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Culpeper Acquisitions Brandy Station Campus (denied)

Brandy Station, Culpeper County, Virginia

CancelledNo reception on recordAI likelyRecord updated July 24, 2026

Culpeper Acquisitions Brandy Station Campus (denied) is a cancelled data center in Brandy Station, Virginia (Culpeper County), operated by Culpeper Acquisitions LLC. The public record puts it at announced 2024.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator
Culpeper Acquisitions LLC
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Brandy Station, Culpeper County, VA
Coordinates
38.5095, -77.8863
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
2024
Utility
Dominion Energy
Power source
Grid
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
No reception on record
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.

  1. June 12, 2024
    Cancelled
    Unanimously denied by Culpeper County Planning Commission; concerns over rural preservation and proximity to Culpeper Battlefields State Park Source: Data Center Watch
  2. 2024
    Proposed
    $12B, 426-acre hyperscale campus proposed; end user not publicly confirmed (reported possibly Google or Meta) Source: Data Center Watch

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of July 24, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Culpeper Acquisitions Brandy Station Campus (denied) in Brandy Station, Culpeper County, Virginia appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Power and water

Grid-only proposal. County/PEC documents state Dominion Energy is obligated to supply power and would need a new large substation and 2-5 miles of new transmission line for the 700MW-1.8GW load. No on-site or dedicated generation is proposed; no REC (Rappahannock Electric Cooperative) role is mentioned.

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
  • Land area
  • How the community has received 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.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.

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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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Culpeper Acquisitions Brandy Station Campus (denied) in Brandy Station?

Nothing on record as of July 24, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Culpeper Acquisitions Brandy Station Campus (denied) in Brandy Station, Culpeper County, Virginia appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Culpeper Acquisitions Brandy Station Campus (denied)?

No lawsuit over Culpeper Acquisitions Brandy Station Campus (denied) appears in the record we track as of July 24, 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 Culpeper Acquisitions Brandy Station Campus (denied) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Culpeper Acquisitions Brandy Station Campus (denied) 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 Culpeper Acquisitions Brandy Station Campus (denied), and how big is it?

Culpeper Acquisitions LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Culpeper Acquisitions Brandy Station Campus (denied)," updated July 24, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/culpeper-brandy-station-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/culpeper-brandy-station-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. 1.Data Center Watch, Blocked and Delayed Projects Report · Data Center Watch · retrieved July 5, 2026
  2. 2.Communities are blocking billions in data centers, Fortune · Fortune · retrieved July 5, 2026
  3. 3.PEC, New data center proposals in Brandy Station and near the Town of Culpeper (incl. BoardDocs public submittal) · retrieved July 24, 2026
  4. 4.DCD, County planners recommend denial of Brandy Station data center campus in Culpeper County · retrieved July 24, 2026

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