Data Center Registry
Wellington Road Data Center Campus (Sharpless)
Bristow, Prince William County, Virginia
Wellington Road Data Center Campus (Sharpless) is a permitted data center in Bristow, Virginia (Prince William County), operated by Sharpless Enterprises LLC. The public record puts it at announced November 2023, 181 acres.
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Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- Sharpless Enterprises LLC
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 6201 Wellington Road, Bristow, Prince William County, VA
- Coordinates
- 38.7460, -77.5230 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 181 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- November 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
- 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.
- March 7, 2024PermittedThe US Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division approved the 181-acre data center complex application on March 7, 2024. The site's existing heavy industrial zoning already accommodates data centers, so separate county approval is not required. Source: InsideNoVa
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Wellington Road Data Center Campus (Sharpless) in Bristow, Prince William 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
Four data center buildings, an electric substation, auxiliary equipment structures and a small administrative building on 181 acres along the north side of Wellington Road west of Piney Branch Lane, just north of the Jiffy Lube Live amphitheater. The land was previously owned by Atlantic Research Corp, which produced and tested missiles and rockets under Department of Defense contract until 2005. Sharpless Enterprises is a Delaware-registered entity that trade press has linked to Google; that link is reported rather than confirmed by the applicant, so the operator field records the filing entity only.
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.
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Our reporting on this site
- The Prince William Digital Gateway Lawsuit · Plaintiff win
- Great Oak v. the Hum · Dispute, no suit filed
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Wellington Road Data Center Campus (Sharpless) in Bristow?
Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Wellington Road Data Center Campus (Sharpless) in Bristow, Prince William 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 Wellington Road Data Center Campus (Sharpless)?
No lawsuit over Wellington Road Data Center Campus (Sharpless) appears in the record we track as of September 9, 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 Wellington Road Data Center Campus (Sharpless) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Wellington Road Data Center Campus (Sharpless) 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 Wellington Road Data Center Campus (Sharpless), and how big is it?
Sharpless Enterprises LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 181 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Wellington Road Data Center Campus (Sharpless)," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/sharpless-wellington-road-bristow-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/sharpless-wellington-road-bristow-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.Army Corps of Engineers greenlights Bristow data center complex · InsideNoVa · retrieved September 9, 2026
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