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Data center campus · Kelly Lane off Persimmon Tree Fork Road, near Farmville, Prince Edward, Virginia

AVAIO Digital campus at Heartland Innovation Technology Park

Proposed as of Jan. 27, 2025

Prince Edward County agreed in January 2025 to sell its HIT Park near Farmville to AVAIO Digital for a 300 MW, two-to-five-building data center campus. Also known as: HIT Park.

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Power300MW reported · stated
Site280acres

Who is behind it

ProjectAVAIO Digital campus at Heartland Innovation Technology ParkAlso: HIT Park
Developer and teamAVAIO Digital
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. The contract calls for two to five data center buildings of 200,000 to 300,000 sq ft each, with construction to begin within 36 months after closing and the county able to reclaim the land if it does not. (The Farmville Herald, Jan. 30, 2025; The Farmville Herald, Feb. 5, 2025)

  2. AVAIO and the county IDA announced a $5 billion, 300 MW hyperscale campus at the park. (AVAIO Digital (press release republished by Salamanca Press), Jan. 28, 2025)

  3. Prince Edward supervisors voted unanimously at a special meeting to sell the roughly 280-acre HIT Park to AVAIO Digital for $12.2 million. (The Farmville Herald, Jan. 28, 2025)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Acreage (280) from the Farmville Herald; the contract coverage lists parcels at 82 and 230 Kelly Lane without an acreage.
  • Square footage is a range: 2 to 5 buildings of 200,000-300,000 sq ft each (roughly 400,000 to 1.5 million sq ft); sqft left null.
  • Coordinates approximate from Kelly Lane / Persimmon Tree Fork Road near Farmville.
  • Evidence is 'reported': the county vote is known through the Herald, not an opened county record; the developer release is a record for the announcement only.
  • Park name spelled 'Heartland Innovation Technology Park' as in the developer release; trackers also use 'Innovative'.

The full record

Status note
Supervisors voted unanimously on Jan. 27, 2025, to sell the county park to AVAIO; construction must start within 36 months after closing and infrastructure completion. Closing was not confirmed in the sources reviewed.
Power note
Developer release states a 300 MW campus; local reporting says AVAIO was negotiating with Dominion for 300 MW.
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.