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Data center campus · Arcola Center, north of Route 50 near Loudoun County Parkway (permit address 24400 Howling Rooster Lane), Loudoun, Virginia

Google Arcola campus

Operating as of Jan. 30, 2024

Google's data center on about 91 acres in the middle of the Arcola Center development along Route 50, bought in 2017 through Wheeler Survey Company LLC and approved by supervisors in 2018 for up to 2.35 million sq ft. Also known as: Wheeler Survey Company LLC data center.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Site91acres

Who is behind it

ProjectGoogle Arcola campusAlso: Wheeler Survey Company LLC data center
Developer and teamGoogle (through Wheeler Survey Company LLC)
End userGoogle

The record, newest first

  1. Google said it operates two Loudoun County data centers that opened within the previous five years. (Google, March 21, 2024)

  2. Virginia DEQ issued a permit for 106 diesel generator sets at the site (registration 74152), superseding a permit dated December 2021. (Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Jan. 30, 2024)

  3. Loudoun Now reported that supervisors, on a 6-0-2-1 vote, approved a revision to Arcola Center allowing up to 2.35 million sq ft of data centers, with road, school and capital-facility proffers valued at $25.3 million. (Loudoun Now, May 24, 2018)

  4. Wheeler Survey Company LLC bought two tracts totaling 91 acres in Arcola Center; Google confirmed the purchase in late November 2017. (Loudoun Now, Nov. 29, 2017; Data Center Frontier, Nov. 30, 2017)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Land price differs between sources: Loudoun Now reported $39 million and Data Center Frontier $58 million for the 91 acres.
  • Google's 2024 post does not name its two Loudoun sites; matching them to the Leesburg and Arcola parcels is an inference.
  • The DEQ permit gives a Sterling mailing address (24400 Howling Rooster Lane); the 2017 report places the land north of Route 50, south of Evergreen Mills Road and west of Route 606.
  • Previously covered only by the broad google-northern-virginia entry.

The full record

Status note
Google said in March 2024 that it runs two Loudoun data centers opened within the previous five years; DEQ's January 2024 permit for this site superseded a December 2021 permit.
Power note
No power figure is published; the generator list in the DEQ permit is backup capacity and is not used as an MW figure.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.