Google is considering developing a data center campus at the Wood Haven Technology Park in Roanoke County, Virginia

The possibility of the project was confirmed by Google and the Western Virginia Regional Industrial Facility Authority on October 16.

Google's regional public affairs manager, Clay Allsop, said: “Google has more than 20 years of experience responsibly building data centers and is proud of the relationships we’ve built in the Roanoke community since announcing our data center project in Botetourt County. We are committed to growing this collaboration as a long-term partner in the Roanoke Region. We will continue our due diligence process on Wood Haven and keep the local community updated as more information is available.”

The due diligence and inspection period at the Wood Haven site is expected to run through March 2027, with entitlements due by September 2027.

Based on the agenda notes, a number of locals attending the meeting with the WVRIFA board expressed concerns about the project, noting that it could cause noise and vibrations, use water resources, and have a negative impact on nearby real estate.

Wood Haven Technology Park is a 111-acre planned industrial park located at the junction of Interstates 81 and 581 in Roanoke County, Virginia. The site includes 54 acres of graded, pad-ready land with utilities in place.

Virginia is the largest data center market in the world, but much of it is concentrated in Northern Virginia around Loudoun County and adjacent areas.

That a data center could come to the site was revealed by WVRIFA in September.

Details about the data center, including its expected size, number of buildings, and IT capacity, have yet to be provided.

Prologis was previously set to develop a data center on the site. In April 2025, the company signed an agreement to acquire 94 acres of land in the tech park, but was forced to extend it multiple times. Ultimately, the sale of the land was not completed.

Nearby, Google is developing a campus in Botetourt County at a 343.6-acre site at the Botetourt Center Industrial Park, Greenfield. Grading work began in August 2026. Google plans to construct three data center buildings, each spanning around 300,000 sq ft (27,870 sqm), along with three substations and a 28,000 sq ft (2,600 sqm) office building.

Google operates one cloud region in Virginia that launched in 2017. Present across Northern Virginia in Loudoun and Prince William Counties, Google is also developing a data center campus outside Richmond in Chesterfield County.