Stafford County has the whole file on this one: rezoning case RC23154991, filed by Amazon Data Services to take 49.9 acres on the east side of Old Potomac Church Road out of B-2 urban commercial zoning for a data and computer services centre. Two two-storey buildings totalling 510,000 sq ft and 62 feet tall are proposed on tax map parcel 39-71A in the Falmouth election district, with an on-site substation drawn into the submittal set and a proffered noise limit of 55 dBA at the property line at any hour of the day or night. The Board of Supervisors approved the reclassification 6-1. A proffer amendment, RC24155845, went to the Planning Commission on 27 August 2025, and on 16 June 2026 the Board deferred it unanimously over road damage, generator emissions and water sharing. Amazon puts the investment at roughly $1bn; Stafford expects $10.5m a year in tax at full build-out and is spending $7m on a pumping station and water pipeline.
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What are the Stafford County case numbers?
RC23154991 for the original zoning reclassification and RC24155845 for the proffer amendment. Three separate submittal rounds are published against the case.
What is the planning position?
The Board of Supervisors deferred the proffer amendment unanimously on 16 June 2026, citing road damage, generator emissions and water sharing. The underlying reclassification had been approved 6-1, with Supervisor Bohmke opposed.
How large is the scheme as filed?
Two two-storey buildings of 510,000 sq ft in total, 62 feet tall, on 49.9 acres at tax map parcel 39-71A.
What does the county expect to spend and collect?
Stafford has budgeted $7m for a pumping station and water pipeline and projects about $10.5m a year in tax revenue at full build-out, against an Amazon investment put at roughly $1bn. Amazon also contributed $25,000 towards sound level meters.
What noise condition has been proffered?
55 dBA at the property line, at any hour, day or night. The rezoning was filed by Michael Gore of Amazon Data Services with Charles W. Payne Jr. of Hirschler Fleischer as agent.
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