In a major victory for local opposition groups, Hanover County officials in Virginia have rejected a massive 430-acre data center proposal by master-planned land developer Tract. The project, known as the Mountain Road Technology Park, was slated to deliver up to 900MW of capacity by 2034, requiring a rezoning from agricultural to light industrial land.
However, following a tight Board of Supervisors vote in May 2026, the conditional-use permit was denied. Local residents fiercely mobilized against the development through petitions and advocacy groups like Stop Hanover Data Centers, citing deep concerns over immense water and electricity usage, the sacrifice of rural character, and the encroachment of industrial Big Tech on agricultural communities.
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| 4.55 miles | Hunting Hawk Tech Park |
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a wave of local opposition and a recommendation for denial by planning officials, developer HHHunt has officially withdrawn its application for the Hunting Hawk Technology Park in Hanover County.
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| 4.91 miles | Lumen Richmond 2 | |
| 5.10 miles | Connect Data Centers: Ashland, VA |
CLOP Ashland VA LLC is planning to build a data center in Ashland, Virginia.
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| 5.39 miles | EdgeConneX Richmond |
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| 5.73 miles | Mapletree: 8011 Villa Park |
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| 5.81 miles | Pixel Factory Data Center | |
| 6.41 miles | Flexential Richmond 1 |
Flexential's Richmond 1 site is former Peak 10. Flexential was created after Peak10 acquired ViaWest
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| 6.41 miles | Lumen Richmond 1 | |
| 8.71 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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| 8.76 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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| 9.34 miles | Tract: Hanover Expansion | |
| 10.08 miles | Energy Data Center Request Dataset |
Proposed 205-acre, behind-the-meter data center campus on Old Ridge Road in Hanover County, just south of Kings Dominion and adjacent to NRG's Doswell Energy Center. Current site plans show 4 buildings, with potential for a 5th. LS Power expects to bring one building online per year.
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| 15.42 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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| 15.73 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
This facility is part of Google's Project Loch in Richmond, Virginia.
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| 15.99 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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| 16.01 miles | Province: Powhatan 2 |
This facility is a part of Province Groups' Powhatan County Campus outside Richmond.
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| 16.02 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
This facility is part of Google's Project Loch in Richmond, Virginia.
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| 16.13 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Project Loch is designed to feature three massive data center buildings, each supported by its own dedicated on-site power substation to handle high-density cloud and AI workloads.
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| 16.24 miles | Province: Powhatan 3 |
This facility is a part of Province Groups' Powhatan County Campus outside Richmond.
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| 16.66 miles | Avaio: Carmel 2 |
This planned facility is a part of The Carmel Church Data Hub.
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| 16.78 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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| 16.80 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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| 17.07 miles | Avaio: Carmel 3 |
This site is allocated for the future expansion of Avaio's Carmel Church Data Hub.
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| 19.30 miles | QTS: Richmond V DC3 |
This facility is part of the QTS Richmond V campus in Virginia.
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| 19.45 miles | QTS: Richmond V DC2 |
This facility is part of the QTS Richmond V campus in Virginia.
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| 19.72 miles | QTS: Richmond V DC1 |
QTS has acquired a total of 620 acres of land in Sandston, Virginia
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| 19.84 miles | QTS: Richmond V DC5 |
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