Data Center Registry
1500 Gateway Data Center (denied)
Fredericksburg, Virginia
1500 Gateway Data Center (denied) is a cancelled data center in Fredericksburg, Virginia, operated by 1500 Gateway LLC (Penzance). The public record puts it at 83 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- 1500 Gateway LLC (Penzance)
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 1500 Gateway Boulevard, Fredericksburg, VA
- Coordinates
- 38.3010, -77.5090 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 83 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
- Opposed
- 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.
- August 26, 2026CancelledFredericksburg City Council voted 7 to 0 early on August 26, 2026 to deny the rezoning and 7 to 0 to deny the special use permit. The land stays Planned Development-Medical Center. Source: Potomac Local News
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to 1500 Gateway Data Center (denied) in Fredericksburg, Virginia is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Fredericksburg City Council voted 7 to 0 to deny the rezoning and 7 to 0 again to deny the special use permit after a public hearing that ran past midnight.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
Fredericksburg City Council voted 7 to 0 to deny the rezoning and 7 to 0 again to deny the special use permit after a public hearing that ran past midnight.
Notes on the record
Roughly 83 to 84 acres assembled from 2401 Plank Road, 2303 Plank Road, 1109 Mahone Street and 1500 Gateway Boulevard, off Route 3 near I-95 in the independent city of Fredericksburg. The applicant projected about $63 million in cash plus infrastructure and $23.4 million in stabilized annual tax revenue, projections rather than a disclosed capex, so investmentUsd is omitted. No MW figure was published. Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the cited street address.
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.
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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.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the 1500 Gateway Data Center (denied) in Fredericksburg?
Yes. Organized local opposition to 1500 Gateway Data Center (denied) in Fredericksburg, Virginia is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Fredericksburg City Council voted 7 to 0 to deny the rezoning and 7 to 0 again to deny the special use permit after a public hearing that ran past midnight.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the 1500 Gateway Data Center (denied)?
No lawsuit over 1500 Gateway Data Center (denied) 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 1500 Gateway Data Center (denied) use?
No water withdrawal figure for 1500 Gateway Data Center (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 1500 Gateway Data Center (denied), and how big is it?
1500 Gateway LLC (Penzance) is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 83 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "1500 Gateway Data Center (denied)," updated August 27, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/penzance-1500-gateway-fredericksburg-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/penzance-1500-gateway-fredericksburg-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.No Byte Tonight: Fred Council Unplugs $23M I-95 Data Center 7 to 0 After Midnight Hearing · Potomac Local News · retrieved August 27, 2026
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