Power
Power and the grid
None energized or contracted yet
On-site gas fuel cells (Bloom Energy, per the developer)Proposed, unpermitted
developer's design figure (press); fed by an existing gas pipeline; no MW filed with the county, regulators or an air permit News report · 2025
Proposed
Related generation and energy contracts (context, not added to campus supply)
- Dominion Energy grid (balance of supply) No agreement publicthe developer's attorney says on-site power could offset most or all demand; no interconnection agreement is public News report · Oct. 2024
Getting on the grid
- The developer says the site has power infrastructure available for up to 900 MW (press); no filing supports either figure. News report · 2025
Permits
Permits checklist
1 pending · 2 checked, nothing on file
Approvals the campus needs, and where each stands.
- ◷Rezoning to Industrial Park, with special exceptions PendingLoudoun County Board of Supervisors · July 23, 2026: Planning Commission recommended denial 6-0; board hearing deferred indefinitely News report · July 2026
- –Checked, nothing on file: Air permit for the fuel cells, Utility commission filing
Risks
What could slow it down
- HighUnanimous denial recommendationCounty staff and the Planning Commission both recommended denial, finding the use and scale wrong for the location. News report · July 2026
- MediumOrganized oppositionThe Piedmont Environmental Council, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and a public petition are campaigning against the rezoning. News report · July 2026
- MediumPower plan unfiledThe 780 MW figure is the developer's; no air permit, utility filing or county record states any MW. News report · Oct. 2026
Timeline
What happened, and what is due
SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
- Oct. 21, 2024Site Active Infrastructure proposes a 362-acre, 12-building campus near Leesburg powered by gas fuel cells and batteries (press) News report · Oct. 2024
- 2025Power Developer says it is designing a 780 MW campus, all behind the meter (press) News report · 2025
- July 2, 2026Site Opponents circulate a petition asking the county to deny the campus News report · July 2026
- July 23, 2026Permits Planning Commission unanimously recommends denial after a large turnout of opponents News report · July 2026
- Oct. 2026Permits Board of Supervisors hearing set for Oct. 14 is deferred indefinitely at the developer's request News report · Oct. 2026
The buildings
Specs
Who is involved
Owners, partners and builders
Developer
- Active Infrastructure: developer and applicant
- DLA Piper LLP: the developer's land-use attorneys
Government
- Loudoun County Planning Commission: recommended denial
- Loudoun County Board of Supervisors: final decision
Power
- Bloom Energy: fuel cells, per the developer (press)
- Dominion Energy: area utility
Opponents
- Piedmont Environmental Council
- Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy
Still unknown
Open questions
- Whether the board ever votes on the rezoning.
- A filed power plan and MW.
- Any tenant.
- 2 unconfirmed county land records near the site: the buyer or location could not be tied to this campus.
Where this comes from
30 records from 8 documents
Drawn from news reports and local government records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
News report 7Local government 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)
- Project identity: Spring Valley Technology Park (SVTP): Active Infrastructure's proposed data center campus on about 325 acres along the east side of Evergreen Mills Road south of Leesburg, Loudoun County, VA (county leg“The proposal seeks to rezone the site from the Transitional Residential-10 (TR-10) large lot neighborhood place type zoning district to the Industrial Park (IP) zoning district”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- 12 data center buildings, three campus-dedicated substations and a utility-scale energy storage facility in two phases per the application as heard“to permit construction of 12 data centers totaling up to 3.25 million square feet, three campus-dedicated utility substations, and a utility-scale energy storage facility.”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- Active Infrastructure's principal (Zygler), interviewed by DCD, states the site has electricity infrastructure available for up to 900 MW and is currently designing for a 780 MW campus, all behind the meter, using Bloom“Active Infrastructure has the electricity infrastructure available for up to 900MW, but is currently designing for a 780MW campus, all of which will be behind the meter.”News report · 2025 · grade C
- The campus would be powered in part by on-site generation: natural gas-powered hydrogen fuel cells forming a low- or zero-emissions microgrid plus battery storage; the applicant's attorney said the reserved generation ar“The company plans to power the site with “natural gas-powered hydrogen fuel cells that generate electricity without combustion, creating a low- or zero-emissions microgrid,””News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Applicant plans natural gas-powered hydrogen fuel cells plus utility-scale battery storage as a low/zero-emissions microgrid; no MW figure is stated for the generation, the storage, or the campus in any fetched source“natural gas-powered hydrogen fuel cells that generate electricity without combustion, creating a low- or zero-emissions microgrid”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- Applicant's counsel says a reserved generation area is large enough to potentially offset a majority, if not all, of the site's demand; an unquantified claim, not a capacity figure“the applicant has reserved an area large enough to potentially offset a majority, if not all, of its demand”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
- The applicant's land use attorney (DLA Piper) told WBJ the reserved on-site generation area could potentially offset a majority, if not all, of demand, but offered no figure; the balance of supply would be Dominion Energ“the applicant has reserved an area large enough to potentially offset a majority, if not all, of its demand”News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
Permits and government (8)
- Project status: REZONING PENDING, ADVERSELY POSITIONED: county staff and the Planning Commission recommended denial; the Planning Commission voted 6-0 on July 23, 2026 to recommend denial to the Board of Supervisors; the“It was set to go before the BoS for public hearing on October 14, but has been indefinitely deferred at the request of the applicant.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Loudoun County Board of Supervisors:“This application received an unprecedented unanimous recommendation of denial after a massive public turnout of opposition at the Planning Commission.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- After the unanimous denial recommendation, the Board of Supervisors hearing (set for Oct 14, 2026) has been indefinitely deferred at the applicant's request; the application remains pending.“It was set to go before the BoS for public hearing on October 14, but has been indefinitely deferred at the request of the applicant.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Application covers the ~325-acre Spring Valley Technology Park: 12 data centers : Rezoning application (TR-10 to Industrial Park) with special exceptions and zoning modifications - PENDING; Planning Commission recommende“permit construction of 12 data centers totaling up to 3.25 million square feet, three campus-dedicated utility substations, and a utility-scale energy storage facility.”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- Loudoun County Planning Commission:“On July 23, the Loudoun County Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the Board of Supervisors deny the proposed Spring Valley Technology Park”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- County code: 51107“On July 23, the Loudoun County Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the Board of Supervisors deny the proposed Spring Valley Technology Park, a 325-acre data center campus along the east side of Evergreen Mills Road in the Ashburn District.”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- Project status: rezoning pending board of supervisors planning commission recommended denial July 23, 2026“The proposal seeks to rezone the site from the Transitional Residential-10 (TR-10) large lot neighborhood place type zoning district to the Industrial Park (IP) zoning district”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- Change.org petition asks the county to deny the Spring Valley Technology Park campus; PEC and Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy also campaign against the rezoning“This includes denying the proposed Spring Valley Technology Park data center campus along Evergreen Mills Road.”News report · July 2026 · grade C