Data Center Registry
Birchwood Data Campus
King George, King George County, Virginia · All 54 Amazon Web Services sites · Every Amazon case on our tracker
Birchwood Data Campus is a permitted data center in King George, Virginia (King George County), operated by Amazon Web Services. The public record puts it at 869 acres, a reported $6 billion investment. It is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation.
Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.
Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- Amazon Web Services
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- King George, King George County, VA
- Coordinates
- 38.2593, -77.3219 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 869 acres
- Investment
- $6 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
- In litigation
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
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.
- August 31, 2026CoverageAmazon changes course on water use for Virginia data center campus · Maryland Matters
- August 26, 2026CoverageAmazon changes course on water use for King George data center campus · Virginia Mercury
- September 1, 2023PermittedRezoning approved September 2023; contested vested-rights case in circuit court. Source: Data Center Dynamics
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Birchwood Data Campus in King George, King George County, Virginia is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Rezoning approved Sept 2023; a vested-rights challenge is contested in circuit court.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: in litigation means the facility is or has been the subject of a lawsuit related to its siting, permitting, or operation.
Rezoning approved Sept 2023; a vested-rights challenge is contested in circuit court.
Notes on the record
869 acres (former power-plant site), 19 buildings, 7.5M sq ft; rezoning approved Sept 2023; contested vested-rights case in circuit court. Via Birchwood Power Partners.
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.
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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.
- King George Technology Center · King George · Green Energy Ventures2 mi · Proposed · Mixed reception
- Project Sisson · Peterson Companies4 mi · Proposed
- Crossroads Technology Campus · RCK Digital Crossroads LLC6 mi · Proposed · Contested
- Summit Crossing Tech Campus · Massaponax · Amazon Web Services8 mi · Under construction · Mixed reception
- Pairmont Data Center Campus · Eagle Rock Partners9 mi · Proposed
- Cosner Technology Campus · Massaponax · Amazon Web Services9 mi · Under construction · Mixed reception
- Carter's Store Tech Campus · Spotsylvania · Amazon Web Services9 mi · Permitted · Mixed reception
- Hunters Ridge South Data Center Campus · Spotsylvania · American Real Estate Partners (AREP)9 mi · Permitted · Mixed reception
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Birchwood Data Campus in King George?
Yes. Birchwood Data Campus in King George, King George County, Virginia is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. Rezoning approved Sept 2023; a vested-rights challenge is contested in circuit court.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Birchwood Data Campus?
Yes. This site is recorded as being in litigation. The case, the court, and the filings we hold are listed on this page under the timeline and the sources.
How much water does Birchwood Data Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Birchwood Data 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 Birchwood Data Campus, and how big is it?
Amazon Web Services is the operator on record. We hold 54 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 869 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Birchwood Data Campus," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/aws-birchwood-data-campus-king-george-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/aws-birchwood-data-campus-king-george-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.Virginia's King George County approves rezoning for AWS data campus · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 17, 2026
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