Dulles Electric Data Centers Site (Shaw Road and South Sterling Boulevard, Sterling, Loudoun County)

Name: Dulles Electric Data Centers Site (Shaw Road and South Sterling Boulevard, Sterling, Loudoun County)
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Announced

United States · 1 project · Last reported 2026-10-05

Summary

Loudoun County's land-development applications layer records that on 5 October 2026 the land-development and zoning performance bonds (PBOND-2026-0150 'LSDOPA for EPLAN-2024-0154' and PBOND-2026-0151 'ZOPA for EPLAN-2024-0154') were submitted for the Dulles Electric Data Centers site plan EPLAN-2024-0154, which the county describes as '(Conditionally Approved) DULLES ELECTRIC DATA CENTERS: Construction of two 2-story data center buildings and associated infrastructure.' On 12 August 2026 plat PLAT-2026-0121 was filed for the 'Consolidation of 4 properties to support EPLAN-2024-0154.' The site plan remains In Review with conditional approval, and no building, zoning or grading permit has been issued on the four parcels, so this records a proposed two-building data center development identified by dated county records; no consent in effect and no physical work are asserted. evidence

Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) · published 2026-10-27

Location

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Projects (1)

Dulles Electric Data Centers — two proposed two-storey data center buildings (site plan EPLAN-2024-0154)

Announced last observed as of 2026-10-05 · Project announcement

Twelve county parcels intersect the bounding box of the EPLAN-2024-0154 application polygon. Four lie wholly inside it and none of the others overlaps it: PINs 033258399000 (5.024 legal acres, Mid Dulles Center), 033362355000 (1.72, Sterling Park IP), 033356754000 (5.105) and 033357335000 (6.184, Mid Dulles Center), 18.033 legal acres in total; their union equals the application polygon (symmetric difference 0.0 acres). These are the four properties the consolidation plat PLAT-2026-0121 combines, and three of them are the PINs named in plat PLAT-2025-0195. The adjoining parcel 033354189000 (5.948 acres) carries the separate Dulles Electric commercial-building site plan. evidence

Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) · publication date not stated

Eight county address points fall in the envelope; two lie inside the application polygon: 22570 Shaw Rd, Sterling (PIN 033357335000, 15 m from the centroid) and 1600 S Sterling Blvd, Sterling (PIN 033258399000, 121 m). The others (Glenn Drive and Export Drive) belong to neighbouring parcels. evidence

Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) · publication date not stated

At the centroid the county zoning layer returns the IP (Industrial Park) district of the 2023 zoning ordinance, project number ZRTD-2018-0004, zoning date 5 February 2019 (special code 28). evidence

Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) · publication date not stated

The county issued-permits table lists a single permit on the four parcels: a 2004 zoning permit for a shed on PIN 033258399000. No building, zoning, grading or trade permit for the data center buildings has been issued. evidence

Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) · published 2026-10-26

The county submitted-permits table returns no pending permit application on the four parcels. evidence

Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) · publication date not stated

Eleven issued permits on the adjoining parcel 033354189000 at 22504 Shaw Road belong to a separate new commercial building: building permit BLDC-2026-012441 'NEW BUILDING' (issued 28 May 2026), a retaining wall, gas, plumbing and electrical permits including forklift chargers, rooftop mechanical units and a new fire sprinkler system described as 'Dulles electric' (issued 10 September 2026). None mentions a data center; the building is not part of the Dulles Electric Data Centers project. evidence

Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) · published 2026-10-26

The county address layer gives parcel 033354189000 the single address 22504 Shaw Rd, Sterling, the address of the separate Dulles Electric commercial building. evidence

Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) · publication date not stated

Field list of the county land-development applications polygon layer (PlanNumber, PlanApplicationDate, PlanType, PlanStatus, PlanDescription, PlanName); date fields are referenced to Eastern Standard Time with daylight saving respected. evidence

Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) · publication date not stated

The layer holds 80 PBOND-2026 and 147 PLAT-2026 records. Plat numbers rise with their application dates without exception (PLAT-2026-0001 on 6 January to PLAT-2026-0160 on 23 October 2026); bond numbers mostly rise with their dates (PBOND-2026-0002 on 15 January to PBOND-2026-0174 on 23 October 2026), with seven adjacent inversions in which a later-numbered bond carries an earlier date (the largest is PBOND-2026-0137, dated 18 May 2026, after PBOND-2026-0135 of 19 August), so a bond's date can precede the assignment of its number. The bonds relied on sit in sequence with their neighbours: PBOND-2026-0121 to 0124 on 7 August, between PBOND-2026-0120 (4 August) and 0125 (10 August); PBOND-2026-0150 and 0151 on 5 October, between 0149 (30 September) and 0152 (9 October); PBOND-2026-0163 on 21 October, between 0162 (19 October) and 0164 (21 October). PLAT-2026-0121 on 12 August sits between 0120 (9 August) and 0122 (12 August). The newest bond and plat applications are dated 23 October 2026. evidence

Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) · publication date not stated

