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Loudoun County ends data center office-park zoning, requiring public approval for new projects
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Loudoun County, Virginia, has changed its zoning policy that treated data centers as office parks, so new data center projects must now go through a public approval process.
The change ends more than 25 years of easy approvals that made Loudoun the largest data center hub in the US. New projects will face slower, uncertain approval, and Amazon's recent application for four more data centers may be rejected. The county's tax revenue from data centers, which reached $1.1 billion in 2025, could be affected as residents push back on noise and infrastructure concerns.
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Loudoun County ended its policy of zoning data centers as office parks, requiring public approval for new projects.
The county's data centers brought in $1.1 billion in tax revenue in 2025, allowing low property taxes and public amenities.
Residents have complained about noise from generators, a planned transmission tower, and Amazon's application for four more data centers faces opposition.
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