Facility or project event · Permit issued · Official record
Botetourt County permit issued in August 2026: Google Data Center Campus — Botetourt Center at Greenfield (VA) — land disturbance permit for Mass Grading Package No. 1 (phased grading)
Botetourt County reported that Google had received a County Land Disturbance Permit, after the County completed review of Mass Grading Package No. 1, allowing phased grading on its 312-acre site in the Botetourt Center at Greenfield.
- Event date
- County project page FAQ ('WHAT IS THE PROJECT TIMELINE?') says the grading plans and land disturbance permit were 'issued by the County in August 2026'; the news flash posted August 26, 2026 reports the permit as already received, so issuance was on or before 2026-08-26. No issuance day is stated.
- Source dated
- News flash dateline 'Posted on August 26, 2026 | Last Updated on August 31, 2026'.
- Source accessed
- Retrieved by DataCenterData; not an event date.
- Added to Latest updates
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- Event type
- Permit issued · Permits
- Evidence basis
- Official record · Botetourt County
- Confidence
- HighPermit issuance, month and entity all come from the issuing County's own records.
- State
- Virginia
- Permit
- Botetourt County permit (no single permit number is cited for this entry) · land disturbance permit for Mass Grading Package No. 1 (phased grading)
- Linked records
- Google Data Center Campus — Botetourt Center at Greenfield
google-botetourt-greenfield - Linked claims
- None linked
What the source says
Google has now satisfied requirements and received a Land Disturbance Permit from the County to begin grading for its planned data center campus in Botetourt County.
Where: News Flash (category Google), 'Posted on August 26, 2026 | Last Updated on August 31, 2026', first paragraph
Source: Grading to Begin for Google Data Center Project
Internet Archive copy (captured 21 September 2026)
What this does not establish
- start of grading or construction
- building permits
- state or federal environmental permits
- completion, energization or operation
Still unknown
- exact issuance day
- permit number
- legal entity named on the permit (County says 'Google')
- whether on-site grading has actually begun (County FAQ says grading 'expected to begin during Fall 2026')
- status of DEQ and U.S. Army Corps wetland permits
Identifiers
Event ID 66f939940f6d3fedb0c0491883703b93aca04b76cdac2ac1b2bb59f29271ece1. The ID is derived from the event itself and never changes. A later correction would be published as a separate, linked entry.