$73 billion project at Pittsylvania megasite would be largest in Southside history

March 10, 2026

A Colorado-based company with ties to a data center developer plans to buy 2,990 acres at the Southern Virginia Megasite at Berry Hill in Pittsylvania County, the largest industrial site in Virginia. 

If expectations laid out in a performance agreement are met, this would be the largest project in terms of job creation and investment dollars in Southside Virginia’s history — topping the 2024 announcement of the site’s first tenant, a Tennessee-based lithium-ion battery separator manufacturer called Microporous.

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