The disclosure and our analysis
Evidence dates
Evidence: WVRIFA announcement dated September 22, 2026; WVRIFA motion dated September 11, 2026; Roanoke County project page reviewed September 24, 2026; Virginia Business report dated September 23, 2026.
A potential project in the Roanoke region
Clearview Dynamics LLC is evaluating Wood Haven Technology Park in Roanoke County, Virginia, for a potential data center. The Western Virginia Regional Industrial Facility Authority (WVRIFA), the park's owner, confirmed the proposed use in a September 22 announcement. It expects due diligence to continue through March 2027. This is a site evaluation, not an announcement of operational capacity. [1]
Wood Haven sits near the junction of Interstates 81 and 581. Roanoke County is the host locality responsible for zoning and permitting. For buyers tracking development outside Northern Virginia, the location makes this a Roanoke regional project rather than an addition to the Northern Virginia inventory. [3]
What the land action establishes
On September 11, WVRIFA authorized its executive director to finalize development guidelines and execute a purchase and sale agreement. The motion also authorizes the documents needed for a closing. Those authorizations do not establish that the land has changed hands or that construction has been permitted. The motion provides for a residential impact fee program funded from sale proceeds, rather than directly from member localities. [2]
Virginia Business reported on September 23 that the agreement covers 94 acres, based on a redacted agreement obtained by the publication. It reported that the price was redacted. Colocation Scout has not independently reviewed that signed agreement, so the purchase area is attributed to that reporting. No transaction price is established by the sources reviewed here. [4]
The reported purchase area should not be confused with the entire 111-acre park or its 54 acres of graded, pad-ready land described by WVRIFA. None of those acreage measures describes a completed data center footprint or a power allocation. [1, 4]
Power and delivery remain open questions
WVRIFA says project-specific electricity demand is still being evaluated. Its announcement describes engineering, geotechnical, utility and environmental work as part of diligence. The anticipated March 2027 diligence horizon is not a construction completion or customer delivery date. [1]
The authority says Clearview has committed to pay for the project's power, water and associated infrastructure. That statement addresses who would bear costs. It does not establish an executed utility service agreement, a funded construction schedule, or when electrical service could be energized. [1]
As of the September 22 announcement, no project MW figure is disclosed. Consequently, there is no verified critical IT load, utility service capacity or total facility power figure to report. These measures cannot be inferred from acreage or the presence of utilities at the park.
Existing zoning is a separate milestone
WVRIFA states that data center use falls within categories covered by the park's existing zoning and master plan. That is the authority's description of the land-use framework, not evidence that a specific facility has received every required approval. [1]
The county's project page still contains older language saying the prospective use is unconfirmed. Its linked, dated September 22 release explicitly confirms data center evaluation. This article relies on that newer statement for the proposed use. [1, 3]
Buyer analysis: a development lead, not procurement inventory
Wood Haven is worth monitoring as a potential future location. It is too early to count it as space a customer can reserve against a delivery requirement.
A buyer would need project-specific evidence of the utility service quantity and power basis, required upgrades, energization milestones, and responsibility for delays. Subsequent facility plans would also need to establish usable IT capacity, redundancy, cooling configuration and commissioning requirements. A utility connection alone would not answer those questions.
The next useful evidence would be a completed land transaction, project plans, utility commitments and an identified operator or customer offering. None of the reviewed sources establishes customer availability, lease pricing, an anchor tenant, or a service commencement date. Buyers with immediate requirements should continue evaluating facilities with confirmed delivery windows while treating Wood Haven as a longer-term development to watch.
