What happened
The County reports that its Board denied land-use applications for a proposed substation near Dulles Airport on September 15, 2026 L1. It distinguished the proposal from a grid-reliability project and cited concern that new high-wattage demand could bring off-site transmission effects L1. The county docket identifies the related Tech Park at Dulles case numbers L2.
Who acted in the record
Loudoun County Board of Supervisorslocal special-exception decision body
Denied the Tech Park at Dulles substation application. L1
How RealClear would approach this site
Historical reconstruction: RealClear was not involved in the proceeding. This illustrates a one-property review of public records, not a predicted vote or private motive.
Does this data-center site have the needed power-site entitlement?
- Record to read
- Substation SPEX docket and Board action notice
- Constraint to test
- The particular non-reliability substation application was denied; other facilities require separate analysis.
- Next action
- Map dependency on this proposed substation and evaluate alternative lawful power paths.
The boundary of the finding
- County recap verifies the decision; signed individual denial instrument and exact parcel boundary not reproduced here.
- Do not conflate this case with the separate March 2025 by-right data-center zoning change or a proposed 2026 pause.
Latest cited status: As of September 18, 2026 county publication; later application status not checked.