Data center profile · Arcola Center, next to Dulles Airport, Loudoun County, Virginia

Google Arcola (Loudoun County)

Google's campus on 91 acres in Arcola Center beside Dulles Airport in Loudoun County, Virginia, bought in 2019 for $58 million; no MW figure published.

In service since 2019, size not published. Google bought the site in 2019 and confirmed it would develop it as part of a $600 million, two-site Loudoun investment; county records describe it as operating as Google's Arcola facility. No MW figure, utility filing or regulator docket for the site has been published.
91 acres
site bought in the Arcola Center
for about $58M in 2019 (press)
$600M
Google's 2019 commitment for two Loudoun sites
covers Arcola Center and Stonewall Business Park together
Not published
campus power in MW
Google's announcement and later coverage give money and acreage only
OperatorGoogle (owner and operator)
CustomerNone named beyond Google
Planned IT capacity77 MW at full build-out (our estimate)
First building in serviceIn service since Oct. 2019 (about 77 MW of IT capacity live, estimated)
Next stepNone published
Power

Power and the grid

Sources on record, size not disclosed

Getting on the grid

Permits

Permits checklist

2 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$58M
price paid for the 91-acre site (press)
2019 News report · June 2019
$600M
Google's commitment for two Loudoun sites
Arcola Center and Stonewall Business Park; brought Google's Virginia total to $1.2B Local government · June 2019
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. 2019
    Site Google pays about $58M for the 91-acre Arcola Center plot, then in rezoning (press) News report · 2019
  2. June 11, 2019
    Money Loudoun County announces Google will spend $600M developing its Arcola Center and Stonewall Business Park sites Local government · June 2019
Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since Dec. 2024: 7 FAA filings (Dec. 2024 to Dec. 2025): tallest permanent building 80 ft (filed July 2025) and tallest crane 400 ft (July 2025).

FAA filings
’25
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 3. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

91 acres
site next to Dulles Airport, bought in 2019 (press)
News report · 2019
2.1M sq ft
data-center space in the wider Arcola Center rezoning plan, with retail and homes (press)
News report · 2019
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This campus (footprint)
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IAD100 Manassas Data Center
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Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owner
  • Google: owner and operator
Government
  • Loudoun County Economic Development: announced the 2019 investment
Utility
  • Dominion Energy: serves the Arcola area (press)
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

