Board of Supervisors Business Meeting, June 16, 2026
Approves SDC Ashburn One data center realignment and expansion, 5-4
What happened
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved the SDC Ashburn One data center realignment/expansion (formerly Project Nova, ZMAP-2025-0015 / SPEX-2025-0031) on a 5-4 vote, adding a fourth building with one Tier 4 generator behind a screen wall to be installed by December 31, 2…
- Jurisdiction
- Loudoun County, VA
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- June 16, 2026
- Decisions
- 18 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 5-4
Free sample: decision 1 of 18
Consent Agenda including Old Arcola School Apartments MOA and zoning ordinance resolutions
Board approved the consent agenda including Item 4 (Memorandum of Agreement for Old Arcola School Apartments affordable housing rehabilitation), Item 1G (Broad Run Farms water line extension supplemental funding affecting 296 parcels), Item 10 (resolution to remove fire-damaged structure at 20701 Riptide Square), Item 11 (resolution to amend zoning ordinance for by-right affordable housing by religious/nonprofit organizations), and Item 1-O (Smart Scale Round 7 applications). Passed 7-0-2 with Kirshner and Sainz absent.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors approved the SDC Ashburn One data center realignment/expansion (formerly Project Nova, ZMAP-2025-0015 / SPEX-2025-0031) on a 5-4 vote, adding a fourth building with one Tier 4 generator behind a screen wall to be installed by December 31, 2…
Key Decisions (18)
Consent Agenda including Old Arcola School Apartments MOA and zoning ordinance resolutions
Sons of the American Revolution plaque and National Historic Landmark plaque at Charles Hamilton Houston Courthouse
Condemnation/quick-take for Farmwell Road, Smith Switch to Ashburn Road
Smart Scale Round 7 grant applications
Nonprofit property tax exemption referrals (including Cornerstones)
2025 Capital Intensity Factors advertisement and pause of 2023 CIF phase
Discontinue commuter bus pilot from Frederick, MD and Dale City, VA
Motion to explore commuter transit during Route 15 widening construction
Residential Traffic Management Guide voting period and waiting period amendments
RTM Guide administrative voting period extensions
SDC Ashburn One data center realignment and expansion
Board of Supervisors compensation structure for 2028-2031 term
Study legality of prohibiting federal immigration enforcement on county property
Zoning enforcement call center implementation
Zoning enforcement nights/weekends pilot program
Multi-departmental RPA compliance and educational campaign plus grant program
One-time inventory of non-residential uses in rural policy area
Closed session regarding Board member conduct
Development Activity (13)
Old Arcola School Apartments
Residential
Tuscarora Crossing
Residential
SDC Ashburn One (formerly Project Nova)
Industrial
Amazon Web Services data center (potential application, not yet filed)
Industrial
Market Signals (6)
Housing Demand
LCPS advised no new schools needed for 6-10 years and…
Commercial Demand
Data center saturation is a recurring concern; the Board is…
Infrastructure
Dominion filed for a 7-8% electricity rate increase attributed to…
Who Spoke (24)
On the record: the chair, 8 councilmembers, 5 staff members, 2 attorneys, a witness, and 5 members of the public.
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