Has SDC Ashburn I had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for SDC Ashburn I.

Where is SDC Ashburn I located?

SDC Ashburn I is in Loudoun County, VA.

Proposed

SDC Ashburn I

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Virginia?

Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Loudoun County, VA

Source: Primary source

SDC Ashburn I is a proposed data center in Loudoun County, VA.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 16, 2026

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Hearing timeline

DecisionPlanning Commission Public Hearing
Tue, May 26, 2026
Planning Commission Public Hearing: data-center item — Golden Substation permit and special exception applications in Sterling for utility project.
Agenda Meeting detailsvia Granicus · medium confidence
DecisionBoard of Supervisors Public Hearing
Wed, May 13, 2026
Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: Board hearing on special exception to expand SDC Ashburn I data center building footprint.
Agenda Meeting detailsvia Granicus
DecisionBoard of Supervisors Business MeetingWithdrawn
Tue, Apr 21, 2026
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting: data-center item — Zoning amendment for Concorde Industrial Park in Sterling.
Withdrawn — applicant withdrew Concorde Industrial Park item; removed from agenda.
Agenda Meeting detailsvia Granicus
DecisionPlanning Commission Work Session & Public Hearing
Tue, Mar 24, 2026
Planning Commission Work Session & Public Hearing: Special exception to expand SDC Ashburn I data center building footprint from 14,386 to 20,000 SF.
Agenda Meeting detailsvia Granicus
DecisionBoard of Supervisors Business Meeting and Public Hearing
Tue, Mar 17, 2026
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting and Public Hearing: data-center item — Zoning Map Amendment for Concorde Industrial Park in Sterling; rezoning 17.2 acres.
Agenda Meeting detailsvia Granicus · medium confidence
DecisionBoard of Supervisors Business Meeting
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting: data-center item — Comprehensive Plan Amendment for countywide electrical infrastructure provisions.
Agenda Meeting detailsvia Granicus · medium confidence
DecisionBoard of Supervisors Public Hearing
Wed, Feb 11, 2026
Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: data-center item — Zoning map amendment and special exceptions for Concorde Industrial Park in Sterling
Agenda Meeting detailsvia Granicus · medium confidence
DecisionPlanning Commission Public Hearing
Wed, Jan 28, 2026
Planning Commission Public Hearing: data-center item — Concorde Industrial Park zoning map amendment and special exceptions in Sterling.
Agenda Meeting detailsvia Granicus · medium confidence
DecisionBoard of Supervisors Business Meeting
Wed, Jan 21, 2026
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting: data-center item — Comprehensive Plan Amendment for housekeeping and clean-up text amendments to 2019 General Plan.
Agenda Meeting detailsvia Granicus · medium confidence
DecisionBoard of Supervisors Public Hearing
Wed, Jan 14, 2026
Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: data-center item — Countywide comprehensive plan amendment regarding electrical infrastructure.
Agenda Meeting detailsvia Granicus · medium confidence
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting
Tue, Jan 6, 2026
Board of Supervisors Business Meeting: data-center item — Board Member Initiative: Data Center Informational Fact Sheet (Countywide)
Agenda Meeting detailsvia Granicus · medium confidence

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Process

Demand a full, public review — not a rubber stamp.

Ask for an independent noise study, a water-and-power impact assessment, enforceable conditions (setbacks, hours, cooling type), and that the record stays open for written comment. Procedural shortcuts have voided approvals elsewhere.

Public comment (editable)

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Records / FOIA request

Public Records Request

To the records custodian for Loudoun County, VA,

Under the applicable public-records law, I request copies of the following records concerning the data-center project known as "SDC Ashburn I":

1. The complete application, including any rezoning, special-use/conditional-use permit, or site-plan submissions and all exhibits.
2. All staff reports, analyses, and recommendations.
3. Any traffic, noise, water-use, stormwater, or utility/load studies submitted or commissioned.
4. Any development agreement, proffers, or tax-incentive/abatement agreements and their term sheets.
5. All correspondence between the applicant (or its agents) and county/city staff or elected officials regarding this project.
6. Notices of public hearings and proof of required public notice.

I request these in electronic form where available. If any portion is withheld, please cite the specific exemption. If fees will exceed $25, please contact me first.

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[Your email / address]

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Utility

Virginia Electric & Power Co

Grid

PJM

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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

Data-center land-use application(s) before Loudoun County, Virginia (status: proposed). Cases: SPEX-2025-0031. Source: Loudoun Online Land Applications (LOLA).

In the news

source: Google News

In public meetings

Where this facility is discussed in the verbatim record of public government meetings. Captions are auto-generated and uncorrected.

Board of Supervisors Public HearingMay 13, 2026
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Planning Commission Work Session & Public HearingMar 24, 2026
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Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

source · All Virginia subsidies →

Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

What this site costs the grid

source: PJM RPM auction reports

Dominion (Virginia / NC) · 2027/28 auction

$333 /MW-day

Peaked at $444/MW-day in 2025/26 — 1.65× the rest of PJM

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 →

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Discovery Elementary in Ashburn, is 1.7 mi from this site (710 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).

Hearings timeline

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.