{"id":1004779083,"date":"2025-11-21T05:18:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004779083"},"modified":"2025-11-21T05:35:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T13:35:53","slug":"3b-data-center-project-kicks-off-in-nova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/3b-data-center-project-kicks-off-in-nova\/","title":{"rendered":"$3B Data Center Project Kicks Off in NoVa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CleanArc Data Centers has commenced construction on a data center campus in Caroline County, Va., its first development in the state. The $3 billion project represents the largest economic investment in the county&#8217;s history, Governor Glenn Youngkin said in prepared remarks. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/11\/VA1-Campus-pic-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"219\" data-attachment-id=\"1004779091\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/3b-data-center-project-kicks-off-in-nova\/va1-campus-pic-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/11\/VA1-Campus-pic-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"769,219\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"VA1_Campus_Virginia_pic1\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Image from the company&#8217;s press release:&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;https:\/\/www.cleanarcdatacenters.com\/cleanarc-data-centers-breaks-ground-on-900mw-flagship-hyperscale-campus-in-virginia-2\/&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Rendering of VA1, CleanArc Data Centers&#8217; first data center campus in the region, expected to bring the first 300 megawatts online in early 2027. Image courtesy of CleanArc Data Centers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/11\/VA1-Campus-pic-2.jpg?w=769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/11\/VA1-Campus-pic-2.jpg\" alt=\"Rendering of VA1 data center campus, a project under construction in Caroline County, Va.\" class=\"wp-image-1004779091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/11\/VA1-Campus-pic-2.jpg 769w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/11\/VA1-Campus-pic-2.jpg?resize=300,85 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">VA1, CleanArc&#8217;s first data center campus, is expected to bring the first 300 megawatts online in the first quarter of 2027.<br><em>Image courtesy of CleanArc Data Centers<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Snowhawk, as majority investor, together with Nuveen and Townsend Group as minority investors, are backing this development. Snowhawk and Nuveen are also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/nuveen-jv-invests-in-prime-data-centers\/\">equity investors in Prime Data Centers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cleanarc-s-first-data-center-campus\">CleanArc&#8217;s first data center campus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>VA1 will be the company\u2019s first flagship data center. It will include 900 megawatts of grid capacity when completed, with the first 300 megawatts scheduled to come online in the first quarter of 2027. The second 300 megawatts are expected to be delivered in 2030, while the remaining capacity will come online during the 2033-2035 time span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial plans for VA1 called for a 600-megawatt complex to rise on a 126.6-acre site situated along Interstate 95, between Ashburn, Va., and Richmond, Va., within a 650-acre campus with rezoned land for data center use. In October, the company purchased another 87.5 acres of land for this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/a-different-way-to-tackle-data-center-demand\/\">A Different Way to Tackle Data Center Demand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>To be constructed according to land conservation measures, the data center campus will benefit from modular design and off-site manufacturing, delivering factory-tested systems that simplify construction, accelerate deployment and allows faster market entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development will provide robust redundancy for current hyperscale <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/more-data-centers-please\/\">data center demand<\/a>, while also allowing future scalability. It will include closed-loop systems to minimize water use and sustainability-focused designs that reduce noise and light pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-recent-nova-data-center-moves\">Recent NoVa data center moves<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Other data center projects in the area include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/180-acre-data-center-campus-approved-near-richmond\/\">Newport Equities&#8217; 180-acre campus<\/a> dubbed Powhatan Technology Park, in Greater Richmond. The developer received rezoning approval for the final piece of land, with plans for a 2 million-square-foot campus, with an initial 365-megawatt deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, Vantage Data Centers expanded its Northern Virginia operations with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/vantage-pours-2b-in-nova-expansion\/\">$2 billion project<\/a> close to Fredericksburg. The company broke ground on its fourth campus in the state, bringing the total investment to $8 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snowhawk, Nuveen and Townsend Group are backing this development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2991,"featured_media":1004779098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21755,21782,21783,11,21742],"tags":[52742,37491,38727],"class_list":["post-1004779083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-data-centers","category-development","category-investment","category-midatlantic","category-latest","tag-cleanarc-data-centers","tag-nuveen","tag-the-townsend-group"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>$3B Data Center Project Kicks Off in NoVa - 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