Has PowerHouse ABX-1 had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for PowerHouse ABX-1.

Where is PowerHouse ABX-1 located?

PowerHouse ABX-1 is in Loudoun County, VA.

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PowerHouse ABX-1

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: OpenStreetMap

PowerHouse ABX-1 is a mapped data center in Loudoun County, VA. DataCentersExposed has documented a 131,309 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Real parent

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Operator

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Est. capacity

~25-55 MW

Footprint

131,309 sq ft

Water

25.2K gpd

Utility

Virginia Electric & Power Co

Grid

PJM

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

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

Overview

source: link

PowerHouse ABX-1 is a mapped data center in Loudoun County, Virginia, tracked as a PowerHouse data center site. Its reported footprint is 131,309 square feet. The site draws power from Virginia Electric & Power Co inside the PJM grid. Operator and ultimate ownership above the PowerHouse label are not disclosed in available records.

In the news

source: Google News

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.

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Water use

Reported withdrawal25.2K gpd
2021 · surface · matched by location (296 m, medium confidence) · source
Reported withdrawal11.8K gpd
2020 · surface · matched by location (296 m, medium confidence) · source
Reported withdrawal16.1K gpd
2018 · surface · matched by location (296 m, medium confidence) · source
Reported withdrawal26.8K gpd
2017 · surface · matched by location (296 m, medium confidence) · source
Reported withdrawal29.8K gpd
2014 · surface · matched by location (296 m, medium 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.

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 →

This site's capacity-market cost (estimated)

$3M to $6.7M/yr

An estimated ~25 to 55 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price. Estimated from the building footprint at 200 to 400 W/ft² (the typical range for modern data centers). A rough order-of-magnitude figure, not a metered or permitted capacity.

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 near this site

source: AirNow

PM2.5

Moderate

Good

PM10

Good

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

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$197.4K

People of color

49%

Below poverty

Tract population

5,557

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

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Steuart W. Weller Elementary in Ashburn, is 1.2 mi from this site (627 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.