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Hunters Ridge South Data Center Campus

Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, Virginia

PermittedMixed receptionRecord updated July 26, 2026

Hunters Ridge South Data Center Campus is a permitted data center in Spotsylvania, Virginia (Spotsylvania County), operated by American Real Estate Partners (AREP). The public record puts it at 73 acres. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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
American Real Estate Partners (AREP)
Facility type
Data center
Location
Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, VA
Coordinates
38.2130, -77.4820 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
73 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
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
Mixed reception
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. August 27, 2025
    Permitted
    Status change recorded. Source: Fredericksburg Free Press

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Hunters Ridge South Data Center Campus in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, Virginia appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning on a split 5-2 vote (Aug 27, 2025), after the Planning Commission recommended approval (Aug 11, 2025).

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning on a split 5-2 vote (Aug 27, 2025), after the Planning Commission recommended approval (Aug 11, 2025).

Source: Fredericksburg Free Press

Notes on the record

Applicant AREP SOF III HRS LLC (an American Real Estate Partners entity; "HRS" = Hunters Ridge South). ~73 acres at the southern end of Cosner Drive; up to ~2.278M sq ft of data center space. Spotsylvania Planning Commission recommended approval Aug 11 2025; Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning (Rural + Mixed-Use → Industrial) 5-2 on Aug 27 2025, an expansion beyond the earlier "original Hunters Ridge" project. Amazon Web Services participated as an applicant/end-user in the county's Sept 23 2025 joint session, so AWS is the anticipated tenant. Distinct from tracked AWS Cosner (ST23-0031, ~38.234/-77.535) and PowerHouse 95 (AREP/Harrison Street, ~38.17/-77.66). Coordinates approximate (Cosner Drive geocode; parcels not GIS-confirmed this pass).

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Hunters Ridge South Data Center Campus in Spotsylvania?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Hunters Ridge South Data Center Campus in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania County, Virginia appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning on a split 5-2 vote (Aug 27, 2025), after the Planning Commission recommended approval (Aug 11, 2025).

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Hunters Ridge South Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over Hunters Ridge South 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 Hunters Ridge South Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Hunters Ridge South 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 Hunters Ridge South Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

American Real Estate Partners (AREP) is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 73 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Hunters Ridge South Data Center Campus," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/hunters-ridge-south-data-center-campus-spotsylvania-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/hunters-ridge-south-data-center-campus-spotsylvania-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.Fredericksburg Free Press, Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors approve potential 2.2M sq ft data center campus (Hunters Ridge South, 5-2 vote, Aug 27 2025) · Fredericksburg Free Press · retrieved July 17, 2026
  2. 2.Fredericksburg Free Press, Spotsylvania Planning Commission recommends approval of 2.2M sq ft data center campus (Aug 11 2025) · Fredericksburg Free Press · retrieved July 17, 2026
  3. 3.The Free Lance-Star, Spotsylvania approves Hunter's Ridge data center project · The Free Lance-Star (fredericksburg.com) · retrieved July 17, 2026

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