Henrico County, Virginia
Henrico County, Virginia has 2.7 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 51 records, against 398.4 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 60 MW of planned generation across 3 projects, 1 of them past its listed in-service date.
Henrico County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 6 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. Henrico County's own plants cover 14.9% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 60 MW.
Data centers by status
51 records, 2.7 GW
The data center pipeline
46 records list a year online or expected, from 2000 to 2030. The largest expected additions are 470.8 MW listed for 2028 and 406.9 MW for 2029. 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 7 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 31 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 49 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1 | 31 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 3 | 156 |
| 2021 | 1 | 49 |
| 2022 | 2 | 105 |
| 2023 | 3 | 150 |
| 2024 | 1 | 63 |
| 2025 | 5 | 308 |
| 2026 | 5 | 302 |
| 2027 | 3 | 199 |
| 2028 | 7 | 471 |
| 2029 | 6 | 407 |
| 2030 | 5 | 336 |
Who is building in Henrico
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 6 of 11.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| QTS | 33 | 2,054 |
| Iron Mountain | 4 | 280 |
| Meta | 5 | 261 |
| Bank of America | 2 | 62 |
| Capital One | 1 | 7 |
| Flexential | 1 | 2 |
Power generation in the county
21 plants operate inside Henrico County, 398.4 MW. The queue adds 60 MW across 3 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Henrico County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 4 | 368.4 |
| Solar | Operating | 1 | 20 |
| Solar | Planned | 3 | 60 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 16 | 10 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due. 1 planned project lists no date and is left out.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 20 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 0 | 0 |
| 2028 | 1 | 20 |
Henrico County against its neighbors
Hanover County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 4.2 GW, more than Henrico County. 2 of the 5 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 | 5 | 1,682 | 3.1x | ||
| Henrico County this page | 51 | 60 | 6.7x | ||
| Goochland County | 2 | 40 | 420x | ||
| Chesterfield County | 16 | 3,085 | 1.9x | ||
| Charles City | 0 | 449 | 0x | ||
| Richmond County | 0 | 381 | 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.
6 counties shownEvery record in Henrico County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 75 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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