Equinix CU2

Equinix CU2 is an operating colocation data center in Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia, run and filed by Equinix, Inc. The site covers 1,299,937 square feet, drawing power from Rappahannock Electric Coop within the PJM grid. It is one of Equinix's data centers in the region.

• Culpeper County – The new Ashburn?

  Data Center Dynamics· Nov 5, 2024
• Data center boom transforms Culpeper

  InsideNoVa.com· Aug 15, 2024
• Ghosts in the machine: data centers in our region

  wmra.org· Jun 4, 2024
• Peterson Companies announces 2 million sq ft data center campus in Virginia's Culpeper County

  Data Center Dynamics· Jul 7, 2023
• CloudHQ acquires 100 acres in Virginia’s Culpeper County, plans up to 2.1 million sq ft campus

  Data Center Dynamics· Jul 6, 2022
• Residents in Culpeper sue the county over zoning decision for AWS data center

  Data Center Dynamics· May 10, 2022

These tax breaks are recorded to Equinix, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

• The Climate Change Agreement$0
  HMRC, United Kingdom · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
• The Climate Change Agreement$0
  HMRC, United Kingdom · granted 2022 · term — yr · source

• Reported withdrawal2.7K gpd
  2021 · groundwater · matched by location (1,488 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal2.9K gpd
  2021 · groundwater · matched by location (1,399 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal2.7K gpd
  2020 · groundwater · matched by location (1,399 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal3.1K gpd
  2020 · groundwater · matched by location (1,488 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal4.2K gpd
  2019 · groundwater · matched by location (1,488 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal3.4K gpd
  2019 · groundwater · matched by location (1,399 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal3.4K gpd
  2018 · groundwater · matched by location (1,399 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal4.5K gpd
  2018 · groundwater · matched by location (1,488 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal2.8K gpd
  2017 · groundwater · matched by location (1,399 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal3.5K gpd
  2017 · groundwater · matched by location (1,488 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal3.1K gpd
  2016 · groundwater · matched by location (1,399 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal12.2K gpd
  2016 · groundwater · matched by location (1,488 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal19.9K gpd
  2015 · groundwater · matched by location (1,488 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal2.8K gpd
  2015 · groundwater · matched by location (1,399 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal15.1K gpd
  2014 · groundwater · matched by location (1,488 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal4K gpd
  2014 · groundwater · matched by location (1,399 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal15.9K gpd
  2013 · groundwater · matched by location (1,488 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal1.6K gpd
  2013 · groundwater · matched by location (1,399 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal3.1K gpd
  2012 · groundwater · matched by location (1,399 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal16K gpd
  2012 · groundwater · matched by location (1,488 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal3.7K gpd
  2011 · groundwater · matched by location (1,399 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal14.6K gpd
  2011 · groundwater · matched by location (1,488 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal6.6K gpd
  2010 · groundwater · matched by location (1,399 m, low confidence) · source
• Reported withdrawal15.3K gpd
  2010 · groundwater · matched by location (1,488 m, low confidence) · source

Location-matched records come from state withdrawal reporting, which redacts owner names in the public release. A nearby withdrawal point is circumstantial evidence — the distance and confidence shown are part of the claim.

No reported violations as of last sync.

• VA DEQ air permit (minor NSR)41064
  Diesel backup-generator air permit. Program: mNSR. Reg. 41064.

PJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's DOM pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →

Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Shenandoah National Park), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

The nearest public school, Galbreath-Marshall Building in Culpeper, is 1.1 mi from this site (3 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.