Middletown Data Center Operator not disclosed
Orange County, VA
Wilderness Crossing (Amazon)
Amazon Web Services. Rumored.
Amazon is reported to be planning data centers on 732 acres of a larger 2,600-acre mixed-use development near Locust Grove, bordering the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Battlefields National Military Park. Orange County adopted a one-year pause on new large data center applications in April 2026 while it rewrites its land use rules.
- Status
- Rumored
- Operator
- Amazon Web Services
- Applicant on record
- Amazon Web Services
- Location
- Locust Grove, Orange County, VA (approximate, city center)
- Size
- MW not reported, 732 acres
- Cooling
- Not reported
- Utility
- Dominion Energy
- Last updated
- April 22, 2026
Sources
- Orange County issues one-year pause on building new data centers, WRAL, 2026-04-22
What it would mean nearby
Deferred fuel cost recovery (docket PUR-2026-00078) is pending; Dominion Energy says it would add about $7 to $9 to a typical monthly bill. Data center cost allocation and transmission rider (docket PUR-2026-00056) adds about $0.94 a month to a typical bill, decided August 1, 2026. 2025 biennial review base rate increase (docket PUR-2025-00058) adds about $11.24 a month to a typical bill from January 2026.
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