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Chirisa Technology Park, Richmond (Chester)

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Under constructionMixed receptionAI likelyRecord updated July 8, 2026

Chirisa Technology Park, Richmond (Chester) is a data center under construction in Chester, Virginia (Chesterfield County), operated by PowerHouse Data Centers. The public record puts it at 120 MW planned. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Under construction

Operator
PowerHouse Data Centers
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Chester, Chesterfield County, VA
Coordinates
37.3554, -77.4416
Power capacity
120 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Dominion Energy
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Closed loop
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
Mixed reception
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. 2024
    Under construction
    Blue Owl / Chirisa / PowerHouse JV first phase: initial 50 MW by 2025 expanding to a 120 MW facility (1 GW eventual plan); $600M construction loan closed Source: PowerHouse Data Centers

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Chirisa Technology Park, Richmond (Chester) in Chester, Chesterfield County, Virginia appear in the record, with no clear majority position. The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors approved the Chirisa / Meadowville plans and cited a positive economic impact (redevelopment of the former Capital One campus); county-wide, data-center expansion is actively debated (residential-bill, water, and diesel-generator concerns; a Jan 2026 zoning ordinance now requires conditional-use approval for new data centers).

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors approved the Chirisa / Meadowville plans and cited a positive economic impact (redevelopment of the former Capital One campus); county-wide, data-center expansion is actively debated (residential-bill, water, and diesel-generator concerns; a Jan 2026 zoning ordinance now requires conditional-use approval for new data centers). No lawsuit or moratorium against this campus.

Source: Government Technology

Power and water

300 MW secured via a new Meadowville Technology Park substation built in partnership with Dominion Energy; eventual park goal >1 GW.

Chirisa 'direct-on-chip' liquid cooling (closed-loop, ~2x more power-efficient than air-cooled); site water sourced from a Chesterfield County reclaimed-water system. No MGD figure published.

Notes on the record

Chester, Chesterfield County, first phase of a Blue Owl / Chirisa / PowerHouse JV: initial 50 MW (2025) → 120 MW facility, with a ~1 GW eventual plan (in notes). $600M construction loan closed. Distinct parcel from Google's Midlothian (Chesterfield) campus. Coordinates are the Chester area centroid. The $600M is a construction loan (financing) and the $5B is the multi-site JV total - neither is this campus's capex -> investmentUsd omitted. 800-1,200 jobs projected over 5-7 years spanning construction and operations -> jobs honest-zero. Virginia law bars per-company data-center subsidy disclosure -> subsidy honest-zero. Joint venture with Chirisa Technology Parks and Blue Owl Real Estate.

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.

  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
Which document closes each gap
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.

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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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Chirisa Technology Park, Richmond (Chester) data center in Chester?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Chirisa Technology Park, Richmond (Chester) in Chester, Chesterfield County, Virginia appear in the record, with no clear majority position. The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors approved the Chirisa / Meadowville plans and cited a positive economic impact (redevelopment of the former Capital One campus); county-wide, data-center expansion is actively debated (residential-bill, water, and diesel-generator concerns; a Jan 2026 zoning ordinance now requires conditional-use approval for new data centers).

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Chirisa Technology Park, Richmond (Chester) data center?

The reception note on this record refers to a court proceeding. Read it in full under opposition and litigation above, and check the sources at the foot of the page for the filing itself.

How much water does Chirisa Technology Park, Richmond (Chester) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Chirisa Technology Park, Richmond (Chester) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Chirisa Technology Park, Richmond (Chester), and how big is it?

PowerHouse Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 12 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 120 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Chirisa Technology Park, Richmond (Chester)," updated July 8, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/powerhouse-chirisa-chester-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/powerhouse-chirisa-chester-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.Blue Owl, Chirisa Technology Parks and PowerHouse Data Centers announce first phase of $5 billion JV development partnership · PowerHouse Data Centers · retrieved July 7, 2026
  2. 2.Chirisa Technology Parks and PowerHouse launch hyperscale campus in Chesterfield County · PR Newswire · retrieved July 8, 2026
  3. 3.Richmond, Va.-area counties split on data centers · Government Technology · retrieved July 8, 2026

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