point; not the campus location or parcel boundary.","approximateLocation":true},{"lat":38.746808,"lng":-77.482633,"jobs":"Not disclosed in cited source","kind":"campus","name":"QTS Manassas 1","slug":"qts-manassas-1","capex":"Not disclosed in cited source","power":"190 MW+ critical campus specification — planned buildout","region":"northern-virginia","status":"Marketed campus — master plan","details":["The operator lists Godwin Drive addresses and future buildings. A postal address alone does not establish the legal jurisdiction of every parcel.","The full planned campus specification is not treated as currently operating capacity."],"summary":"QTS describes a 105-acre, planned six-building campus with 190 MW-plus of critical campus capacity in the Manassas area.","locality":"Manassas area — parcel jurisdictions require verification","location":"Manassas area","operator":"QTS Data Centers","sourceIds":["census-places","qts-manassas"],"confidence":"B","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30","locationNote":"Approximate Manassas city vicinity locality marker from the Census Gazetteer internal point; not the campus location or parcel boundary.","approximateLocation":true},{"lat":39.027296,"lng":-77.471322,"jobs":"Not disclosed in cited source","kind":"campus","name":"Vantage Ashburn III / VA3","slug":"vantage-ashburn-iii","capex":"Not disclosed in cited source","power":"288 MW critical IT load — campus specification","region":"northern-virginia","status":"Marketed campus — full buildout not verified","details":["The owner’s campus page describes the planned scope. It is not proof that all seven buildings or the entire IT capacity are operating.","Capacity is retained as critical IT load and is not added to utility demand or backup generator ratings."],"summary":"Vantage’s VA3 specification describes a 134-acre campus planned for seven data centers and 288 MW of critical IT load.","locality":"Loudoun County","location":"Ashburn, Loudoun County","operator":"Vantage Data Centers","sourceIds":["census-places","vantage-va3","vantage-contact"],"confidence":"B","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30","locationNote":"Approximate Ashburn CDP locality marker from the Census Gazetteer internal point; not the campus location or parcel boundary.","approximateLocation":true},{"lat":38.299272,"lng":-77.486658,"jobs":"Not disclosed in cited source","kind":"campus","name":"Vantage Fredericksburg / VA4","slug":"vantage-fredericksburg","capex":"Not disclosed in cited source","power":"192 MW critical IT load — planned campus specification","region":"i95-corridor","status":"Planned campus — operator targets first building in late 2027","details":["The operator’s campus page describes an 82-acre site and a target for the first building to become operational in late 2027, with additional phases through 2028. These are operator delivery targets, not verified completion milestones.","The Fredericksburg postal label is not treated as proof that the campus is within the independent city’s boundaries."],"summary":"Vantage describes its planned Fredericksburg VA4 campus at 225 Centreport Parkway as three facilities with 192 MW of critical IT load. This is a planned campus specification, not verified delivered utility capacity.","locality":"Fredericksburg area — parcel jurisdiction not verified","location":"Fredericksburg postal area","operator":"Vantage Data Centers","sourceIds":["census-places","vantage-va4","vantage-contact"],"confidence":"B","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30","locationNote":"Approximate Fredericksburg city vicinity locality marker from the Census Gazetteer internal point; not the campus location or parcel boundary.","approximateLocation":true}],"total":11,"sources":[{"id":"aws-virginia","url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-commitment-to-virginia","title":"AWS’s long-term commitment to Virginia","publisher":"Amazon Web Services","accessedAt":"2026-10-30","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"},{"id":"google-investment","url":"https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/google-american-innovation-virginia/","title":"Google’s Virginia cloud and AI infrastructure investment","publisher":"Google","accessedAt":"2026-10-30","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30","publishedAt":"2025-08-27"},{"id":"census-places","url":"https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2025_Gazetteer/2025_Gaz_place_national.zip","title":"2025 Census Gazetteer place internal points","publisher":"U.S. Census Bureau","accessedAt":"2026-10-30","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"},{"id":"microsoft-boydton","url":"https://local.microsoft.com/communities/americas/southern-virginia/","title":"Microsoft in Southern Virginia","publisher":"Microsoft","accessedAt":"2026-10-30","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"},{"id":"census-counties","url":"https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2025_Gazetteer/2025_Gaz_counties_national.zip","title":"2025 Census Gazetteer county internal points","publisher":"U.S. Census Bureau","accessedAt":"2026-10-30","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"},{"id":"google-virginia","url":"https://economicimpact.google/state/va","title":"Google economic impact: Virginia","publisher":"Google","accessedAt":"2026-10-30","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"},{"id":"qts-richmond","url":"https://q.com/data-centers/richmond-1/","title":"Richmond 1 campus","publisher":"QTS Data Centers","accessedAt":"2026-10-30","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"},{"id":"qts-ashburn","url":"https://q.com/data-centers/ashburn-1/","title":"Ashburn 1 campus","publisher":"QTS Data Centers","accessedAt":"2026-10-30","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"},{"id":"qts-manassas","url":"https://q.com/data-centers/manassas/","title":"Manassas 1 campus","publisher":"QTS Data Centers","accessedAt":"2026-10-30","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"},{"id":"vantage-va3","url":"https://vantage-dc.com/data-center-locations/north-america/ashburn-iii-virginia/","title":"Ashburn III campus specifications","publisher":"Vantage Data Centers","accessedAt":"2026-10-30","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"},{"id":"vantage-contact","url":"https://vantage-dc.com/company/contact-us/","title":"Vantage campus addresses","publisher":"Vantage Data Centers","accessedAt":"2026-10-30","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"},{"id":"vantage-va4","url":"https://vantage-dc.com/data-center-locations/north-america/fredericksburg-va/","title":"Fredericksburg VA4 planned campus specifications","publisher":"Vantage Data Centers","accessedAt":"2026-10-30","verifiedAt":"2026-10-30"}]}