Plan for Va. Data Center with 3,500 MW Gas-Fired Plant Canceled

The on again, off again, on again, off again plan to build a massive data center in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, with a 3,500-megawatt gas-fired power plant is now off again, permanently. Last October, Balico applied to rezone more than 2,200 acres for a proposed campus in Pittsylvania County, Va., that would include its own massive on-site gas-fired power plant complex using Marcellus/Utica molecules from the Mountain Valley Pipeline (see Massive Data Center with 3,500 MW Gas-Fired Plant Proposed for Va.). The project hit significant pushback from local residents and politicians, so Balico revised the plan. The revised plan was to build a tiny 300 MW gas-fired plant, at least initially (see Plan for Massive 3,500-MW Va. Gas-Fired Plant Slashed 91% to 300-MW). In January of this year, the County Planning Commission shot down the trimmed-down plan (see Pittsylvania (VA) County Planning Bd. Votes to Deny Data Center Plan). Balico knows when it's not wanted.

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