45695 Russell Branch Parkway, Sterling, VA · Proposed. County filing submitted; invoiced and paid same day (October 20, 2026). No operator, size, or capacity disclosed on the record. No lease, construction, energization, or availability established. As of October 25, 2026.
Disclosed terms
- Status vocabulary: Proposed (county filing submitted; invoiced and paid same day)
- Record ID: ZONC-2026-051291
- Record title: “NEW DATA CENTER”
- Address: 45695 Russell Branch Parkway, Sterling, VA (Loudoun County)
- Filed: October 20, 2026; invoiced and paid same day
- Filer / operator on this record: Filer not identified as a data center operator
- Size / capacity on this record: None disclosed
- Digest note: First building-related record at this address in the tracked digest set
A zoning or building filing shows that work was proposed or that a review step was opened. It does not establish that space is available, that construction is complete, that utility capacity is contracted, or that a tenant has been signed.
What the filing reveals
Loudoun County’s public permit system shows commercial zoning record ZONC-2026-051291 at 45695 Russell Branch Parkway, Sterling, with the description “NEW DATA CENTER.” The record date is October 20, 2026, and the status string on the tracked digest is Invoiced and Paid - Same Day. [1] [2]
The October 20 action is a county filing event. It is not a press release, not a certificate of occupancy, and not evidence of delivered megawatts. No megawatt figure, floor area, generator count, or named operator appears on the ZONC-2026-051291 record as reviewed for this article. [1] [2]
Directory context is not coverage of this filing
Trade directories and developer materials associate 45695 Russell Branch Parkway with Corscale’s planned Kincora / VA2 facility in Sterling. Corscale’s own site describes Kincora VA2 as a planned single building with 80 MW of critical capacity and about 500,000 square feet on a roughly 24-acre campus; Affinius Capital’s project page describes a Sterling development of one two-story building at about 480,000 GSF and 80 MW, with vertical construction anticipated to begin in Q4 2026 and projected completion in Q4 2028. Those are directory and company disclosures, not facts on ZONC-2026-051291. [3] [4]
Separately, a Virginia DEQ stationary-source air permit for Kincora Data Center LLC at 45695 Russell Branch Parkway (Dulles / Loudoun) was approved January 20, 2026, covering 57 diesel emergency generator sets. That air permit is an earlier regulatory action at the same address. It is not the October 20, 2026 Loudoun ZONC filing, and treating it as news of ZONC-2026-051291 would be incorrect. [5]
How this differs from prior site news
Prior directory listings, company project pages, and the January 2026 air permit establish that the address has been associated with a planned data center campus. They do not report the October 20 Loudoun zoning/building-related action. This article is about ZONC-2026-051291, not a re-announcement of Kincora VA2 marketing materials. [1]–[5]
A web and X check for this specific filing (record ID, October 20 date, and “NEW DATA CENTER” at this address) found no prior trade-press or local news article covering this October 20 action. Aggregator permit tables that list the raw county row are not the same as news coverage of the filing.
What remains unknown
The reviewed October 20 record does not establish:
- Named operator or applicant identity on the ZONC filing itself
- Building square footage or critical IT load for this action
- Whether the filing advances shell, fit-out, site work, or another scope
- Contracted utility capacity, energization date, or construction schedule
- Tenant, lease, or available inventory
- That any prior air or directory disclosure has been “activated” by this payment
Next useful evidence would be additional Loudoun building, site-plan, or inspection records that name scope and size, plus any utility or land-use decision that ties those figures to an approval - not to a marketing page.
Sources
- Loudoun County Tyler / LandMARC self-service - search
ZONC-2026-051291· Record dated 2026-10-20 - Data Center Scouts filing page
- Corscale - Kincora VA2 project description (directory context only)
- Affinius Capital - Kincora project page (directory context only)
- Virginia DEQ: Kincora Data Center LLC stationary-source permit to construct and operate (Registration No. 74296), approved January 20, 2026 · address 45695 Russell Branch Parkway