Data Center Registry
Microsoft Skipwith Road Campus (LYH03)
Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia · All 45 Microsoft sites · Every Microsoft case on our tracker
Microsoft Skipwith Road Campus (LYH03) is a permitted data center in Boydton, Virginia (Mecklenburg County), operated by Microsoft. The public record puts it at announced 2023, 369 acres.
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Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- Microsoft
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Boydton, Mecklenburg County, VA
- Coordinates
- 36.6798, -78.4194 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 369 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- 2023
- 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
- 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.
- 2022Permittedpermitted per USACE Norfolk District Public Notice NAO-2022-02394 / VMRC# 22-V2715, Microsoft Data Center, Mecklenburg County, Virginia Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of July 25, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Skipwith Road Campus (LYH03) in Boydton, Mecklenburg 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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Notes on the record
Site plans depict six buildings of equal size (LYH03-01 through -08 building series referenced in reporting). Filed as an addition to Microsoft's Southern Virginia Regional Network Group due to capacity growth. USACE public notice establishes this as a real, government-docketed wetlands/streams impact permit application, not mere rumor. Mecklenburg County also has separate/adjacent Microsoft filings for a 132-acre Tunstall Road site and a 259-acre Lakeside Commerce Park parcel and a reported 490-acre expansion adjacent to 'AVC17', those may represent additional distinct sites but could not be individually confirmed to primary-source case numbers this session; flagged for a future pass rather than included speculatively. Coordinates are Boydton, VA town-centroid (approximate); exact Skipwith/Butler Farm Road intersection not independently geocoded this session.
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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Microsoft Panhandle Road Campus (AVC17 expansion) · Boydton · Microsoft2 mi · Proposed
- Microsoft Boydton Campus (BN / Azure East US) · Boydton · Microsoft3 mi · Operating
- Microsoft Tunstall Road Campus (Hillcrest / AVC09) · South Hill · Microsoft18 mi · Permitted
- Natelli Vance County Campus (proposed) · Henderson · Natelli Investments26 mi · Proposed · Contested
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Microsoft Skipwith Road Campus (LYH03) in Boydton?
Nothing on record as of July 25, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Microsoft Skipwith Road Campus (LYH03) in Boydton, Mecklenburg 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 Microsoft Skipwith Road Campus (LYH03)?
No lawsuit over Microsoft Skipwith Road Campus (LYH03) appears in the record we track as of July 25, 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 Microsoft Skipwith Road Campus (LYH03) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Microsoft Skipwith Road Campus (LYH03) 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 Microsoft Skipwith Road Campus (LYH03), and how big is it?
Microsoft is the operator on record. We hold 45 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 369 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Microsoft Skipwith Road Campus (LYH03)," updated July 25, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/microsoft-skipwith-road-campus-mecklenburg-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/microsoft-skipwith-road-campus-mecklenburg-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.USACE Norfolk District Public Notice NAO-2022-02394 / VMRC# 22-V2715, Microsoft Data Center, Mecklenburg County, Virginia · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 2.Microsoft files for six-building data center campus in Virginia's Mecklenburg County · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 17, 2026
- 3.Microsoft Submits Plans For a Six-Building Data Center Facility in Mecklenburg County, Virginia · Baxtel · retrieved July 17, 2026
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