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title: "Loudoun County weighs data center moratorium, rejects huge campus"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/loudoun-county-weighs-data-center-moratorium-rejects-huge-campus-2099a9
source_name: "Data Center Dynamics"
source_url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/loudoun-county-considering-moratorium-on-new-data-center-applications-rejects-325-million-sq-ft-campus/
published: 2026-07-27T13:01:04.000Z
topics: ["policy"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
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# Loudoun County weighs data center moratorium, rejects huge campus

*2026-07-27 · Source: [Data Center Dynamics](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/loudoun-county-considering-moratorium-on-new-data-center-applications-rejects-325-million-sq-ft-campus/)*

Loudoun County, Virginia, one of the world's largest data center hubs, is considering a moratorium on new data center applications. It has already rejected a proposed 3.25 million square foot campus.

**Why it matters:** Loudoun County anchors a huge share of global data center capacity, so local pushback there carries more weight than similar disputes elsewhere. It adds to a pattern of community and legal resistance to AI data center buildout already in the feed, including a California water-rights lawsuit and threatened suits over gas-powered Texas data centers, that could increasingly slow AI infrastructure expansion.

**Topics:** policy

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