Manekin Plaza Data Center Site (Manekin Plaza, Loudoun Tech Center, Sterling, Loudoun County)

Name: Manekin Plaza Data Center Site (Manekin Plaza, Loudoun Tech Center, Sterling, Loudoun County)
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Announced

United States · 1 project · Last reported 2026-08-07

Summary

Loudoun County's land-development applications layer records that on 7 August 2026 two performance bonds, PBOND-2026-0123 and PBOND-2026-0124, were submitted for Manekin Plaza, described as 'MANEKIN PLAZA : REQUEST APPROVAL FOR A SITE PLAN (STPL) TO CONSTRUCT ONE DATA CENTER, IN THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT - INDUSTRIAL PARK (PDIP) ZONING DISTRICT.' The underlying site plan STPL-2022-0053 (filed 4 November 2022) has conditional approval and remains In Review, and no building, zoning or grading permit has been issued on the parcel, so this records a proposed one-data-center development identified by a dated county record; 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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Campus reference; individual project footprints are not mapped.

Projects (1)

Manekin Plaza — one proposed data center (site plan STPL-2022-0053)

Announced last observed as of 2026-08-07 · Project announcement

Besides the six Manekin Plaza records, the description search for '2022-0053' returns only two unrelated records that cite other 2022-0053 numbers (a 2023 Beaumeade Circle site-plan revision citing SPAM-2022-0053 and a Cascades Marketplace rezoning with ZMOD-2022-0053); no other record references the Manekin Plaza site plan STPL-2022-0053. evidence

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

Six records concern the adjoining Ridgetop Center property: site plan STPL-2022-0051 (conditional approval) for two data center buildings, its plats and performance bonds PBOND-2026-0121 and PBOND-2026-0122 of 7 August 2026, on an 11.96-acre polygon (county parcel 030306633000, Ridgetop Circle). That polygon does not overlap the Manekin Plaza polygon (closest edges 21.1 m apart; centroids 219 m apart). The two are separate parcels, site plans and project names. evidence

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

Eight county parcels intersect the bounding box of the STPL-2022-0053 application polygon. One lies wholly inside it and none of the others overlaps it: PIN 030309421000 (11.977 legal acres, Loudoun Tech Center), whose geometry equals the application polygon (symmetric difference 0.0 acres). The adjoining parcel 030306633000 (11.962 acres) is the Ridgetop Center property. evidence

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

Five county address points lie inside the application polygon, all on PIN 030309421000: 46000, 46010, 46020, 46030 and 46050 Manekin Plz, Sterling (43 to 108 m from the centroid). A sixth point (21361 Gentry Dr) belongs to a neighbouring parcel. 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-2020-0002, zoning date 9 September 2020 (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 no permit on parcel 030309421000: no building, zoning, grading or trade permit for the data center has been issued. evidence

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

The county submitted-permits table returns no pending permit application on the parcel. 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 Manekin Plaza (site plan STPL-2022-0053; performance bonds PBOND-2026-0123 and PBOND-2026-0124) 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: 81 days before the data update on 2026-10-27

Location details

Coordinates: 39.02383, -77.40779
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 STPL-2022-0053 (one ring, 12.03 geodesic acres, about 308 by 248 m), identical to the polygons of performance bonds PBOND-2026-0123 and PBOND-2026-0124 and plat PLAT-2024-0045 and to the whole county parcel 030309421000 (11.977 legal acres). It locates the application property; the position of the proposed data center within it is 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 12-acre application property, and the positions of the proposed buildings within it are not documented.
Geometry evidence: 00adf0ba

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

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Evidence for Manekin Plaza Data Center Site (Manekin Plaza, Loudoun Tech Center, Sterling, Loudoun County)
Title	Publisher	Roles	Published	Retrieved	Licence	Attribution	Content hash (SHA-256)
Loudoun County address points in the Manekin Plaza 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	`49ce0a3562cb1b5611047cfdf0c82294cc982a7f6ff935b708a9322ef777c343` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County LandMARC issued permits on parcel 030309421000 (Manekin Plaza) 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 LandMARC submitted permit applications on parcel 030309421000 (Manekin Plaza) 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 applications named Manekin or citing 2022-0053 in their descriptions 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	`499a7a065d1b4e5e31bfe491147d95e4e74b515895a40455f2fa4eea5a028fc2` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County LOLA applications named Ridgetop Center (site plan STPL-2022-0051), adjoining Manekin Plaza 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	`29056c20e7ebadefb9132c611e1fe4688faafaeed7395fc8e3d84199d1ec5e8e` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County LOLA land-development applications named Manekin Plaza (site plan STPL-2022-0053; performance bonds PBOND-2026-0123 and PBOND-2026-0124) 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	`b630f623fe3915e2168e1798d1433ce8bcdaf1fdd258ab5e22e46a880150d954` 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 Manekin Plaza application envelope (Loudoun Tech Center, 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	`23b0542f1fe67e44fefc70c9a4ef604ee13204b1429aafd0361fe34c252c3c63` Retained source material; see source provenance
Loudoun County zoning ordinance layer at the Manekin Plaza 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	`f57f71e7dd612dddafabc0fca01c631b65aa6211c229ce73ba7a332a03c57b33` Retained source material; see source provenance

Cite this site

Kyars, K. (2026). Manekin Plaza Data Center Site (Manekin Plaza, Loudoun Tech Center, Sterling, Loudoun County) [site vcc-site-8afb87845a63a1ff1bdd]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-8afb87845a63a1ff1bdd/

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