[bane]

Data Centers are great for the tax base, multi-million dollar businesses that bring in loads of tax revenue, but not lots of people, which reduces infrastructure costs. The additional tax dollars thus goes out to hire people, etc. etc.

Virginia is on a huge high-tech growth track due to the increased tech thrust in the Fed Gov space. The state is even reviving towns with tax benefits for computing centers in remote parts.

While this isn't along the famed "Tech Corridor" in Virginia, it could be the beginning of a "Tech Triangle" that could quickly grow to a second place tech hub to SV.

[niftich]

While this isn't in Ashburn, it's between Gainesville and Warrenton at a site that was formerly an NSA signals intelligence facility [1] and is now a fledgling industrial park that this just-outside-of-exurban-DC county is trying to push. It's adjacent to major FAA air traffic control facility.

That being said, I wouldn't count this as "new node" in the Tech Corridor, it's simply a good site in a lower-tax neighboring county, but still in DC's exurban western periphery. When other parts of Virginia away from a 20-mile radius of Dulles are seeing this kind of investment, then we can talk about a Virginia Tech Triangle.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Hill_Farms_Station

[wyldfire]

> formerly an NSA signals intelligence facility

Hey, EU customers who want a POP in the US -- come use our new servers! We checked, definitely no SIGINT bugs left behind. :)

[jschwartzi]

That you're aware of. :)

[Animats]

Vint Hill. Figures. That was vacant. There are already so many data centers near Langley and Liberty Crossing that it's embarrassing.