EdgeCore has filed an application with the US Army Corps of Engineers to advance the second phase of its data center campus in Louisa County, Virginia, moving forward with plans for a large-scale development in the Shannon Hill Regional Business Park northwest of Richmond.

Phase II Filing Details

The application was filed via EDI Louisa 1, LLC, EdgeCore's project entity for the development. Phase II calls for three data center buildings along with on-site substations, situated on 187 acres west of Shannon Hill Road (SR 605) and east of Parrish Road (SR 683).

The proposed development would impact 4.20 acres of non-tidal wetlands and more than 6,300 feet, or approximately 1,920 meters, of stream channels, necessitating the federal permitting process through the Army Corps of Engineers.

The Army Corps application marks a concrete regulatory step toward construction of the second phase, following EdgeCore's initial announcement that it would develop within Shannon Hill Regional Business Park, which was made in June 2025.

Campus Scale and Ambition

The broader Louisa County campus spans 697 acres and is planned to total 1.1 gigawatts of capacity across 3.1 million square feet, equivalent to approximately 287,999 square meters, of space distributed across six buildings.

The Phase II filing for three buildings represents the continued buildout of that overall campus footprint. Louisa County sits northwest of Richmond, placing it within the broader Northern Virginia and central Virginia corridor that has attracted significant data center investment in recent years.

Shannon Hill Regional Business Park is the specific site where EdgeCore has consolidated its Louisa County development plans.

EdgeCore's Virginia Footprint

Louisa County is one of several Virginia locations where EdgeCore is actively developing infrastructure.

The company has built out multiple buildings in Sterling, located in Loudoun County, which forms part of the established Northern Virginia data center corridor.

EdgeCore also has plans for a 216 megawatt site in Culpeper County, adding further scale to its presence in the state.

Virginia has emerged as a priority geography for the company as it pursues rapid expansion across the United States, with its Louisa County campus representing one of its most ambitious single-site undertakings in terms of total planned capacity.

Existing Operations and Broader Pipeline

EdgeCore currently operates data center facilities in Silicon Valley and Greater Phoenix. Its facility in Reno, Nevada, is scheduled to be delivered in 2026, adding a third operational market for the company in the near term.

The Louisa County campus, once fully developed, would represent a significant addition to that operational portfolio given its 1.1 gigawatt planned capacity. The company was launched in 2018 and was acquired by Partners Group in 2022.

At the time of the acquisition, Partners Group outlined plans to invest up to USD 1.2 billion to fund both the acquisition itself and the build-out of existing and future data center sites.

That investment commitment has underpinned EdgeCore's expansion activity across multiple markets in the years since.

Regulatory and Environmental Process

The Army Corps of Engineers filing reflects the environmental review requirements associated with development that affects wetlands and stream channels.

The Phase II project's impact on 4.20 acres of non-tidal wetlands and over 6,300 feet of stream channels places it within the scope of federal permitting under the Clean Water Act, which the Army Corps administers through its regulatory program governing waters of the United States.

Securing that permit is a standard procedural requirement for large-scale site development in areas with these characteristics, and the filing represents EdgeCore's formal engagement with that process as it advances the Louisa County campus toward its next stage of construction.