Data center · Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
Google Arcola Building 1
Google Arcola Building 1 is a data center in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, with 266 MW of backup generators, operated by Google and Wheeler Survey Company, LLC.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Loudoun County, Virginia | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits · Public records · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 24400 Howling Rooster Lane, Sterling, VA 20166 | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 24400 Howling Rooster Ln, Sterling, VA 20166 | Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits · record · Public records · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Part of | Google Data Center | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 30 Jan 2024 (permit 74152-5, Article 6 - mNSR) | Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits · record · Public records · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 | |
| Operator | Wheeler Survey Company, LLC | Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits · record · Public records · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Backup generators | 266 MW (106 generator sets, permit 74152-5) | Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits · record · Public records · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Building footprint | 20,089 m² (building) | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 38.9432, -77.5244 | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this data center and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its power supply, grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchAlso recorded as
2 sources record Google Arcola Building 1; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Arcola Building 1 | asset:osm:way-693385812 | OpenStreetMap data centers | — |
| Wheeler Data Center | asset:va-deq:74152 | Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits | Same street address |
How its operator compares
Google owns 58 of the 1,336 data centers in the United States in our data with a named owner; 4 owners have more. Counts cover the data centers in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United States | Rank | Data centers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | 1st | 149 | 11% |
| Digital Realty | 2nd | 87 | 6.5% |
| Microsoft | 3rd | 66 | 4.9% |
| Amazon Data Services Inc. | 4th | 60 | 4.5% |
| 5th | 58 | 4.3% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this data center from its sources, oldest first.
- Air permit to build issued (minor new source review), no. 74152-5
- Wheeler Survey Company, LLC on record as operator
Nearby
Within 50 km of this data center: 4 power plants (3 operating, 2,227 MW) and 2 mines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 5, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dulles Solar and Storage | Power plant | 150 MW | Under construction | 2.2 km |
| Chantilly Crushed Stone Incorporated | Mine | — | Operating | 3.5 km |
| Potomac Energy Center, LLC | Power plant | 812 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| Amrize Millville Quarry | Mine | — | Operating | 45 km |
| Remington | Power plant | 706 MW | Operating | 49 km |
Operators and place
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Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Texas Comptroller qualifying data centers. Texas Comptroller qualifying data centers, Public domain.
- Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits. Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits, Public records.