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Data center campus · Route 1 (Patriot Highway) at Hickory Ridge Road, Berkeley District, Spotsylvania, Virginia

Gateway Commerce data center rezoning

Proposed as of March 2026

A pending request to rezone about 203 acres on Route 1 at Hickory Ridge Road from agricultural to industrial for a roughly 2 million sq ft data center campus. Also known as: Commerce Gateway, R23-0002.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Floor area2,000,000sq ft
Site203acres

Who is behind it

ProjectGateway Commerce data center rezoningAlso: Commerce Gateway, R23-0002
Developer and teamFour Points, LLC
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. The county's March 2026 project summary listed the case as a data center rezoning with the Board hearing still to be set. (Spotsylvania County, March 2026)

  2. The county project summary records that the Planning Commission carried its vote over from Sept. 18 to Oct. 16, 2024, and recommended denial. (Spotsylvania County, March 2026)

  3. The Fredericksburg Advance previewed the case for a Sept. 18 Planning Commission hearing, describing it as a 203-acre rezoning for a 2 million sq ft warehouse/distribution center. (The Fredericksburg Advance, Sept. 4, 2024)

  4. The rezoning application (R23-0002) for about 203 acres was deemed complete, per the county's project summary. (Spotsylvania County, March 2026)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Coordinates approximate from the reported frontage on Route 1 and Hickory Ridge Road.
  • Power not reported; included on acreage (203 acres).
  • The 2024 meeting preview described the request as a warehouse/distribution use; the 2026 county summary and notice describe a data center. Status reflects the later records.
  • No Board of Supervisors vote on the case was found as of Oct. 31, 2026.

The full record

Status note
The county's March 2026 project summary lists rezoning R23-0002 as a data center case with the Board of Supervisors hearing not yet set; the Planning Commission had recommended denial in October 2024, when the case was described as warehouse/distribution.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.