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Stafford Technology Campus

Stafford County, VADeveloper: STACK Infrastructure

ApprovedRezoning approved September 2024; grandfathered under Stafford's new data center rules in December 2025
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Stafford Technology Campus is Stafford County's largest approved data center project, on about 504 acres on both sides of Eskimo Hill Road near the Rappahannock Regional Landfill, planned at approximately 5.5 million square feet with 23 buildings and six substations. The Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning 6-1 in September 2024, and the rezoned property was sold for $302.3 million to an entity representing Stack Infrastructure. County figures now list the campus at 5.8 million square feet and 20 buildings.

Site size
504 acres

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site size504 acres [2]
Source excerpt
“The board voted to allow 504 acres on both sides of Eskimo Hill Road to be rezoned from agricultural to light industrial”
Floor area5.5 million sq ft [2]
as approved in 2024
Source excerpt
“The campus itself is estimated at approximately 5.5 million square feet.”
Floor area5.8 million sq ft [4]
county 'Approved Data Center Sites' table
Source excerpt
“Stafford Technology Campus | 5,800,000 | 20”
Buildings23 [2]
as approved in 2024
Source excerpt
“a data center campus with 23 buildings and six electric substations”
Buildings20 [4]
county 'Approved Data Center Sites' table
Source excerpt
“Stafford Technology Campus | 5,800,000 | 20”

Money & incentives

Payments / community benefitsDeveloper agreed to fund $58 million in county capital improvement projects, including water and sewer infrastructure [2]
Source excerpt
“The developer, Peterson Cos., has also agreed to fund $58 million in capital improvement projects for the county”

Local decisions & site

Deciding voteStafford Board of Supervisors approved rezoning 6-1 (September 2024) [2]
Source excerpt
“In a 6-to-1 vote, the supervisors approved the county's largest data center project to date.”
ZoningRezoned from agricultural to light industrial [2]
Source excerpt
“rezoned from agricultural to light industrial with the intent that the property become a data center campus”

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

Timeline

  1. Supervisors defer vote on the rezoning after a late proffer statement [1]

  2. Board of Supervisors approves the rezoning 6-1 [2]

  3. Stafford Technology LC sells the roughly 500-acre property for $302.3 million to an entity representing Stack Infrastructure [3]

  4. Board of Supervisors unanimously grandfathers the campus and four other projects under pre-October 2025 rules [5]

Issues raised

  • Supervisors cited energy use, road improvements and water usage as concerns [1]
  • The lone dissenting supervisor raised concerns about project phasing and the use of potable water before a water reuse system is built [2]

Sources

  1. Stafford supervisors defer vote on Stafford Technology Campus
    Fredericksburg Free Press · Aug 21, 2024 · news
  2. A big deal: Stafford's largest data center gets green light
    Fredericksburg Free Press · Sep 19, 2024 · news
  3. Biz Beat Roundup: $302M land sale closes in Stafford
    Fredericksburg Free Press · Feb 5, 2025 · news
  4. Data Centers
    Stafford County · government
  5. Stafford supervisors grandfather five data center projects that predate new regulations
    Fredericksburg Free Press · Dec 4, 2025 · news