Scope
Loudoun County Board of Supervisors agenda item 14p, Resolution to Pause Board of Supervisors Consideration of Legislative Applications for Data Centers and Substations, would, as the county describes it, pause the Board's final votes on data center and electrical substation applications that require legislative approval for up to 12 months while the county completes Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance amendments on data center standards and locations. Applications could still be submitted and move through the Planning Commission, the Board may consider exceptions for grid reliability or for an expiring statutory decision period, and applications subject to administrative processes are not affected.
- Geographic scope
- Loudoun County, Virginia
- Jurisdiction
- Local
- Authority type
- Local government
- Issuing authority
- Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Not enacted
- Scheduled expiration
- See completion condition
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- As the county describes the proposed resolution, the pause on Board votes would last until the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance amendment project is complete, or up to one year.
- Source document
- 20 October 2026
- Last checked
- 30 October 2026
Summary
On 15 September 2026 a majority of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors voted for future consideration of a resolution that, if approved, would pause the Board's action on data center and electrical substation applications that require legislative approval for up to 12 months. The resolution was listed as agenda item 14p for the Board's 20 October 2026 meeting and was deferred to its 17 November 2026 meeting. The county releases reviewed show no adoption. As described, the resolution would pause Board votes only; it would not stop applications from being submitted or affect applications under administrative processes.
What this does not establish
- The resolution text was not reviewed; its terms come from county news releases of 17 September and 20 October 2026.
- The county's 17 September 2026 release says the Board indicated the resolution should be retroactive to 15 September 2026; that would apply only if the resolution is adopted.
- The county releases state that the County Attorney's legal opinion found a moratorium on data center approvals is not legal; the proposed resolution is described instead as a pause on Board votes on legislative applications.
Unresolved questions
- Whether the Board adopts, amends or rejects the resolution at or after its 17 November 2026 meeting, and whether an adopted version would apply from 15 September 2026.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
Primary source: Loudoun County Board of Supervisors page on loudoun.gov
- Loudoun County news release, 17 September 2026 — Reports the 15 September 2026 vote for future consideration of the resolution and describes its proposed terms · 17 September 2026