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Thornberry Data Center Campus

Ruther Glen, Caroline County, Virginia

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated July 23, 2026

Thornberry Data Center Campus is a proposed data center in Ruther Glen, Virginia (Caroline County), operated by Thornberry, LLC. The public record puts it at 657 acres.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Thornberry, LLC
Facility type
Data center
Location
Ruther Glen, Caroline County, VA
Coordinates
37.8850, -77.5200 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
657 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Rappahannock Electric Co-op
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.

  1. January 1, 2025
    Proposed
    proposed per Caroline County Special Exceptions and Rezonings case listing, Case RZ-03-2025 Source: Caroline County, VA Department of Planning and Community Development

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of July 23, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Thornberry Data Center Campus in Ruther Glen, Caroline 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.

Notes on the record

Rezoning to Planned, Innovation, Research & Technology district; submittal deemed complete as of case listing, public hearing date not yet set in sources reviewed. No operator/tenant named yet in public record, treat as a speculative land rezoning pending an anchor tenant.

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 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.

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 Thornberry Data Center Campus in Ruther Glen?

Nothing on record as of July 23, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Thornberry Data Center Campus in Ruther Glen, Caroline 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 Thornberry Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over Thornberry Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of July 23, 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 Thornberry Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Thornberry 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 Thornberry Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

Thornberry, LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 657 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Thornberry Data Center Campus," updated July 23, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/thornberry-data-center-campus-caroline-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/thornberry-data-center-campus-caroline-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.Caroline County Special Exceptions and Rezonings case listing, Case RZ-03-2025 · Caroline County, VA Department of Planning and Community Development · retrieved July 17, 2026
  2. 2.Thornberry Data Center Campus, Caroline, Virginia · CleanView · retrieved July 17, 2026
  3. 3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026

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