Data center profile · Gainesville, Prince William County, Virginia

Grove at Gainesville (NTT Global Data Centers)

Data center campus developed by NTT Global Data Centers in Prince William County, Virginia, on grid power; about 269 MW of IT capacity planned.

Under construction. Zoning approval, air permit, FAA airspace clearance and stationary source permit to construct and operate granted. A utility power agreement or capacity reservation is on record, but no signed service agreement yet. Newest record Oct. 2026.
The campus, Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 14, 2026
336 MW
campus power the company states
facility power, not split into IT capacity
2029+
first building in service, our estimate
no dated power path yet; company says 2027
None named
serving utility
Grid power
OperatorNTT Global Data Centers
CustomerNone named
Planned IT capacity269 MW at full build-out (our estimate)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet); company says 2027.
The site

The site from above

Satellite overview
Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 14, 2026.
Power

Power and the grid

Backup generators on file

Emergency units only; they are not a power supply for the campus.

Permits

Permits checklist

4 granted · 4 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup generators), and what we found.

Money

Money on record

$257M Land purchase (Closed sale). News report · June 2022

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Dec. 2021
    Permits Rezoning approved by Prince William County Board of Supervisors. News report · Dec. 2021
  2. March 3, 2026
    Legal NTT DATA announced March 3, 2026 that a major hyperscale client has committed to more than 90 MW at the VA11 campus in Gainesville. Company · March 2026
  3. April 3, 2026
    Permits Air permit approved by Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. State agency · Sept. 2026
  4. April 15, 2026
    Permits FAA airspace clearance granted by the FAA. FAA · April 2026
  5. Oct. 15, 2026
    Power NTT announced four US capacity commitments totaling 115 MW; the 90 MW+ hyperscale deployment is at Gainesville VA11. News report · Oct. 2026
  6. Oct. 2026
    Site REAL PROJECT. Site check L037 (Gainesville VA, Grove Hill Blvd) graduates to NS3-046. State agency · Oct. 2026
Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since Oct. 2024: 6 FAA filings (Oct. 2025 to April 2026): tallest crane 240 ft (Oct. 2025); 5 satellite captures.

FAA filings
Satellite
’25
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 5. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners and developers
  • NTT Global Data Centers, developer
  • Lerner Enterprises, landowner
Power and utilities
  • Dominion Energy, utility
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