46 records from 10 documents

Drawn from news reports, state agency records, local government records and company statements, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 5State agency 3Local government 1Company 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (8)
  • Project identity: Google Arcola data center: Google facility in the Arcola Center development, Loudoun County, VA, on 91 acres adjacent to Dulles International Airport purchased for $58 million; announced June 11, 2019 a
    “Google confirmed that it will spend $600 million to develop sites in the Arcola Center development and Stonewall Business Park”
    Local government · June 2019 · grade B
  • PowerHouse Arcola (AREP) is a separate 37-acre campus near Route 50 and the Loudoun County Parkway, designed for up to 120 MW with an unnamed hyperscaler tenant; its 120 MW is NOT Google Arcola capacity and the two campu
    “Spanning 37 acres, it will house two two-story data center buildings with a total of 615,000 sq ft (57,135 sqm) of floor space and 120MW of capacity once fully built out.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Its MW, substations and hyperscaler lease are NOT Google Arcola (Arcola Center).
    “Spanning 37 acres, it will house two two-story data center buildings with a total of 615,000 sq ft (57,135 sqm) of floor space and 120MW of capacity once fully built out.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • None of its MW or substations belong to Google's Arcola Center land.
    “Spanning 37 acres, it will house two two-story data center buildings with a total of 615,000 sq ft (57,135 sqm) of floor space and 120MW of capacity once fully built out.”
    News report · 2026 · grade C
  • Power supply: AES Corp 10-year carbon-free energy agreement covering Google data centers in Loudoun County (90% carbon-free on an hourly basis)
    “Arlington-based The AES Corp. announced Tuesday that it has signed a 10-year agreement to provide carbon-free power for Google’s data centers in Loudoun County.”
    News report · May 2021 · grade C
  • AES assembling a 500 MW portfolio of wind, solar, hydro and battery storage to supply Google’s Loudoun County data centers under the 2021 agreement. Portfolio/supply figure for multiple campuses - signal only, never camp
    “To provide energy for the data centers, AES is assembling a 500 MW portfolio of wind, solar, hydro and battery storage sources”
    News report · May 2021 · grade C
  • Site: 91-acre property in the Arcola Center adjacent to Dulles airport, purchased for $58 million
    “The first location, a 91-acre, $58m property in the Arcola Center adjacent to Dulles airport, is in the midst of a rezoning application”
    News report · June 2019 · grade C
  • Dominion Energy serves the Arcola area; no interconnection agreement, substation filing, SCC docket or load figure for Google's Arcola Center site has been published since the 2019-2020 rezoning coverage.
    “which could see the construction of 500,000 square feet of retail property, a 2.1m square feet data center and upwards of 1,100 new homes”
    News report · 2019 · grade C
Money and contracts (10)
  • Project status: ANNOUNCED AND DEVELOPED: Google confirmed development of the Arcola Center site on June 11, 2019 as part of its $600 million two-site Loudoun investment; construction on the 91-acre Arcola property follow
    “Rural Economic Development Managing Director Buddy Rizer said: "The arrival of Google in Loudoun County is a testament to the county's business-friendly reputation"”
    Local government · June 2019 · grade B
  • County code: 51107
    “Google confirmed that it will spend $600 million to develop sites in the Arcola Center development and Stonewall Business Park, bringing the company's total investment in the state to $1.2 billion to date.”
    Local government · June 2019 · grade B
  • Project status: operating opened october 2019
    “Google confirmed that it will spend $600 million to develop sites in the Arcola Center development and Stonewall Business Park, bringing the company's total investment in the state to $1.2 billion to date.”
    Local government · June 2019 · grade B
  • Operator: Google LLC
    “Google confirmed that it will spend $600 million to develop sites in the Arcola Center development and Stonewall Business Park, bringing the company's total investment in the state to $1.2 billion to date.”
    Local government · June 2019 · grade B
  • Investment: 600 USD million
    “Google confirmed that it will spend $600 million to develop sites in the Arcola Center development and Stonewall Business Park”
    Local government · June 2019 · grade B
  • $600M across the Arcola Center and Stonewall Business Park sites within a $1.2B Virginia total at the June 2019 announcement; no campus MW has ever been published for Google's Arcola campus
    “Google confirmed that it will spend $600 million to develop sites in the Arcola Center development and Stonewall Business Park, bringing the company's total investment in the state to $1.2 billion to date.”
    Local government · June 2019 · grade B
  • carbon-free energy supply agreement: power supply - 10-year term, 90% carbon-free hourly
    “AES will provide 90% of the Google data centers’ power from zero carbon emission sources, measured on an hourly basis, beginning later this year.”
    News report · May 2021 · grade C
  • do not merge
    “the 91-acre plot is located in the Arcola Center development in Loudoun County, and set Google back some $58 million.”
    News report · June 2019 · grade C
  • Land purchase: land acquisition 58 USD million
    “the 91-acre plot is located in the Arcola Center development in Loudoun County, and set Google back some $58 million.”
    News report · June 2019 · grade C
  • Announced: Dec. 14, 2017
    “Google has spent $89m on two plots of land in Loudoun County, Virginia as it plans to build two more data centers, reports the Washington Business Journal.”
    News report · Dec. 2017 · grade C
Permits and government (9)
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Construction of 2 story data center facility on existing campus facility”
    FAA · July 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Prolift will be setting chillers on the roof”
    FAA · July 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “300 Ton Crawler Crane for Data Center Install”
    FAA · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “300 Ton Crawler Crane for Data Center Install”
    FAA · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “300 Ton Crawler Crane for Data Center Install”
    FAA · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-AEA-13308-OE: ARA3A, Mobile crane, 240 ft AGL, 562 ft AMSL, 38.94111111,-77.53194444, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-12-04”
    FAA · Dec. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2025-AEA-14279-OE: ARA1A Crane, Crane, 147 ft AGL, 454 ft AMSL, 38.94346,-77.52607, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2025-12-03”
    FAA · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • FAA OE/AAA records a 147-ft crane filed as 'ARA1A Crane' (ASN 2025-AEA-14279-OE, submitted Dec. 3, 2025) 0.08 km from the Google Arcola campus point - ARA1A is this campus's own facility designation per the folder's record
    “ASN 2025-AEA-14279-OE: ARA1A Crane, Crane, 147 ft AGL, 454 ft AMSL, 38.94346,-77.52607, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2025-12-03”
    FAA · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • rezoning: application in progress at land purchase
    “which could see the construction of 500,000 square feet of retail property, a 2.1m square feet data center and upwards of 1,100 new homes”
    News report · June 2019 · grade C
Site and other (4)
  • In service corroboration: Google lists 2019 as the opening year of its first data center in Northern Virginia (this Arcola campus)
    “2019 Google opens our first data center in Northern Virginia.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Project status: operating - Arcola campus opened October 2019; Google operates two Loudoun County data centers, one near Arcola
    “The Arcola campus opened in October, and the company is well along in the development of another campus near Leesburg.”
    News report · Dec. 2019 · grade C
  • First in service: Oct. 2019
    “The Arcola campus opened in October, and the company is well along in the development of another campus near Leesburg.”
    News report · Dec. 2019 · grade C
  • Data Center Frontier reported on Dec 3 2019 that 'The Arcola campus opened in October'; Google's own Virginia page dates the opening of its first Northern Virginia data center (Arcola) to 2019, with the second Loudoun fa
    “The Arcola campus opened in October, and the company is well along in the development of another campus near Leesburg.”
    News report · Dec. 2019 · grade C