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Search Virginia data-center air permits, proposed projects and regulatory records — with plain-language context and direct links to government sources.
AI Infrastructure Evidence Index — Virginia air permits
Primary government and legislative sources
01 / THE PROBLEM
Infrastructure decisions are public.
The evidence is not always usable.
Air permits, applications and technical assessments are scattered across agency pages, spreadsheets and PDFs. That fragmentation makes it difficult for residents, reporters, researchers and decision-makers to find the document behind a facility name.
Public Evidence Project turns those records into searchable profiles. Every page distinguishes an issued permit from a pending application and a permitted limit from measured emissions.
02 / LATEST RECORDS
Virginia data-center
air permits
The collection covers issued permits, pending applications and agency assessments. Inclusion records a public document; it does not establish a violation or environmental harm.
| Facility / operator | Location | Permit | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Raspberry data center campusHelio Capital LLC / Google LLC | Botetourt CountyVirginia | 21819-1 | Under review | |
| QTS Investment Properties ManassasQTS Investment Properties Manassas LLC | Prince William CountyVirginia | 74161-5 | Issued | |
| Vantage Data Centers VA2Vantage Data Centers VA2, LLC | Loudoun CountyVirginia | 74242 | Issued | |
| Aerospace Data Facility — EastAerospace Data Facility — East | Fairfax CountyVirginia | 74154-5 | Issued | |
| Compass IAD DatacenterCompass Datacenters | Loudoun CountyVirginia | 74160-3 | Issued |
03 / EXPLORE BY PLACE
Virginia data centers
by county
County pages bring facility records together with the relevant state oversight context, so users can move from a broad question to the underlying permit.
Loudoun County
The largest group in the current index, including Amazon, Compass, Vantage and other facility records.
Explore county →1 recordsPrince William County
Source-linked permit records and the county’s place in Virginia’s data-center air-monitoring program.
Explore county →1 recordsFairfax County
A focused view of state air-permit records connected to data-center facilities in Fairfax County.
Explore county →1 recordsBotetourt County
The public permit record for the proposed Project Raspberry campus in Daleville, Virginia.
Explore county →04 / PLAIN-LANGUAGE GUIDES
Understand the
record behind the result
Short, source-backed explainers answer the questions people ask before they know a permit number or facility name.
What is a data-center air permit?
What regulators review, what a permit means and what it does not prove.
Read the guide →Backup powerWhy do data centers use diesel generators?
Emergency power, testing limits and the pollutants covered by air rules.
Read the guide →ElectricityHow much energy do U.S. data centers use?
DOE estimates, current demand and why AI infrastructure changes the outlook.
Read the guide →THE EVIDENCE BRIEFING
New records.
No noise.
A short briefing on new permits, pending projects, regulatory changes and source updates.