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Reported geography
Source-reported location for CleanArc VA1.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- CleanArc Data Centers
- Address and locality
- Ruther Glen · Caroline County · Virginia
- Official metro area
- Outside an official metropolitan boundary
- Source-reported status
- under construction
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 900 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 8 July 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000250
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- Dominion Energy Virginia
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
- Announced investment
- $3 billion
- Community response
- Provider label: mixed
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
- Announced
- November 2025
Incentives reported by the source
Whether each incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Caroline County EDA annual grant - 25% of incremental tax revenue for 15 years (40% for 10 years if the first data hall is operational by Sept 30 2027), capped at 10% of taxable investment · Caroline County, VA · 2025 Open cited source →
- Virginia Data Center Retail Sales & Use Tax exemption (eligibility per VEDP; no certified award value) · Commonwealth of Virginia · 2025 Open cited source →
Provider notes
Energy. Dominion Energy Virginia is the sole investor-owned utility serving Caroline County (attribution via SCC territory; not named directly in CleanArc materials). 900 MW phased in three 300 MW stages (2027 / 2030 / 2033-2035); the VA SCC approved a large-load rate class in Nov 2025. CleanArc markets a 'True Additionality' clean-energy model; no confirmed on-site generation.
Water. The Caroline County performance agreement prohibits potable water for industrial cooling (county water for washing/flushing only); closed-loop recirculation with initial water brought off-site. Not yet operational - no daily-use figure.
Community. The Caroline County Board of Supervisors approved the performance agreement 5-1 (Aug 12 2025; lone dissent from Vice-Chair Jeff Sili). Governor Youngkin attended the Nov 20 2025 groundbreaking. No organized community opposition or litigation was found.
What the source record says
900 MW flagship campus in Ruther Glen, Caroline County, phased into the mid-2030s (200 MW online targeted Q3 2026). Distinct operator/parcel from the AWS Mattermeade campus (also Caroline County). Coordinates are the Ruther Glen area centroid. investmentUsd records the confirmed $3B first-phase pledge (VEDP); the ~$8.8B full-buildout figure is a projection and is excluded.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2025-11 · source-reported under construction
CleanArc broke ground on its 900 MW flagship campus in Ruther Glen, Caroline County; 200 MW online targeted Q3 2026, phased to mid-2030s
Sources and attribution
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- CleanArc gets green light for data center campus in Caroline County, Virginia · Data Center Dynamics
- CleanArc Data Centers invests $3 billion in Caroline County · Virginia Economic Development Partnership
- CleanArc Data Centers breaks ground on 900MW flagship campus in Virginia · PR Newswire
- VA DEQ air permit 74341-1 — Clean Arc Data Centers VA-1 Campus (issued 2026-07-02) · Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
- Submission provenance (not controlling source) — Public Evidence record for permit 74341-1 · Public Evidence Project
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID cleanarc-ruther-glen-va. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000250
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Ruther Glen, VA · Caroline (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: CleanArc Data Centers
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported under construction
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: November 2025
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2025-11 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 900 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Dominion Energy Virginia
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Closed-loop
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $3 billion
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: mixed
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
- Incentive reported by the source: Caroline County EDA annual grant - 25% of incremental tax revenue for 15 years (40% for 10 years if the first data hall is operational by Sept 30 2027), capped at 10% of taxable investment · Caroline County, VA · 2025
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Incentive reported by the source: Virginia Data Center Retail Sales & Use Tax exemption (eligibility per VEDP; no certified award value) · Commonwealth of Virginia · 2025
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-07-08
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Area, acreage and buildings · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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