Culpeper
Where geography, technology and quality of life converge

When Terremark Worldwide Inc. selected Culpeper, Virginia, as the site for its latest ultra high-tech data center campus, the IT world discovered what Virginians have known for years: There’s something special about this place. Somehow Culpeper has maintained its genuine hometown atmosphere and charm while solidly embracing the dynamics of the new economy.

Technology has changed how and where business is done. Today’s ideal business location is found where geography, technology and quality of life converge to create new opportunities for growing businesses, while retaining the qualities that make it an ideal place to raise a family. This is Culpeper, Virginia.

Just over 65 miles from Washington, D.C., Culpeper County is close enough for “face time” when needed. It’s also right in the middle of Virginia’s major business and tourism centers, and is a perfect center for doing business with cities in the North, South, and Central United States. Culpeper enjoys a diversified economy, with strength in technology, manufacturing, trade, services and agricultural sectors.

With a solid transportation network, 21st century communications, SBA HUBZone and Foreign Trade Zones, Culpeper is the ideal place to expand your reach in today’s dynamic business environment. Culpeper County has a progressive, award-winning economic development program that is focused on attracting, nurturing, and retaining businesses with which Culpeper shares a win-win relationship. Culpeper offers attractive incentives, such as its Workforce Investment Program and an advanced technology initiative; both of which help to provide the area with an educated workforce.

Room to grow.

Culpeper’s geography, technology and quality of life were instrumental in attracting Terremark, who acquired a 30-acre site to build a new data center campus. Terremark is a leading operator of integrated Internet exchanges and a global provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions for government and private sectors. Terremark’s master plan for its Culpeper site calls for five state-of-the-art, ultra-reliable data center facilities, each yielding approximately 50,000 square feet of co-location space designed to the Federal government’s strictest security standards.

Discover how Culpeper’s geography, technology and quality of life can help create new opportunities for your business and your employees. For your free Culpeper Business Guide and CD-ROM, call the Culpeper Department of Economic Development at 1-800-793-0631 or email csachs@culpepercounty.gov.