Virginia Commonwealth University announced plans to build new data center in Richmond
November 30, 2021
Richmond
Diode Ventures withdrew its plan for the Roxbury Technology Park, a 515-acre data center campus near Richmond, Virginia, primarily due to intense local opposition from residents and officials concerning potential environmental impacts, noise and light pollution, and a lack of transparency regarding the project and its end user. This backlash led the Charles City County board of supervisors to delay voting on the rezoning proposal in June 2025.
Ultimately, Diode officially withdrew its application in August 2025, stating the decision was made to "shift our focus elsewhere" based on conversations with local collaborators and a reassessment of the site's readiness for development, specifically regarding power and municipal support.
The project had been initiated with a submission of initial plans to the planning commission in the previous year (2024), followed by a revised plan earlier in 2025, and a planning commission recommendation for approval in May 2025, before the local pushback caused the project to stall.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.69 miles | PointOne: Richmond |
The 178-acre campus will feature seven buildings across 250 acres, totaling 3.25 million square feet.
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| 0.83 miles | PointOne: Richmond Expansion | |
| 3.80 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Facebook data center campus in the White Oak Technology Park will use solar power and 100 percent renewable energy.
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| 3.81 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Facebook data center campus in the White Oak Technology Park will use solar power and 100 percent renewable energy.
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| 4.19 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Facebook, is looking to expand its data center campus outside Richmond, Virginia.
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| 4.22 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Facebook, is looking to expand its data center campus near Richmond, Virginia.
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| 4.28 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Facebook data center campus in the White Oak Technology Park will use solar power and 100 percent renewable energy.
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| 4.45 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Facebook data center campus in the White Oak Technology Park will use solar power and 100 percent renewable energy.
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| 4.57 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Facebook data center campus in the White Oak Technology Park will use solar power and 100 percent renewable energy.
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| 4.75 miles | QTS: Richmond II DC2 |
QTS Realty Trust is continuing its data center expansion at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus in Henrico after acquiring another 200 acres at the site. The company said that it planned to build up to 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m) of additional capacity.
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| 4.76 miles | QTS: Richmond II DC1 |
QTS Realty Trust is continuing its data center expansion at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus in Henrico after acquiring another 200 acres at the site. The company said that it planned to build up to 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m) of additional capacity.
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| 4.78 miles | QTS: Richmond II DC3 |
QTS Realty Trust is continuing its data center expansion at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus in Henrico after acquiring another 200 acres at the site.
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| 4.82 miles | BoA: Sandston | |
| 4.83 miles | Iron Mountain: White Oak RCH-1 |
Iron Mountain Inc., a Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based data center developer and information management company, has purchased 66 acres in Henrico's White Oak Technology Park for just over $8 million.
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| 4.84 miles | Iron Mountain: RCH-2 |
This facility is part of hscale's White Oak Technology Park campus in Virginia.
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| 4.84 miles | QTS: Richmond II DC4 |
QTS Realty Trust is continuing its data center expansion at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus in Henrico after acquiring another 200 acres at the site.
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| 4.99 miles | QTS: Richmond III DC4 |
QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-sqft data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.
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| 4.99 miles | QTS: Richmond I DC3 | |
| 5.01 miles | Iron Mountain: RCH-3 |
This facility is part of hscale's White Oak Technology Park campus in Virginia.
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| 5.03 miles | QTS: Richmond III DC5 |
QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-sqft data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.
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| 5.05 miles | QTS: Richmond I DC4 |
QTS has expanded its Richmond I campus on Portugee Road with three two-story, 155,175-square-foot data center buildings, totaling 465,525 square feet of space, and this building is one of them.
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| 5.08 miles | QTS Richmond I |
QTS massive data center in Richmon sits on 110 acres with an additional 100 acres available for future development. There are 3 building on the campus with a total potential floor space of 550,000 square feet
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| 5.14 miles | QTS: Richmond I DC5 |
QTS has expanded its Richmond I campus on Portugee Road with three two-story, 155,175-square-foot data center buildings, totaling 465,525 square feet of space, and this building is one of them.
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| 5.15 miles | QTS: Richmond III DC1 |
QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-square-foot data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.
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| 5.16 miles | QTS: Richmond I DC2 | |
| 5.17 miles | QTS: Richmond III DC2 |
QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-sqft data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.
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| 5.21 miles | QTS: Richmond III DC3 |
QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-sqft data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.
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| 5.22 miles | QTS: Richmond I DC6 |
QTS has expanded its Richmond I campus on Portugee Road with three two-story, 155,175-square-foot data center buildings, totaling 465,525 square feet of space, and this building is one of them.
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| 6.04 miles | White Oak Technology Park 2 |
QTS has acquired a total of 620 acres of land in Sandston, Virginia
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| 11.38 miles | powerHouse: CTP-02 |
PowerHouse Data Centers & Chirisa is constructing a 139,000-square-foot data center at it's Meadowville Technology Parkway property.
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| 11.38 miles | PowerHouse: CTP-03 |
Chirisa is planning to add a 3rd data center to their campus in the Meadowville Technology Park.
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| 11.41 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
CoreWeave has entered into a 12-year license agreement, with two 5-year extension options, for a data center facility known as CTP-01.
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| 11.45 miles | Chirisa: Meadowville, VA |
Chirisa’s existing data center campus on Meadowville Technology Parkway was purchased from Capital One in 2020.
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| 11.45 miles | Digital Fortress: Richmond |
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| 11.46 miles | Wagner: Richmond, VA |
A proposed data center development in Varina, Henrico County, just south of Richmond, has been withdrawn by the developer, Wagner Urban Logistics.
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| 11.65 miles | Virginia Information Technologies Agency |
A data center facility located at 11751 Meadowville Lane in Chester, Virginia, is being offered for sale or lease by JLL. Situated on 28 acres in Chesterfield County, south of Richmond.
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| 11.93 miles | PowerHouse: 1600 Digital Drive |
PowerHouse Data Centers and Chirisa Technology Parks have acquired 104 acres in Chesterfield County to develop Digital Drive Campus.
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| 17.52 miles | DC Blox: Richmond, VA |
DC Blox is moving forward with a revised plan for its data center on the former Azalea Flea Market site. The project was scaled back from an initial $500 million proposal to a single, 65,000-square-foot facility.
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| 19.13 miles | Tract: Colonial Heights, VA |
After receiving a unanimous recommendation for denial from the Chesterfield County Planning Commission, Tract has withdrawn its zoning application for a proposed data center park on a 744-acre site.
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| 19.94 miles | Flexential Richmond 1 |
Flexential's Richmond 1 site is former Peak 10. Flexential was created after Peak10 acquired ViaWest
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| 19.94 miles | Lumen Richmond 1 |
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