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EdgeCore Culpeper Campus

Nalles Mill Road / Culpeper Technology Zone, Virginia, United StatesPreconstruction
Evidence
Planned critical IT
196 MW
Updated
Oct 28, 2026
Utility
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative

EdgeCore Culpeper Campus is a physical data center campus. EdgeCore Culpeper Campus is located in Nalles Mill Road / Culpeper Technology Zone, VA, US and is a data center campus in preconstruction status.

Capacity

Current initial IT capacity

Planned / design or future potential

196 MW

Source

Target water usage effectiveness

Planned / design or future potential

0.01 liters per kWh maximum

Energy quantity; not power capacity

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Current two-building first buildPlanned

2 buildings

196 MW critical IT design across 920,000 square feet.

Superseded 2024 three-building planChanged or cancelled

3 buildings

216 MW initial / 432 MW potential / 1.4m sf / early-2028 power plan retained as history.

Milestones (3)
County approved predecessor plan and light-industrial rezoning

Dec 12, 2023 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Event type not stated

Source not linked
EdgeCore announced acquisition and original 216 MW plan

Jul 18, 2024 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Land acquired

Source not linked
Current operator target for capacity availability

2029 · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Event type not stated

Source not linked

Participants

Cielo Digital Infrastructure

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)
EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)
Developer (1)
Other participants (1)
Rappahannock Electric Cooperative

Utility provider

Sources by role
Utility provider (1)
Utility provider (1)

Capital & incentives

Incentives

Incentive

40% for 5 years

Proposed · Culpeper County Economic Development

Up to 40% of taxes paid over five years if investment/job/wage conditions are met.

Site & development

Current campus area

Reported rounded

93 acres

Source

Current floor area

Reported rounded

920,000 square feet

Source

Current building count

Reported rounded

2 data centers

Source

Site acquired by edgecore

Actual

True

Source

Campus location

Actual

Culpeper Technology Zone / Nalles Mill Road

Source

Conservation area

Reported rounded

30 acres

Source

Technical specifications

Cooling system

Actual

Closed loop chilled water

Source

Direct to chip liquid cooling supported

Actual

True

Source

Additional project facts

Current capacity availability target

Forecast

2029-H1

Source

Canonical operator

Actual

EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure

Source

Roadmap operator edgeconnex correct

Actual

False

Source

Predecessor developer

Actual

Cielo Digital Infrastructure

Source

Current status

Actual

Preconstruction

Source

Future potential survives current plan verified

Actual

False

Source

Single tenant model

Actual

True

Source

Utility provider

Actual

Rappahannock Electric Cooperative

Source

Utility service commitment documented

Actual

False

Source

Rezoning approval inherited

Actual

True

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)
Electric grid

Planned or represented

196 MW critical IT

Cooling system

Planned or represented

0.01 liters per kWh maximum

Closed-loop chilled-water design target.

Permit · Issued

Cielo/EdgeCore Nalles Mill site

Culpeper County

Dec 12, 2023

Sources (1)

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.

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