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CleanArc VA1

CleanArc Data CentersRuther Glen, Caroline County, VAUpdated

CleanArc Data Centers is building a 900 MW data center in Caroline County, Virginia (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.

Capacity
900 MW
Investment
$3B

Who's on this build

Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.

Timeline

Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.

  1. Today

    Under construction

    Last material change Sep 24, 2026.

  2. 10 mo ago

    Announced

  3. 10 mo ago

    Construction start

Reported updates without an event date

Record quality

Datasets
1
Location
Site footprint confirmed
Summary
From published records
Source as of
Last material change

Site and infrastructure

CA Compute AtlasPE Public Evidence ProjectKW Kapwork Grow tracker record

Status

Operator
CleanArc Data CentersOperator · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 30, 2026 · Record: cleanarc-ruther-glen-va
Stage
Under constructionStage · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 30, 2026 · Record: cleanarc-ruther-glen-va
Facility type
AI data centerFacility type · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 102319693608906

Scale

Reported capacity
900 MWReported capacity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 30, 2026 · Record: cleanarc-ruther-glen-va
Reported investment
$3BReported investment · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 102319693608906

Reported dates

Announced
2025-11Announced · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 30, 2026 · Record: cleanarc-ruther-glen-va
Construction start reported
2025-11Construction start reported · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 30, 2026 · Record: cleanarc-ruther-glen-va

Site

City
Ruther GlenCity · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 30, 2026 · Record: cleanarc-ruther-glen-vaCity · Public Evidence ProjectPublic Evidence Project: Permit from Virginia Department of Environmental QualityAs of Aug 6, 2026 · Record: source-cleanarc-ruther-glen-va
County
CarolineCounty · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 30, 2026 · Record: cleanarc-ruther-glen-vaCounty · Public Evidence ProjectPublic Evidence Project: Permit from Virginia Department of Environmental QualityAs of Aug 6, 2026 · Record: source-cleanarc-ruther-glen-va
State
VirginiaState · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 30, 2026 · Record: cleanarc-ruther-glen-vaState · Public Evidence ProjectPublic Evidence Project: Permit from Virginia Department of Environmental QualityAs of Aug 6, 2026 · Record: source-cleanarc-ruther-glen-va
Location precision
Site footprint confirmedLocation precision · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 102319693608906

Power and cooling

Utility
Dominion Energy VirginiaUtility · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 102319693608906
Power source
Grid powerPower source · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 102319693608906
Cooling
Closed loopCooling · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 102319693608906
AI workload
Likely AI or machine-learning workloadAI workload · Compute AtlasCompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of Jul 30, 2026 · Record: cleanarc-ruther-glen-va

Permits and public records

Government records on file
1Government records on file · Public Evidence ProjectPublic Evidence Project: Permit from Virginia Department of Environmental QualityAs of Aug 6, 2026 · Record: source-cleanarc-ruther-glen-va
Incentives reported
Caroline County EDA annual grant - 25% of incremental tax revenue for 15 years (40% for 10 years if the first data hall is operational by Sept 30 2027), capped at 10% of taxable investment (Caroline County, VA); Virginia Data Center Retail Sales & Use Tax exemption (eligibility per VEDP; no certified award value) (Commonwealth of Virginia)Incentives reported · Kapwork Grow tracker recordKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 102319693608906

Sources, method and limits

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What each source reports

What each source reports
DatasetReported nameReported statusReported MW
Compute AtlasCleanArc VA1Under construction900 MW

Sources and evidence

  1. CA
    Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Jul 30, 2026 · Record: cleanarc-ruther-glen-va
  2. CA
  3. CA
  4. CA
  5. CA
  6. CA
  7. PE
    Public Evidence Project: Permit from Virginia Department of Environmental QualityAs of: Aug 6, 2026 · Record: source-cleanarc-ruther-glen-va
  8. KW

Limitations and interpretation

  • This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
  • Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Public Evidence Project, U.S. Data Center Public Records Dataset, https://publicevidence.org/data/national-data-center-public-records (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
  • An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
  • Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

Cite or correct this record

Kapwork Grow, “CleanArc VA1”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/cleanarc-va1-va-dc_5d0f28fdb7ca, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.

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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.

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