Is a Data Center Coming

Virginia

Data centers in Orange County

We track 1 project inside Orange County and 2 more within 25 miles of it. For a distance-specific answer, check your own address.

In Orange County

Wilderness Crossing (Amazon) Amazon Web Services
Rumored MW not reported Locust Grove

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.

Within 25 miles of Orange County

Power bills in Orange County

Most of the county is served by Dominion Energy.

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.

Dominion's fuel and purchased power costs ran roughly a billion dollars past what bills collected. Recovering it directly would add about 21.79 dollars a month to a 1,000 kWh bill; Dominion proposes spreading it over 7 to 10 years with bonds instead, about 8 dollars a month. The hearing was August 12, 2026 and a decision is due by late September 2026.

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