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Data center project · Culpeper, Virginia

Copper Ridge data center campus

Approved · A 2.2 million sq ft, 600 MW campus approved inside the Town of Culpeper beside the national cemetery, whose substation has been disputed.

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Status
Approved · as of Sept. 2023
Location
Off East Chandler Street in the Town of Culpeper, next to Culpeper National Cemetery and near East Davis Street · Culpeper
Status note
Rezoned by the town council in 2023; in June 2024 the town planning commission found its substation site did not conform to the comprehensive plan.
Power
600 MW
Planned load as reported by InsideNoVa/Culpeper Times (Aug. 2024); no county or utility record of the figure was opened.
Floor area
2,200,000 sq ft
Land
116 acres
Developer and team
CR1/Culpeper LLC and CR2/Culpeper (landowners)
Utility
Dominion Energy
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.

Updates, newest first

  1. Sept. 2025 Dominion proposed a $253.7 million transmission upgrade in Culpeper, Orange and Fauquier counties mainly to serve Databank, Copper Ridge and the Culpeper Technology Campus. (Piedmont Environmental Council, Sept. 17, 2025)
  2. Aug. 15, 2024 Local reporting listed Copper Ridge, on more than 115 acres next to the Culpeper Technology Campus, with a planned 600 MW load. (InsideNoVa / Culpeper Times, Aug. 15, 2024)
  3. June 18, 2024 In a required review, the town planning commission found the Copper Ridge substation location inconsistent with the comprehensive plan. (InsideNoVa / Culpeper Times, June 25, 2024; Piedmont Environmental Council, June 24, 2024)
  4. Sept. 12, 2023 The town council approved the rezoning from residential to industrial 6-0, with one abstention and one member absent. (InsideNoVa / Culpeper Times, Sept. 14, 2023; Piedmont Environmental Council, June 24, 2024)
  5. Aug. 15, 2023 The town planning commission split 2-2 and sent the rezoning to council without a recommendation. (Piedmont Environmental Council, Aug. 31, 2023)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Square footage is reported as about 1.99 million (InsideNoVa, 2023, five buildings) and 2.2 million (PEC). Acreage is reported as about 115 and 116.
  • What the town council did after the June 2024 substation finding was not confirmed.

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