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EdgeCore Shannon Hill Data Center Campus

Louisa County, Virginia · All 4 EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure sites

ProposedNo reception on recordAI likelyRecord updated September 10, 2026

EdgeCore Shannon Hill Data Center Campus is a proposed data center in Virginia (Louisa County), operated by EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure. The public record puts it at announced June 24, 2025, 1.1 GW planned, 697 acres, a reported $17 billion investment.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Louisa County, VA
Coordinates
37.8360, -77.9880 (approximate)
Power capacity
1.1 GW planned
Land
697 acres
Investment
$17 billion
Announced
June 24, 2025
Utility
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Closed loop
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 24, 2025
    Proposed
    EdgeCore purchased 697 acres in the Shannon Hill Regional Business Park from Louisa County ($42M) to develop a 3.9M sq ft, 1.1+ GW campus (~$17B). Source: Data Center Dynamics

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over EdgeCore Shannon Hill Data Center Campus in Louisa 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

Reported closed-loop air-cooled system.

Notes on the record

697-acre / 3.9M sq ft high-density campus in Shannon Hill Regional Business Park, Louisa County, less than 1 mile from I-64 Exit 148 (Shannon Hill). Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the Shannon Hill interchange, not a parcel-confirmed point. Public-reception check (2026-09-10): Shannon Hill Regional Business Park was rezoned for tech-sector use in 2019, years before EdgeCore's 2025 project announcement, so the campus is permitted by-right and did not trigger a new public rezoning hearing. A July 2025 Louisa County opposition wave (see aws-north-creek-technology-campus-louisa-va) explicitly named EdgeCore Shannon Hill as a separate, not-yet-controversial project at that time. No hearing record, resident objection, or support statement specific to Shannon Hill was found. Checked: DCD's original announcement piece (403'd, could not fetch directly) plus search-indexed coverage confirming the by-right/2019-rezoning status.

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.

  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
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.
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 EdgeCore Shannon Hill Data Center Campus in Louisa County, Virginia?

Nothing on record as of September 10, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over EdgeCore Shannon Hill Data Center Campus in Louisa 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 EdgeCore Shannon Hill Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over EdgeCore Shannon Hill Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of September 10, 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 EdgeCore Shannon Hill Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for EdgeCore Shannon Hill Data Center Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates EdgeCore Shannon Hill Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure is the operator on record. We hold 4 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 1.1 GW. The site is recorded at 697 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "EdgeCore Shannon Hill Data Center Campus," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/edgecore-shannon-hill-louisa-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/edgecore-shannon-hill-louisa-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.EdgeCore to develop 1.1GW data center in Louisa County, Virginia · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 26, 2026
  2. 2.EdgeCore to invest $17B in Louisa County data center campus · Virginia Business · retrieved July 26, 2026
  3. 3.Louisa County Sale of Shannon Hill Regional Business Park · Louisa County, VA (government) · retrieved July 26, 2026
  4. 4.EdgeCore announces plans to invest $17B+ in Louisa County, VA (1.1+ GW campus) · EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure · retrieved July 26, 2026
  5. 5.EdgeCore: Shannon Hill Campus Data Center · Baxtel · retrieved July 26, 2026
  6. 6.EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure Announces Plans to Invest $17B+ in Louisa County, VA through the Development of 1.1+ Gigawatt Data Center Campus · EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure · retrieved September 9, 2026

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