TECfusions has acquired 73 acres of land in Clarksville, Virginia for a data center expansion project.
Announced by the company on February 24, the company will use the newly acquired land to expand its flagship data center.
Elsewhere in Virginia, Avaio is planning a $5bn hyperscale data center, and Foundation Data Centers is seeking to build a 150MW data center powered by natural gas.
TECfusions has consolidated six parcels of land in Mecklenburg County's Clarksville into a contiguous site for the expansion, which it says will enable the company to bring the campus to 300MW of high-density data center capacity.
A seventh parcel acquired will be used for affordable multi-tenant housing for senior staff positions to support the expansion. The company has been seeking to acquire the land since at least October 2024, but a decision by the county was postponed until early 2025.
“Our Clarksville expansion exemplifies TECfusions’ innovative approach to data center development,” said Simon Tusha, founder and CTO of TECfusions. “By reimagining underutilized assets and collaborating closely with local authorities, we’re creating a blueprint for sustainable, rapid-deployment infrastructure that meets the critical needs of our AI and HPC clients.”
The consolidation and rezoning process has already been conducted.
To support the expansion, TECfusions plans to repurpose abandoned 138kV transmission lines from a decommissioned coal plant. This is currently under discussion with Mecklenburg County and Dominion Electric.
Founded in 2023 and led by former QTS CTO Simon Tusha, TECfusions specializes in designing, building, and managing data centers for AI and HPC workloads, counting TensorWave among its customers.
In November 2024, TECfusions secured over $300 million under a 15-year loan to be used for the development and expansion of its Virginia site.
The company acquired the Clarksville site, located on Burlington Drive, with 500kW of capacity already live. It has been building out capacity since last year, taking it to 6MW by December 2023 and 24MW by June 2024. The third data hall – dubbed C-Hall and completed in September – contributed another 10.5MW.
The site has 80MW of capacity available and a further 220MW of potential capacity.
TECfusions also has data centers in Tucson, Arizona, and has acquired a former manufacturing site in New Kensington, Philadelphia, for a data center project.
Avaio Digital to develop $5bn data center campus in Farmville, Virginia
Elsewhere in Virginia, Avaio Digital recently signed an agreement with the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) of Prince Edward County to develop a data center campus.
Set for a 280-acre business and industrial site in Farmville, the land is already zoned for data centers and has fiber, utility, and water supply secured. Avaio is in discussions with Dominion for 300MW of power for the campus.
The campus is planned to consist of five data centers and, upon completion, will see $5 billion invested in the project, including tenants’ IT equipment.
Kevin Murphy of Avaio Digital said: “Avaio Digital is excited to advance its partnership with the Industrial Development Authority of Prince Edward County to construct a large-scale data center campus in Farmville, VA. The campus will be well positioned to address the growing need for large-scale projects and will be designed and executed using Avaio Digital’s Green Compute suite of sustainable approaches.”
Dubbed the Farmville Data Hub, the project is reportedly part of Avaio’s plans to expand its portfolio of hyperscale data centers across the US and Western Europe. Avaio said it has secured more than 1.2GW of power from utilities across the country.
In December 2024, the company revealed it had signed a similar agreement with the Appomattox County Economic Development Authority in which it had acquired 452 acres of land to develop a $3 billion, 300MW data center campus.
Founded in 2016, Avaio Capital is a US infrastructure investment firm focused on the digital, water, energy transition, and transportation sectors. The company launched Avaio Digital Partners in 2021 to focus on build-to-suit development and construction of sustainable hyperscale data centers in the Americas and Europe.
Avaio also has two data center projects in Caroline County, Virginia.
Foundation Data Centers to develop 150MW data center outside Ashburn, Virginia
Foundation Data Centers is planning a data center project "45 minutes" from Ashburn, Virginia.
In a LinkedIn post, company partner Alax von Hell wrote: “Excited to share our latest venture in Virginia! With 150MW+ of natural gas primary power and over 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sqm) of high density, water-to-the-rack data hall space, our new project is set to accommodate up to 300kW racks! Possible expansion of up to 350MW.”
Further details about the project have not been shared.
The company’s website lists a high-density project in Virginia with 115MW of capacity that is expected to be available in Q4, 2025.
Other high density data center projects are listed in Portland, Oregon, and Dallas, Texas, with 100MW and 97MW respectively, and launch dates of 2026/2027 for Oregon, and 2025/2026 for Texas. Foundation Data Centers also lists medium-density facilities in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley, California, with availability expected in Q4 2025.
The company was founded by Arman Khalili and Brian Gill. Khalili previously founded Evocative, bringing the company from a single data center to more than 21 sites. Khalili also previously founded Central Colo, which was rebranded as Element Critical.
