Data center project · Louisa, Virginia
AWS third Louisa campus (Mineral District)
Withdrawn · AWS withdrew a conditional use permit for a third Louisa campus of 7.2 million sq ft on 1,370 acres after heavy local opposition, then bought about 1,920 acres nearby in January 2026.
- Status
- Withdrawn · as of July 2025
- Location
- Around Northeast Creek Reservoir, Mineral District · Louisa
- Power
- Not reported
AWS's application gave no power draw. Engage Louisa estimated up to 2.1 GW by assuming 300 MW for each of seven substations; that estimate is not used here. - Floor area
- 7,200,000 sq ft
- Land
- 1,370 acres
- Developer and team
- Amazon Web Services
- End user
- Amazon Web Services
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Updates, newest first
- Jan. 2026 AWS closed on about 1,920 acres near the reservoir for about $72 million. The company said the land was for water infrastructure and that any future development would involve public process. (WVIR 29News, Jan. 16, 2026)
- July 2025 An attorney for Amazon told county staff the company was withdrawing the request. (WVIR 29News, July 25, 2025)
- June 2025 At a town hall, residents raised noise, traffic, water and power-bill concerns, and the board chair said he would vote no. (WVIR 29News, July 25, 2025)
- June 2025 AWS applied for the campus with up to seven substations, to be built with Dominion and Rappahannock Electric Cooperative along a 230 kV line; the application did not state the expected power draw. (Engage Louisa (Substack), June 5, 2025; DatacenterDynamics, June 10, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
- In June 2025 the county also said it had sold Shannon Hill Regional Business Park to EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure, a fourth data center campus not covered separately here.
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