Powhatan County, Virginia, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on October 29, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Powhatan County, Virginia, Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Oct. 29, 2025 to approve rezoning of approximately 61 additional acres to expand the planned Province Group data center campus from 120 to 181 acres (1.5M to 2M sq ft). This came… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | October 29, 2025 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Powhatan County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Virginia context
Virginia has 29 documented local actions across 27 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has a tax action (enacted, June 30, 2026), the state has a ratepayer-protection law (enacted), Dominion Energy territory has a large-load tariff (enacted, July 31, 2026), and Dominion Energy (GS-5) territory has a large-load tariff (enacted, November 25, 2025).
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.