Vantage VA12

Vantage VA12 is a mapped colocation data center in Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, run by Vantage Data Centers Holdings, LLC. Records put its footprint at 115,613 square feet. The site draws power from Virginia Electric & Power Co inside the PJM grid.

• Big Tech takes a drubbing in Albany

  Politico· Jun 14, 2026
• After Virginia approved a gas-powered data center without public input, residents turned to a local environmental group for answers

  DC News Now· Jun 9, 2026
• Politicians avoid calling for data center bans despite public opposition

  Finance & Commerce· Jun 8, 2026
• Voters back first-in-nation permanent data center ban in city near L.A.

  The Washington Post· Jun 5, 2026
• See where diesel-powered data center generators are polluting Virginia

  The Washington Post· May 28, 2026
• For residents of Virginia’s ‘data center alley,’ the industry underpins economy — but with costs

  TribLIVE.com· May 16, 2026

These tax breaks are recorded to Vantage Data Centers Holdings, LLC (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 2021 · term — yr · source

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.

No reported violations as of last sync.

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 (Northern Virginia), 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, Guilford Elementary in Sterling, is 1.2 mi from this site (541 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.