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Google Botetourt Center at Greenfield Data Center Campus

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PermittedNo reception on recordRecord updated August 27, 2026

Google Botetourt Center at Greenfield Data Center Campus is a permitted data center in Daleville, Virginia (Botetourt County), operated by Google. The public record puts it at announced June 24, 2025, 312 acres.

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Facility record

Permitted

Operator
Google
Facility type
Data center
Location
Daleville, Botetourt County, VA
Coordinates
37.4200, -79.8900 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
312 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
June 24, 2025
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
air
Water use
2 million gallons a day, reported
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
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.

  1. February 2026
    Permitted
    Zoning ordinance amendment approved November 26, 2024; Google purchased ~312 acres in June 2025; grading permit applications received February 2026, with first building targeted for occupancy in 2028. Source: Botetourt County, Virginia

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 27, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Google Botetourt Center at Greenfield Data Center Campus in Daleville, Botetourt 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.

If you live near this site and something is happening that this page does not show, that is worth telling us. Send us the document and it goes in the record with the source attached. For sites where opposition is already established, see every contested site we track.

Power and water

Google announced in July 2026 that the first of three planned buildings will use air cooling. Its water service agreement with the Western Virginia Water Authority 'currently provides for an initial 2 million gallons per day'; the authority also explored a larger pipe capable of up to 8 MGD in future.

Notes on the record

Google purchased approximately 312 acres for $14,055,406 in June 2025 and committed a further $4 million in grants to county initiatives over five years, a land-and-grant figure, not a disclosed facility capex, so investmentUsd is intentionally omitted. Three data center buildings are planned in the Botetourt Center at Greenfield, the only site in the county zoned for data centers. Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the Greenfield industrial park near Daleville, not a parcel-confirmed point.

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
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received it
  • 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.
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.
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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Google Botetourt Center at Greenfield Data Center Campus in Daleville?

Nothing on record as of August 27, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Google Botetourt Center at Greenfield Data Center Campus in Daleville, Botetourt 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 Google Botetourt Center at Greenfield Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over Google Botetourt Center at Greenfield Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of August 27, 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 Google Botetourt Center at Greenfield Data Center Campus use?

2 million gallons a day is the reported figure on record. Cooling is recorded as air. Google announced in July 2026 that the first of three planned buildings will use air cooling.

Who operates Google Botetourt Center at Greenfield Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

Google is the operator on record. We hold 53 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 312 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Google Botetourt Center at Greenfield Data Center Campus," updated August 27, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-botetourt-greenfield-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/google-botetourt-greenfield-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.Google Data Center, Botetourt County, VA (county project page) · Botetourt County, Virginia · retrieved August 27, 2026
  2. 2.Google announces air-cooling for first Botetourt data center building, raising questions over new water use numbers · WSLS 10 · retrieved August 27, 2026
  3. 3.Google announced plans to develop data center campus in Botetourt County · WSET · retrieved August 27, 2026

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