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Amazon Web Services Louisa County campuses

Louisa, Louisa County, VADeveloper: Amazon (AWS)

Also known as Lake Anna Technology Campus, North Creek Technology Campus

Under constructionTwo by-right campuses in development; a separate third-campus application was withdrawn in July 2025
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Amazon Web Services is developing two data center campuses, Lake Anna Technology Campus and North Creek Technology Campus, in Louisa County's Technology Overlay District, backed by a planned $11 billion investment by 2040. The county expects a 15-year build-out. A separate 7.2 million sq ft AWS proposal on 1,370 acres near Northeast Creek Reservoir was withdrawn in July 2025 after community opposition, and AWS later bought about 1,920 acres in that area.

Stated investment
$11 billion[2]
by 2040, for the two campuses
Site size
153 acres[3]
Lake Anna Technology Campus only

Key facts

Size & schedule

Planned capacity600 MW [3]
two substations of 300 MW each planned at Lake Anna Technology Campus (substation capacity)
Site size153 acres [3]
Lake Anna Technology Campus only
Floor area1.7 million sq ft [3]
seven standard data centers at Lake Anna Technology Campus
Stated investment$11 billion [2]
by 2040, for the two campuses
Target completionProjected 15-year build-out [1]

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Power

UtilityRappahannock Electric Cooperative [1]
Utility pages: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative · data centers and bills

Water

Water sourceNortheast Creek Reservoir (raw water) [1]
reservoir safe yield 3.2 million gallons per day; AWS pays for water/sewer infrastructure
Coolingwater-cooled using untreated raw water [1]
Water permitVirginia DEQ VPDES discharge permit, effective August 1, 2026, allowing 280,000 gallons per day of treated non-contact cooling water into Sedges Creek (Lake Anna Technology Campus) [6]
Source excerpt
“The [permit], effective August 1, allows AWS to release treated, non-contact cooling water, at a rate of 280,000 gallons per day, into Sedges Creek”

Money & incentives

Tax incentivesCounty rebate of a portion of new tax revenues paid by AWS; share of a $140M statewide grant fund; state sales and use tax waiver [1]
County FAQ: 'A statewide grant fund of $140M will be allocated proportionally based on the investment amounts in each, and the state has also waived associated sales and use taxes.'
Source excerpt
“No funds from the County's current revenues will be used. The county will rebate a portion of the new tax revenues paid by AWS.”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Water and power

Water

Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.

Power

Planned capacity600 MW [3]
UtilityRappahannock Electric Cooperative [1]

Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →

Lawsuits

Newsom v. Amazon (private nuisance)pending [7]
A homeowner across the road from the construction site alleges brown water, noise, dust and light from construction harm his home and business; Amazon has asked the court to dismiss the nuisance claim.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia (Charlottesville) · filed Aug 2025
Source excerpt
“Newsom’s lawsuit continues playing out in court, with a preliminary hearing set in the case for Aug. 19, according to U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia (Charlottesville) records.”

Timeline

  1. AWS announces plan for two campuses in Louisa County, $11 billion by 2040 [2]

  2. Pre-construction meeting for Lake Anna Technology Campus; land disturbance permit issued [3]

  3. AWS withdraws conditional use permit application for a 7.2 million sq ft third campus on 1,370 acres [4]

  4. A neighboring homeowner and business owner files a private nuisance lawsuit against Amazon over construction impacts [7]

  5. AWS closes purchase of about 1,920 acres near Northeast Creek Reservoir for about $72 million [5]

  6. Virginia DEQ discharge (VPDES) permit for cooling water discharge into Sedges Creek takes effect [6]

Issues raised

  • Residents opposed the withdrawn third campus over water use, noise, light, traffic, proximity to schools and loss of rural character [4]
  • The two existing campuses were permitted by right in the Technology Overlay District with little public input; the county changed the district in 2024 to require conditional use permits for future projects [4]

Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.

Sources

  1. Community Update/Press FAQs: AWS
    Louisa County · government
  2. AWS to expand into Virginia's Louisa County, develop two campuses northwest of Richmond
    DatacenterDynamics · Aug 31, 2023 · news
  3. Plan to Build 1.7 Million Square Feet of Data Centers Adjacent to North Anna Power Station
    Lake Anna Life · Jul 2024 · news
  4. Amazon pulls Louisa County data center proposal after strong resistance
    Virginia Mercury · Jul 28, 2025 · news
  5. Amazon Web Services purchases nearly 2,000 acres of land in Louisa County
    WVVA · Jan 15, 2026 · news
  6. With eye toward rural preservation, planning commission gets details on proposed PDR program; DEQ issues controversial discharge permit for AWS data center campus by Lake Anna
    Tammy Purcell (Substack) · Jul 20, 2026 · news
  7. Brown water, dust and loud noises: Louisa homeowner sues Amazon over data center construction
    Virginia Mercury · Jul 28, 2026 · news

Cite this page

Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). Amazon Web Services Louisa County campuses. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/aws-louisa-county-va
MLA“Amazon Web Services Louisa County campuses.” Data Center Census, Sep 23, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/aws-louisa-county-va.
Linkhttps://datacentercensus.com/dc/aws-louisa-county-va

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