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Thornburg Business Park

Thornburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated July 26, 2026

Thornburg Business Park is a proposed data center in Thornburg, Virginia (Spotsylvania County), operated by LID, LLC (with IWG Thornburg, LLC and JR Bluestar Thornburg, LLC). The public record puts it at 200.35 acres.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
LID, LLC (with IWG Thornburg, LLC and JR Bluestar Thornburg, LLC)
Facility type
Data center
Location
Thornburg, Spotsylvania County, VA
Coordinates
38.1279, -77.5296
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
200.35 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. July 17, 2026
    Proposed
    Status change recorded. Source: Spotsylvania County, VA

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of July 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Thornburg Business Park in Thornburg, Spotsylvania 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

County rezoning case R25-0013. Applicant/owner LID, LLC & IWG Thornburg, LLC & JR Bluestar Thornburg, LLC. Rezoning of ~200.35 acres (tax map parcels 63-12-E, 63-12-D, 63-12-C, 63-A-33, 63-A-32, 63-A-37, 76-A-5, 76-A-5A, 76-A-6) from A-2 and C-3 to I-2 to develop a Data Center and Public Utility (Light) campus of ~2,000,000 sq ft of data center buildings; SW quadrant of the Route 1 / Route 606 intersection (5630 Morris Rd / 5600 Blue Star Ln), behind the Food Lion. Filed 9/25/2025; Under Review per the March 2026 county report. Mangum Economics fiscal analysis ("Spotsylvania Data Center Campus", June 2025) projects county tax revenue $5.4M (year 1) rising to ~$50.4M steady, and ~216 data center operational jobs. Distinct from Thornburg Industrial Park (parcels 63-5-C/63-5-C1, S Roxbury Mill Rd) and SpotsyTech Campus (N Roxbury Mill Rd). Coordinates approximate (Morris Rd 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
  • 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 Thornburg Business Park data center in Thornburg?

Nothing on record as of July 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Thornburg Business Park in Thornburg, Spotsylvania 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 Thornburg Business Park data center?

No lawsuit over Thornburg Business Park 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 Thornburg Business Park use?

No water withdrawal figure for Thornburg Business Park 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 Thornburg Business Park, and how big is it?

LID, LLC (with IWG Thornburg, LLC and JR Bluestar Thornburg, LLC) is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 200.35 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Thornburg Business Park," updated July 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/thornburg-business-park-data-center-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/thornburg-business-park-data-center-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.Spotsylvania County, Thornburg Business Park rezoning Impact Statement (R25-0013; applicant LID LLC; 9 parcels; ~200.35 ac; ~2M sq ft data center) · Spotsylvania County, VA · retrieved July 17, 2026
  2. 2.Spotsylvania County Planning Dept Public Hearing Cases Status Report (March 2026), R25-0013 Thornburg Business Park, LID LLC, Under Review · Spotsylvania County, VA · retrieved July 17, 2026
  3. 3.Spotsylvania County parcel/GIS record (parcel GPIN 7673-00-3106 (tax map 76-A-5), largest of 9 assembled parcels: 63-12-E (7673-31-5064), 63-12-D (7673-32-4013), 63-12-C (7673-32-2049), 63-A-33 (7673-21-8296), 63-A-32 (7673-22-5133), 63-A-37 (7673-20-3589), 76-A-5 (7673-00-3106), 76-A-5A (7672-09-2510), 76-A-6 (7672-08-7646)) · Spotsylvania County GIS / Assessor · retrieved July 18, 2026
  4. 4.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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