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Iron Horse Data Center Campus

Hanover County, Virginia

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated September 9, 2026

Iron Horse Data Center Campus is a proposed data center in Virginia (Hanover County), operated by WestDulles Properties. The public record puts it at 180 acres.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
WestDulles Properties
Facility type
Data center
Location
10171 E. Patrick Henry Road, Hanover County, VA
Coordinates
37.7620, -77.4400 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
180 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
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.

  1. June 18, 2026
    Proposed
    Hanover Planning Commission voted unanimously in mid-June 2026 to defer consideration until July 16 at the developer's request. Latest iteration of a zoning application filed in early 2025, after a similar project on the site was rejected by supervisors the prior year. Source: Richmond BizSense

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Iron Horse Data Center Campus in Hanover 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

Zoning sought for data center facilities on 78 acres (rezoning from mixed use to limited industrial, plus a height waiver to 75 feet) within an overall 180-acre campus straddling the Hanover-Ashland line; the Ashland portion was approved by town council in 2024. LLCs tied to WestDulles own the campus properties. landAcres records the overall 180-acre campus, not the 78-acre rezoning request. 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
  • 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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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 Iron Horse Data Center Campus in Hanover County, Virginia?

Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Iron Horse Data Center Campus in Hanover 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 Iron Horse Data Center Campus?

No lawsuit over Iron Horse Data Center Campus 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 Iron Horse Data Center Campus use?

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

WestDulles Properties is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 180 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Iron Horse Data Center Campus," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/westdulles-iron-horse-hanover-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/westdulles-iron-horse-hanover-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.One data center project pulled and another delayed in Hanover, as supervisors reinstitute equipment tax (archived) · Richmond BizSense · retrieved August 27, 2026
  2. 2.Iron Horse data center proposal deferred in Hanover County · WWBT NBC12 · retrieved August 27, 2026
  3. 3.One data center project pulled and another delayed in Hanover, as supervisors reinstitute equipment tax · Richmond BizSense (via Internet Archive) · retrieved September 9, 2026

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