Tonight: Greensville County, VA Multi-Billion Dollar Digital Anchor

Greensville County, Virginia, is accelerating plans for what could become one of the largest technology investments in the Mid-Atlantic: the Otterdam Tech Data Center Campus, a multi-phase development proposed by Otterdam Technology Group LLC (OTG). Strategically positioned off Otterdam Road and adjacent to the emerging Mid-Atlantic Advanced Manufacturing Center (MAMaC), the project is shaping up to be a new digital-infrastructure anchor with multibillion-dollar economic implications.

A Mega-Site Designed for Hyperscale Growth

OTG — described in filings as a special-purpose entity commonly used by large-scale infrastructure investors — is seeking approval for a 495.76-acre buildout spread across nine parcels. Roughly 186 acres would be converted to developed impervious area, keeping the overall footprint below 40% of the total site.

Plans call for a campus capable of competing with hyperscale clusters in Northern Virginia:

• Up to eight data center buildings across 88.9 acres

  • Structures may rise one story (37 feet) or two (74 feet), depending on customer and power availability.

• A three-story mission-critical Command-and-Control HQ

• Two substations, a utility switchyard, and a 10-acre power-storage facility designed for grid smoothing

• A 7.2-acre on-site natural gas plant to bolster power reliability

• Facilities for maintenance, logistics, and continuous operations

The ownership structure involves several landholding entities, including SRF-Franklin LLC, Badgett LLC, SRF-Augusta LLC, and individual owners — a pattern typical of master-planned digital infrastructure sites.

Regulatory Momentum Ahead of December Vote

The Greensville County Planning Commission has already recommended approval of both a Special Use Permit (SP-3-2025) and a critical rezoning request (ZMA-1-2025) needed to bring an additional 14.5-acre parcel into the Technology Overlay District.

A final vote by the Board of Supervisors is slated for December 1, 2025 — a key milestone that would unlock a 10-year permit window stretching through 2035.

While the Comprehensive Plan labels the area “Rural,” county staff concluded the data center aligns with long-term land-use strategy due to the TOD’s express purpose: attracting utility-dense technology infrastructure to areas equipped to support it.

Power: The Deciding Factor in a Hyperscale Arms Race

OTG has filed a Transmission Load Study with Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative and Dominion Energy to determine sequencing for what it intends to permit as a 600-MW data center facility. Actual power consumption at full build-out remains undisclosed.

The broader Otterdam Road corridor, however, is already being engineered for hyperscale capacity:

• The adjacent MAMaC site holds 1.2 GW of Dominion-approved capacity

• A separate 300-MW behind-the-meter natural gas plant is planned to provide bridging power

If approved, the Otterdam Tech campus would become one of the largest power-positioned rural data center clusters in Virginia outside Loudoun and Prince William Counties.

Water, Cooling Technology, and Environmental Constraints

Water will be supplied through existing MAMaC infrastructure. OTG indicates a preference for liquid-cooling closed-loop systems, which materially reduce water demand — a growing competitive differentiator as hyperscale operators confront regional water-usage scrutiny.

Exact water consumption figures remain pending, but county officials expect enough demand to help finance:

• Expansion of the Jarratt Water Treatment Facility from 2 MGD to 6 MGD

• Upgrades to the northern sewer treatment system

Noise and environmental controls under the TOD are comparatively stringent, with daytime limits capped at 65 dB and nighttime at 60 dB at property boundaries — levels expected to push operators toward quieter water-cooled infrastructure.

At full buildout, the campus is expected to support roughly 180 round-the-clock employees, part of a continuous 24/7 operational model.

Economic Stakes: A Transformative, Long-Horizon Revenue Engine

While capital expenditure estimates were not included in filings, OTG’s economic analysis details a sweeping revenue profile:

Those numbers position the project as one of the most consequential economic assets in Greensville County’s modern history. For context, a separate data center anchor — Oasis Digital Properties’ 466-acre project at MAMaC — is projected to generate more than $40 million annually in tax revenue through a regional financing structure.

A Digital Port in Rural Virginia

If approved, the Otterdam Tech campus would mark a decisive pivot in the region’s economic trajectory — from manufacturing-focused industrial recruitment to utility-dense, cloud-oriented infrastructure. With billions in projected long-term stimulus and major investments in grid and water capacity, Greensville County is positioning itself as a high-capacity digital gateway, not unlike how interstate highways once reoriented regional logistics decades ago.