Source and location review

Status source

Loudoun County LOLA land-development applications named Dulles Electric (site plan EPLAN-2024-0154 Dulles Electric Data Centers; consolidation plat PLAT-2026-0121; performance bonds PBOND-2026-0150 and PBOND-2026-0151) evidence row
Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) · published 2026-10-27 · Government record

Locator

Campus locator · Official source · official_land_development_application_polygon_centroid evidence

Source checks

Not reviewed against imagery not_reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verification

Status age at review: 22 days before the data update on 2026-10-27

Location details

Coordinates: 38.99185, -77.42733
Geometry licence: public-record-source-terms
Use scope: Campus locator
Scope class: official_land_development_application_polygon_centroid
Authority: Official source
Source entity: Campus
Method: official_county_land_application_polygon_centroid
Derivation: direct_geometry
Precision scope: Planar centroid of the Loudoun County land-development application polygon for EPLAN-2024-0154 (one ring, 18.04 geodesic acres, about 354 by 357 m), identical to the polygons of consolidation plat PLAT-2026-0121 and performance bonds PBOND-2026-0150 and PBOND-2026-0151 and to the union of four whole county parcels (18.033 legal acres). It locates the application property; the positions of the two proposed buildings within it are not documented, and it is not a footprint or works extent.
Horizontal uncertainty: Not reported
The county publishes no positional accuracy for its land-development application polygons; the centroid represents the whole 18-acre application property, and the positions of the proposed buildings within it are not documented.
Geometry evidence: 612c0698

A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.

Evidence

Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.

Evidence for Dulles Electric Data Centers Site (Shaw Road and South Sterling Boulevard, Sterling, Loudoun County)
Title	Publisher	Roles	Published	Retrieved	Licence	Attribution	Content hash (SHA-256)
Loudoun County address point on parcel 033354189000 (Dulles Electric commercial building) Archived copy	Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) Government record	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-27	public-record-source-terms	Loudoun County, Virginia	`7ce9912a502b99629f8c6fb1d0457e535f02e7cc5486cbc89bb3130768f08955` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County address points in the Dulles Electric Data Centers application envelope Archived copy	Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) Government record	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-27	public-record-source-terms	Loudoun County, Virginia	`1b39159af2d9c1e0716426111902c27a2ab87b8716a7bd9825d973246a5ff54d` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County LandMARC issued permits on parcel 033354189000 (Dulles Electric commercial building, EPLAN-2024-0136) Archived copy	Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) Government record	Site and project identity	2026-10-26	2026-10-27	public-record-source-terms	Loudoun County, Virginia	`54a0eab79f7a96cb1e10f7f98cd7798014363f6ae2f7e95207c19e580a10141e` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County LandMARC issued permits on the four Dulles Electric Data Centers parcels Archived copy	Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) Government record	Site and project identity	2026-10-26	2026-10-27	public-record-source-terms	Loudoun County, Virginia	`6a6cfdc1d2b133fa8e738f08fe9a92f46279a3bb61dff9dc81f34532569302af` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County LandMARC submitted permit applications on the four Dulles Electric Data Centers parcels Archived copy	Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) Government record	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-27	public-record-source-terms	Loudoun County, Virginia	`6945844c238f2caae6563d492372d3188066375a4841af8dd2f64794074e01a3` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County LOLA land-development applications named Dulles Electric (site plan EPLAN-2024-0154 Dulles Electric Data Centers; consolidation plat PLAT-2026-0121; performance bonds PBOND-2026-0150 and PBOND-2026-0151) Archived copy	Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) Government record	Project announcement, Geometry	2026-10-27	2026-10-27	public-record-source-terms	Loudoun County, Virginia	`6084164eb6a29be821be3630c2e654c96c2d1a46b611331734fbcf12a3c2e8c7` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County LOLA performance-bond and plat applications numbered 2026 (numbers, dates, types and statuses only) Archived copy	Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) Government record	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-27	public-record-source-terms	Loudoun County, Virginia	`d2ff1e5aa25c212dcada4e1d2367e1b262b802b24229d9a47fbd12c8aa41f38a` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County LOLA_DATA land-development applications layer definition (LOLA_PLANS_POLY) Archived copy	Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) Government record	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-26	public-record-source-terms	Loudoun County, Virginia	`11b216c8a50b6f5e62cf0e65e637674cd698935402aa12694123152d39fabec7` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County parcels intersecting the Dulles Electric Data Centers application envelope (Shaw Road and South Sterling Boulevard, Sterling) Archived copy	Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) Government record	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-27	public-record-source-terms	Loudoun County, Virginia	`14fd65b66ed6e8ee1170782dbeb00db414dbf224022a23c529829be339595351` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County zoning ordinance layer at the Dulles Electric Data Centers application centroid Archived copy	Loudoun County, Virginia (Department of Building and Development / Office of Mapping and Geographic Information) Government record	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-27	public-record-source-terms	Loudoun County, Virginia	`978862fd203ef206419aa598c0208a9b82623fcdf880f62d32c5ab0b070f553e` Retained source material; see source provenance

Cite this site

Kyars, K. (2026). Dulles Electric Data Centers Site (Shaw Road and South Sterling Boulevard, Sterling, Loudoun County) [site vcc-site-3bc2702357c3d1710f5f]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-3bc2702357c3d1710f5f/

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