Developers present Dahlgren West data‑center plan; commissioners press on water, power and land‑use changes

Developers of “Dahlgren West” (presented as Dahlgren Innovation Hub) gave a detailed presentation to the King George County Planning Commission on proposed rezoning, a comprehensive‑plan amendment, and several text amendments and special‑exception requests for a large data‑center campus on the north side of Route 301.

What was proposed: The developer team asked to rezone four parcels to industrial, amend the comprehensive plan for one parcel currently mapped outside the Claydales settlement area, and request text amendments that would permit higher building heights and conditional groundwater use by special exception. The application would also seek special exceptions for data centers, taller screening/fencing and other site features. The presenters said the current concept shows roughly 6.7 million square feet of data‑center floor area on a site of approximately 485 acres, with about 40% preserved as open space.

Why it matters: The applicant described the project as a major employer and infrastructure investment: the team said the site has an approximate authorizable power footprint of about 1.18 gigawatts and estimated…