Data Center Registry
DC Blox Henrico County Campus (withdrawn)
Henrico County, Virginia · All 12 DC BLOX sites
DC Blox Henrico County Campus (withdrawn) is a cancelled data center in Virginia (Henrico County), operated by DC BLOX. The public record puts it at announced 2024, 50 MW planned.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- DC BLOX
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Henrico County, VA
- Coordinates
- 37.5532, -77.4543
- Power capacity
- 50 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- 2024
- Utility
- Dominion Energy Virginia
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- November 2024CancelledDC Blox withdrew rezoning application after sustained community opposition; 195,000 sq ft, 50 MW capacity Source: Heatmap News
- July 2024Proposed$500M application deferred by Henrico County Planning Commission; concerns raised over noise, aesthetics Source: Heatmap News
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of July 24, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DC Blox Henrico County Campus (withdrawn) in Henrico County, Virginia appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Iron Mountain White Oak Technology Park Campus · Henrico · Iron Mountain2 mi · Proposed · 200 MW
- Flexential Richmond (RIC01/02) · Richmond · Flexential7 mi · Operating
- Mountain Road Technology Park · Tract11 mi · Cancelled · 900 MW · Opposed
- QTS White Oak Technology Park II (RIC5) · Sandston · QTS Data Centers11 mi · Permitted · Mixed reception
- Hunting Hawk Technology Park · Glen Allen · HHHunt12 mi · Cancelled · 900 MW · Opposed
- QTS Richmond 1 DC1 (RIC1, White Oak Technology Park) · Sandston · QTS Data Centers12 mi · Operating
- Chirisa Technology Park, Richmond (Chester) · Chester · PowerHouse Data Centers14 mi · Under construction · 120 MW · Mixed reception
- Iron Horse Data Center Campus · WestDulles Properties14 mi · Proposed
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the DC Blox Henrico County Campus (withdrawn) in Henrico County, Virginia?
Nothing on record as of July 24, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over DC Blox Henrico County Campus (withdrawn) in Henrico County, Virginia appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the DC Blox Henrico County Campus (withdrawn)?
No lawsuit over DC Blox Henrico County Campus (withdrawn) appears in the record we track as of July 24, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does DC Blox Henrico County Campus (withdrawn) use?
No water withdrawal figure for DC Blox Henrico County Campus (withdrawn) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates DC Blox Henrico County Campus (withdrawn), and how big is it?
DC BLOX is the operator on record. We hold 12 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 50 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "DC Blox Henrico County Campus (withdrawn)," updated July 24, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/dc-blox-henrico-county-va.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/dc-blox-henrico-county-va, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Scoop: Local Pushback, Canceled Data Centers Surged in 2025, Heatmap News · Heatmap News · retrieved July 5, 2026
- 2.Data Center Watch, Blocked and Delayed Projects Report · Data Center Watch · retrieved July 5, 2026
- 3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
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