Chesterfield County, Virginia
Chesterfield County, Virginia has 948 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 16 records, against 503.9 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 3.1 GW of planned generation across 20 projects, 5 of them past their listed in-service date.
Chesterfield County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 6 of its 10 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Chesterfield County's own plants cover 53.2% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 3.1 GW.
Data centers by status
16 records, 948 MW
The data center pipeline
6 records list a year online or expected, from 2014 to 2028. The largest expected additions are 300 MW listed for 2028 and 160 MW for 2027. 10 records list no year.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 28 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 60 |
| 2027 | 2 | 160 |
| 2028 | 2 | 300 |
Who is building in Chesterfield
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 6 of 7.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| PowerHouse / Chirisa Technology Parks | 5 | 420 |
| Menlo Digital | 1 | 300 |
| Chirisa Technology Parks | 2 | 228 |
| 3 | 0 | |
| SLK GLOBAL SOLUTIONS AMERICA | 1 | 0 |
| Tradeport 95 LLC | 1 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
57 plants operate inside Chesterfield County, 503.9 MW. The queue adds 3.1 GW across 20 projects, and 5 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Chesterfield County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 5 | 459.6 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 6 | 2,138 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 1 | 20 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 5 | 620.8 |
| Solar | Operating | 2 | 7 |
| Solar | Planned | 9 | 326.6 |
| Oil | Operating | 48 | 14.4 |
| Hydro | Operating | 1 | 2.9 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due. 4 planned projects list no date and are left out.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 150 |
| 2023 | 2 | 52 |
| 2024 | 1 | 200 |
| 2025 | 1 | 60 |
| 2026 | 1 | 20 |
| 2027 | 4 | 202.6 |
| 2028 | 0 | 0 |
| 2029 | 6 | 2,138 |
Chesterfield County against its neighbors
Henrico County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 2.7 GW, more than Chesterfield County. 4 of the 6 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henrico County | 51 | 60 | 6.7x | ||
| Chesterfield County this page | 16 | 3,085 | 1.9x | ||
| Powhatan County | 1 | 140 | 3x | ||
| Prince George County | 0 | 136 | 0x | ||
| Charles City | 0 | 449 | 0x | ||
| Richmond County | 0 | 381 | 0x | ||
| Amelia County | 0 | 405 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
7 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
7 projects in Chesterfield County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Chesterfield County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 7 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Chesterfield County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 93 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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