Corscale (the data center platform of Patrinely Group) and capital partner USAA Real Estate have broken ground on the first building of a 300 megawatt, 130-acre data center campus in Gainesville, VA.

The first 72 megawatt of the multi-phase project is expected to come online in Q4 2022 and will consist of a single, two-story building with eight data halls and 483,000 square feet of office space.

Corscale’s full NoVA data center campus is planned for 2.3 million square feet over five, two-story buildings and 306 megawatt of utility power. The campus will have energy-efficient features including industry leading cooling techniques, energy tracking, water conservation and an ultra-low PUE.

“Corscale is focused on implementing industry leading de-carbonization and sustainability initiatives. We want to ensure that as stewards of critical natural resources, we enable our client’s own goals through real-time energy transparency,” said Nic Bustamante, SVP of development for Corscale.