Remington data center seeks onsite 13-turbine gas power plant

Remington Technology Park LP has filed a rezoning amendment application proposing an onsite primary power production plant featuring 13 gas turbines, a natural gas gate station, and an electrical substation to serve its data center.

• Main announcement/action: RTP has submitted an updated site plan to Fauquier County that would add 13 gas turbines, a natural gas gate station, and an electrical substation as onsite primary power for the data center; the applicant has applied to the Virginia DEQ for an “Article 6 Minor NSR – No Public Interest” air permit and, according to PEC, “the applicant has failed to respond to our questions.” This proposal would place a third fossil-fuel power plant in close proximity to the Meadows of Remington residential neighborhood and two existing nearby gas plants.
• Background and process details: RTP pursued onsite generation after learning Dominion Energy cannot provide power until 2030 at the earliest; PEC characterizes the site-plan change as a rezoning amendment and a use added as an Accessory Use rather than a new Special Exception/industrial permitting process. Key factual items:
  • Planning Commission Work Session: Thursday, Feb. 19, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., Warren Green Building – Board of Supervisors’ Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, 1st Floor, Warrenton (no public comments will be heard at that work session; PEC requests written comments prior to the meeting).
  • Board of Supervisors Citizen’s Time: public hearing on Thursday, Feb. 12 (instructions and agenda link provided in email).
  • PEC notes prior local plant used 7.6 million gallons of treated water in 2025 (a nearby peaker plant) and flags concerns about cumulative air emissions (NOx, SO2, PM2.5, VOCs, CO) and noise.