AI cloud firm Fluidstack has begun construction on its data center campus in Wythe County, Virginia, developing 99 acres at Progress Park in a project dubbed Solis Arx and first proposed in December 2025. The campus is expected to see more than 1 billion dollars of investment across property, power infrastructure, IT hardware and workforce, built in phases with the majority complete by the end of 2027, generating about 1,000 construction jobs and 75 permanent positions. Fluidstack has said it will cover the cost of power infrastructure upgrades, the site will use a closed-loop cooling system with an initial fill of roughly 400,000 gallons, and Wythe County expects about 10 million dollars in additional annual revenue by 2028.
Fluidstack breaks ground on billion dollar Virginia campus
AI cloud firm Fluidstack has begun construction of its Solis Arx data center campus on 99 acres in Wythe County, Virginia, a project expected to draw more than 1 billion dollars of investment with most of it complete by the end of 2027.
Why it matters: The build takes AI data center development beyond northern Virginia's saturated market into the state's southwest, with Fluidstack covering power infrastructure upgrade costs and the county expecting 10 million dollars a year in added revenue by 2028.
Data as of Datacenter Dynamics report of November 10, 2026, read in full in this run, reporting local station WDJB and Wythe County statements; single sourced, so the investment and jobs figures are the project's own expectations as reported. Developing item.
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- Fluidstack begins construction of 99-acre data center campus in Wythe County, Virginia - Datacenter Dynamics - 2026-11-10