Mineral Gap Data Center
DP Facilities · Wise, VA · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- OperationalSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 36.987, -82.53
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-09-21
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Operational
DP Facilities' release describes the 65,000 sq ft Mineral Gap facility as operating and Uptime Institute Tier III certified — the first designed and constructed Tier III data center in Virginia. Wise County Economic Development records it as established in 2017 and still operating.
Underlying source
Source notes
65,000 sq ft high-security colocation facility on 22 acres of the Lonesome Pine Regional Business & Technology Park, serving federal and state government agencies and commercial clients. Physical security includes K-rated, US Department of State certified anti-ram fencing, wedge barriers, a perimeter blast berm and 24/7 armed security; the facility holds HITRUST certification. Wise County reports it employs over 20 people and is the county's second-highest source of improved real estate tax revenue. In 2023 it installed what the county describes as Virginia's first commercial-scale solar field on previously coal-mined land, a 3.6MW array.
Wise County Economic Development reports a 3.6MW solar array on former coal-mined land supplying the site, alongside grid supply; the county calls it Virginia's first commercial-scale solar field on reclaimed mine land.
Sources and provenance
- $65 Million 'Mineral Gap' Data Center to be Built in Wise County · source retrieved 2026-09-09
- Virginia's First Designed and Constructed Tier III Data Center Expanding Into D.C. Metro Area · source retrieved 2026-09-09
- Data Centers — Wise County Economic Development · source retrieved 2026-09-21
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.