Plans for 800MW Gigaland data center campus withdrawn in Fauquier County, Virginia
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Plans for an 800MW data center campus in Fauquier County, Virginia, have been dropped following local pushback – but the company behind the project plans to return with scaled-down ambitions for the site.
FauquierNow reports the developers of the proposed Gigaland data center campus in Remington officially withdrew their application last week.
AdamShellenberger,FauquierCountyassistantdirectorofcommunitydevelopment,confirmedthenewstothepublication.
However,thedevelopersarelikelytosubmitanewapplicationwithproposalsforasmallercampus,whichmustgothroughthefullreviewprocessagain.
“Wedoanticipatethatanewapplicationwillbefiledinthefuture;however,wedonotknowthetimelineorwhatcomponentswillbeincluded,”Shellenbergersaid.
Gigalandboughtthe202acresoflandfor$4millioninOctober2023.Thecompanywasseekingtorezone202-acresfromresidentialuseto‘BusinessPark’foran800MW,2.2millionsqft(204,386sqm)datacentercampusknownasGigaland.
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