43 records from 18 documents

Drawn from news reports, company statements, state agency records, satellite captures and public and commercial datasets, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 7Company 5State agency 4Satellite 1Dataset 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 (7)
  • VERDICT: REAL PROJECT; Site check L037 (Gainesville VA, Grove Hill Blvd) graduates to NS3-046: the ATTOM permit addresses resolve to NTT Global Data Centers' Grove at Gainesville campus (VA10/VA11), a 336 MW campus-state
    “is authorized to construct and operate”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • VERDICT: REAL PROJECT, MW UNESTABLISHED - stays a signals verdict per the brief (do not invent a figure). Amazon Data Services is building its IAD-110, IAD-111, IAD-112 and IAD-113 data center campus at 7725, 7751, 7701,
    “permit to construct and operate diesel engine generator sets (gen-sets) at Amazon Data Services' IAD-110, IAD-111, IAD-112, and IAD-113 data center campus”
    State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • IT capacity: 96 MW
    “96MW of critical IT load, N+1 distributed redundancy for each 8MW vault, diverse power distribution to data hall”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Power step: committed
    “Four (4) feeders: 40 MVA (day 1), 2 x 41.7, 25 MVA (by June 2026)”
    Company · June 2026 · grade B
  • IT capacity: 84 MW
    “Our VA10 Data Center in Gainesville delivers 84MW of high-density, secure, and sustainable IT capacity across 295,000 sq ft”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stated campus size: 336 MW
    “NTT said it aims to develop a 336MW data center campus on John Marshall Highway spanning four buildings and more than two million square feet (185,800 sqm) of data center space”
    News report · June 2022 · grade C
  • Utility service is Dominion Energy (PJM Dominion zone); a future substation is planned on the Dominion-owned parcel directly east of the campus. No campus-specific PJM interconnection queue entry was found in this pass (
    “NTT Global Data Centers' campus will be served by the adjacent Dominion Energy-owned parcel to the east, which will be home to a future substation”
    News report · June 2022 · grade C
Money and contracts (4)
  • capacity reservation (hyperscale tenant commitment): capacity reservation 90 MW (more than 90 MW reserved)
    “The hyperscale commitment is connected to the company's VA11 campus in Virginia, where the client has reserved more than 90 MW of capacity”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • NTT DATA announced March 3, 2026 that a major hyperscale client has committed to more than 90 MW at the VA11 campus in Gainesville, part of ~115 MW of new US capacity commitments.
    “A major hyperscale client committed to more than 90MW at the VA11 campus in Virginia”
    Company · March 2026 · grade B
  • NTT announced four US capacity commitments totaling 115 MW; the 90 MW+ hyperscale deployment is at Gainesville VA11, supporting the early-2027 opening with a tenant in hand
    “Commitments include a 90MW+ deployment with a major hyperscale provider”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • land purchase: closed sale 257400000 USD
    “The price was $257.4 million, according to Prince William County records”
    News report · June 2022 · grade C
Permits and government (12)
  • air permit (backup): approved
    “This permit document supersedes your permit document dated June 12, 2026”
    State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “FAA OE/AAA records list building cases IAD112 NW and IAD113 NW at 75 ft AGL, submitted 2026-04-15, Determined - No Hazard”
    FAA · April 2026 · grade A
  • air permit (backup): approved
    “This permit document supersedes your permit document dated November 3, 2023”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • Stationary source permit to construct and operate (emergency engine gensets): approved
    “is authorized to construct and operate emergency engine gensets”
    State agency · April 2026 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Use a crane to erect a 2 story data center.”
    FAA · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Filing mobile cranes for development project. Sponsor responsible for temporary construction equipment only; permanent structure filed by owner under 2023-AEA-3881-OE.”
    FAA · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Filing mobile cranes for development project. Sponsor responsible for temporary construction equipment only; permanent structure filed by owner under 2023-AEA-3881-OE.”
    FAA · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Filing mobile cranes for development project. Sponsor responsible for temporary construction equipment only; permanent structure filed by owner under 2023-AEA-3881-OE.”
    FAA · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Filing mobile cranes for development project. Sponsor responsible for temporary construction equipment only; permanent structure filed by owner under 2023-AEA-3881-OE.”
    FAA · Oct. 2025 · grade A
  • Campus name: Grove at Gainesville (NTT VA10 campus)
    “The permit application, NTT VA10, outlines the project is named Grove at Gainesville and includes plans to build four two-story data centers on around 104 acres”
    News report · June 2023 · grade C
  • In June 2023 NTT filed for a joint federal/state permit (US Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District) for the NTT VA10 / Grove at Gainesville campus, with stated impacts to 2.2 acres of waters.
    “In Prince William County, NTT has filed for permission for a joint Federal and State permit from the Norfolk District of the US Army Corps of Engineers for a 336MW data center campus”
    News report · June 2023 · grade C
  • rezoning: approved
    “Prince William County supervisors this week approved the requests, paving the way for the I-66 and US 29 Technology Park”
    News report · Dec. 2021 · grade C
Site and other (3)
  • Announced: June 14, 2022
    “NTT, a world-leading IT infrastructure and services company, has announced a purchase of land in Prince William County, Gainesville, Virginia, to build a new, large-scale data center campus”
    Company · June 2022 · grade A
  • Project status: under construction - first building roofed by Feb 2026, second under construction; NOT IN SERVICE (no data hall serving IT capacity in any source; VA11 opening stated as early 2027)
    “Sentinel-2 chips at the campus point show a graded pad with one building shell in Oct 2024 and two large white-roofed buildings plus active earthworks by Oct 2026.”
    Satellite · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Va11 planned live: early 2027
    “is due live in early 2027”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C

Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus).