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VOL. 10, NO. 14
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
117 More Data Centers in Pipeline, Chamber Members Told BY HANNA PAMPALONI
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Members of the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce gathered last week to hear from County Chair Phyllis J. Randall (D-At Large), Vice Chair Michael Turner (D-Ashburn) and Supervisor Laura A. TeKrony (D-Little River) about their plans to address the biggest challenges and opportunities facing the community. Data centers, attainable housing, rural zoning regulations and transportation are all topics county supervisors are focused on as they head into 2025. TeKrony, who was appointed to chair the board’s Transportation and Land Use Committee this year, gave a brief update on what projects the panel will tackle this year, including rewriting zoning regulations for western and rural Loudoun, tackling data center regulations and possibly amending the Countywide Transportation Plan. The data center regulation changes are being undertaken in two phases – the first is an attempt to require special exception view for data centers anywhere in the county and the second is a more detailed look at performance standards and other specific regulations. The board is DATA CENTERS continues on page 42
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Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Michael R. Turner (D-Ashburn) speaks about increasing data center square footage throughout the county during a Feb. 5 Loudoun Chamber of Commerce breakfast.
County Data Center Land Values Surge by $19B BY HANNA PAMPALONI
hpampaloni@loudounnow.org
During Commissioner of the Revenue Bob Wertz’s real property assessments presentation to the Board of Supervisors Feb. 4, county leaders learned that once again data center land values have increased over last year—now comprising 22.9% of the county’s real estate tax base.
Assessed at $42.4 billion, data center real estate accounts for 75% of the county’s commercial land value. That is a 78.7% increase over last year’s $23.7 billion with only a fraction of that increase stemming from new construction. Data center square footage in 2025 is estimated to be 49.4 million, which includes fully constructed centers and those with approved site plans with listed square
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footage. “Data center growth in 2025 is primarily driven by continued build-out within the existing data center portfolio, land acquired for data centers and new construction,” Wertz said. Board of Supervisors Vice Chair Michael R. Turner (D-Ashburn) the next day LAND VALUES continues on page 42
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