Data Center Registry
58 East Data Campus (Route 58 East Data Center Campus)
Ringgold, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
58 East Data Campus (Route 58 East Data Center Campus) is a permitted data center in Ringgold, Virginia (Pittsylvania County), operated by Anchorstone Advisors LLC. The public record puts it at 945.75 acres, a reported $5 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- Anchorstone Advisors LLC
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Ringgold, Pittsylvania County, VA
- Coordinates
- 36.6048, -79.2905 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 945.75 acres
- Investment
- $5 billion
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- November 14, 2024Permittedpermitted per Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors rezoning approval (7/16/2024) + Board of Zoning Appeals Special Use Permit approval Source: Cardinal News (reporting county board action)
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. 58 East Data Campus (Route 58 East Data Center Campus) in Ringgold, Pittsylvania County, Virginia is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Pittsylvania BOS approved the rezoning unanimously (July 2024), but residents living near the Ringgold parcel spoke against the project at both the Board and Planning Commission meetings, citing noise and light pollution.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
Pittsylvania BOS approved the rezoning unanimously (July 2024), but residents living near the Ringgold parcel spoke against the project at both the Board and Planning Commission meetings, citing noise and light pollution.
Notes on the record
Also referred to in some coverage as 'Route 58 East Data Center Campus'. Board of Zoning Appeals granted the Special Use Permit under the county's new M-2 heavy-industrial data-center-by-SUP ordinance (adopted May 21, 2024). Construction of phase 1 targeted mid-2025 to early 2026 per developer statements at time of approval; up to ~5 buildings, 200MW with room for expansion, ~$4-5B projected investment, build-out over ~10 years. Coordinates are town-centroid for Ringgold, VA (approximate), exact parcel not geocoded from a parcel ID in sources reviewed this session. Pittsylvania County's first data-center rezoning (~945 ac off US-58, Ringgold), approved 2024 per Cardinal News; ~$5B investment and ~200 MW are reported estimates from secondary coverage (not in the primary), omitted as structured figures pending a county case doc.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.
Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Berry Hill / Southern Virginia Megasite · Berry Hill · STACK Infrastructure6 mi · Proposed · Mixed reception
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the 58 East Data Campus (Route 58 East Data Center Campus) in Ringgold?
Yes. 58 East Data Campus (Route 58 East Data Center Campus) in Ringgold, Pittsylvania County, Virginia is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Pittsylvania BOS approved the rezoning unanimously (July 2024), but residents living near the Ringgold parcel spoke against the project at both the Board and Planning Commission meetings, citing noise and light pollution.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the 58 East Data Campus (Route 58 East Data Center Campus)?
No lawsuit over 58 East Data Campus (Route 58 East Data Center Campus) appears in the record we track as of July 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does 58 East Data Campus (Route 58 East Data Center Campus) use?
No water withdrawal figure for 58 East Data Campus (Route 58 East Data Center Campus) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates 58 East Data Campus (Route 58 East Data Center Campus), and how big is it?
Anchorstone Advisors LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 945.75 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "58 East Data Campus (Route 58 East Data Center Campus)," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/anchorstone-58-east-data-campus-ringgold-va.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/anchorstone-58-east-data-campus-ringgold-va, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors rezoning approval (7/16/2024) + Board of Zoning Appeals Special Use Permit approval · Cardinal News (reporting county board action) · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 2.Pittsylvania supervisors approve rezoning of 945 acres for data center · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 3.Permit approved for Ringgold data center campus · Showcase Magazine · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 4.950-acre data center campus proposed in Pittsylvania County · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 17, 2026
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