Hanover County, Virginia
Hanover County, Virginia has 4.2 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 5 records, against 1.3 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1.7 GW of planned generation across 7 projects, 2 of them past their listed in-service date.
Hanover County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 6 of its 7 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. Hanover County's own plants cover 32% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 1.7 GW.
Data centers by status
5 records, 4.2 GW
The data center pipeline
None of the 5 records lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.
Who is building in Hanover
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 4 of 4.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Tract | 2 | 3,300 |
| VALCO | 1 | 900 |
| Harris and Douglass Properties, LLC | 1 | 0 |
| VALCO HANOVER COUNTY | 1 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
11 plants operate inside Hanover County, 1.3 GW of natural gas and solar. The queue adds 1.7 GW across 7 projects, and 2 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Hanover County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 9 | 1,313 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 2 | 1,532 |
| Solar | Operating | 2 | 30 |
| Solar | Planned | 3 | 99.7 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 2 | 50 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due. 3 planned projects list no date and are left out.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 9.9 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 25 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 1 | 80 |
| 2028 | 1 | 766 |
Hanover County against its neighbors
Louisa County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 3.4 GW, 80% of Hanover County's. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover County this page | 5 | 1,682 | 3.1x | ||
| Louisa County | 20 | 313 | 1.1x | ||
| Spotsylvania County | 47 | 500 | 6.3x | ||
| Henrico County | 51 | 60 | 6.7x | ||
| Goochland County | 2 | 40 | 420x | ||
| Caroline County | 22 | 2,246 | 1.9x | ||
| King William County | 0 | 149 | 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
1 project in Hanover County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Hanover County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.
| 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 Hanover County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 23 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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