Overview
- Loudoun County Board Chair Phyllis Randall announced on Tuesday that Amazon Web Services will not pursue data centers on the roughly 120‑acre former George Washington University campus and will withdraw its application.
- Amazon will transfer 25 acres of the site to Loudoun for a community arts center and an indoor sports and recreation facility.
- The company committed $5,000,000 to the Loudoun County Housing Fund and agreed to seek rezoning of the remaining land for mixed‑use and residential development rather than data centers.
- The Board postponed a planned vote on a one‑year moratorium on new data‑center approvals until November 17 to allow county staff and lawyers time to review legal and policy issues.
- Loudoun, home to one of the world’s largest concentrations of data centers, has faced resident concerns about energy, water and local impacts, and this deal could shape tighter local limits and future project plans.