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Menlo Digital Richmond Virginia Data Center (Jamestown Drive)

Petersburg, Virginia

PermittedNo reception on recordRecord updated September 9, 2026

Menlo Digital Richmond Virginia Data Center (Jamestown Drive) is a permitted data center in Petersburg, Virginia, operated by Menlo Digital. The public record puts it at 104 MW planned, 74 acres.

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Facility record

Permitted

Operator
Menlo Digital
Facility type
Data center
Location
2255 Jamestown Drive, Petersburg, VA
Coordinates
37.1990, -77.3630 (approximate)
Power capacity
104 MW planned
Land
74 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
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.

  1. July 21, 2026
    Permitted
    Rezoned by Petersburg City Council in 2023 with subsequent approvals. A site plan has been submitted but not yet approved, comments and corrections on the most recent submission were returned in late April 2026 and an updated plan had not been resubmitted as of the reporting date. Source: Richmond BizSense

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Menlo Digital Richmond Virginia Data Center (Jamestown Drive) in Petersburg, 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.

If you live near this site and something is happening that this page does not show, that is worth telling us. Send us the document and it goes in the record with the source attached. For sites where opposition is already established, see every contested site we track.

Notes on the record

Four-building campus totalling roughly 1.2 million sq ft on 74 acres, served by a planned 300 MW substation; the 104 MW figure is the reported supported IT load at full buildout, not the substation rating. Menlo's own site markets the project as 'Richmond Virginia Data Center'. Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the cited street address.

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
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves 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.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Menlo Digital Richmond Virginia Data Center (Jamestown Drive) in Petersburg?

Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Menlo Digital Richmond Virginia Data Center (Jamestown Drive) in Petersburg, 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 Menlo Digital Richmond Virginia Data Center (Jamestown Drive)?

No lawsuit over Menlo Digital Richmond Virginia Data Center (Jamestown Drive) appears in the record we track as of September 9, 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 Menlo Digital Richmond Virginia Data Center (Jamestown Drive) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Menlo Digital Richmond Virginia Data Center (Jamestown Drive) 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 Menlo Digital Richmond Virginia Data Center (Jamestown Drive), and how big is it?

Menlo Digital is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 104 MW. The site is recorded at 74 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Menlo Digital Richmond Virginia Data Center (Jamestown Drive)," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/menlo-digital-jamestown-drive-petersburg-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/menlo-digital-jamestown-drive-petersburg-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. 1.Documents reveal details on several data center projects in Petersburg's pipeline (archived) · Richmond BizSense · retrieved August 27, 2026
  2. 2.Navigating Virginia's Data Center Boom: Policy Shifts, Local Projects, and Future Challenges · Data Center Frontier · retrieved August 27, 2026
  3. 3.Documents reveal details on several data center projects in Petersburg's pipeline · Richmond BizSense (via Internet Archive) · retrieved September 9, 2026

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