Virginia Commonwealth University announced plans to build new data center in Richmond
November 30, 2021
Richmond
Following a wave of local opposition and a recommendation for denial by planning officials, developer HHHunt has officially withdrawn its application for the Hunting Hawk Technology Park in Hanover County. This 400-acre project, which proposed 10 buildings totaling 3.9 million square feet (362,320 sqm), represented a failed pivot for the site after a 2019 court battle over a connector road derailed previous plans for a 55-and-older residential community.
While the developer sought to rezone the land from agricultural to limited industrial use to accommodate the massive data center campus, the proposal was ultimately scrapped in January 2026 due to concerns over its impact on the area's rural character and inconsistency with the county’s long-term land-use plans.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 4.55 miles | Tract: Mountain Road Tech Park |
Tract is planning the Mountain Road Technology Park, a proposed 430-acre, master-planned data center campus in Hanover County. This new campus will be located along Route 33/Mountain Road.
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| 4.60 miles | Tract: Mountain Expansion | |
| 8.28 miles | Connect Data Centers: Ashland, VA |
CLOP Ashland VA LLC is planning to build a data center in Ashland, Virginia.
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| 8.82 miles | Lumen Richmond 2 | |
| 9.81 miles | EdgeConneX Richmond |
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| 10.04 miles | Pixel Factory Data Center | |
| 10.10 miles | Mapletree: 8011 Villa Park |
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| 10.93 miles | Tract: Hanover County, VA |
Denver-based company Tract filed a zoning request to create a shovel-ready development site for a future data center park on about 1,200 acres along Hickory Hill Road east of Interstate 95 in Hanover County.
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| 10.94 miles | Lumen Richmond 1 | |
| 10.94 miles | Flexential Richmond 1 |
Flexential's Richmond 1 site is former Peak 10. Flexential was created after Peak10 acquired ViaWest
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| 11.87 miles | Tract: Hanover Expansion | |
| 13.13 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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| 15.19 miles | Province Group: Powhatan |
California-based Province Group has received approval to develop a $3 billion data center campus outside Richmond in Powhatan County, Virginia.
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| 15.28 miles | Province: Powhatan 2 |
This facility is a part of Province Groups' Powhatan County Campus outside Richmond.
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| 15.38 miles | Watkins Centre |
In May 2025, the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors approved the rezoning of nearly 350 acres at 750 Watkins Centre Parkway, clearing the way for data center construction in western Chesterfield.
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| 15.53 miles | Province: Powhatan 3 |
This facility is a part of Province Groups' Powhatan County Campus outside Richmond.
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| 16.60 miles | Avaio: Carmel 2 |
This planned facility is a part of The Carmel Church Data Hub.
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| 16.67 miles | Avaio: Carmel Church Data Hub |
is a hyperscale Build-to-Suit and wholesale data center campus located in East-Central Virginia.
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| 16.95 miles | Avaio: Carmel 3 |
This site is allocated for the future expansion of Avaio's Carmel Church Data Hub.
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Since its founding in 1966, HHHunt has distinguished itself in real estate development, building, and management by focusing on building "a better way of life," rather than simply places to live. HHHunt is a diversified regional leader with residential communities spanning Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
The company maintains its primary offices in Blacksburg, VA, Richmond, VA, and Raleigh, NC, and employs approximately 500 people across various sectors, including community development, home building, apartment development/management, and community management. Over its history, HHHunt has built over 10,000 homes, developed a dozen planned communities, and owns or manages more than 8,000 apartment homes.
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