Undisclosed · Sandston, Virginia

QTS Richmond 1

333MW

The power of 270,000 US homes.

Drawing power since Jan 2024.

Capital cost
$9.0B
Energy
Dominion Energy
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Power over time

facility power · 9 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 1 Oct 2023 — Land cleared for site expansion, some materials down at substation site. We assume that Buildings 1 and 2 are not running AI workloads at this point due to the lack of cooling infrastructure.
  2. 2 Nov 2023 — Building 1 and 2 retrofitting has begun (see Google Earth). Building 1 has chillers added to the roof and perimeter, and backup generators added to the perimeter.
  3. 29 Jan 2024 66 MW Building 1 (retrofitted) is operational. This is based on it looking complete, and cooling towers possibly showing water vapor plumes, in this Google Earth image. Building 2 has chillers added to the roof and perimeter, and backup generators added to the perimeter. Cooling towers near Building 2 have been removed. Building 3 shell is under construction.
  4. 23 Jun 2024 132 MW Building 2 (retrofitted) is operational. This is based on Building 2 looking compelte, and construction around Building 1 and 2 being mostly cleared. A colored motion artifact on one of the Building 1 cooling tower fans suggests it is moving. Building 3 cooling is installed, backup generators partly installed. Building 4 shell is under construction.
  5. 4 Feb 2025 199 MW Building 3 is operational, based on the building looking complete and the carpark to the south being full. Three more backup generators added to the Building 1 and 2 area, with a lot more construction equipment again (but this could be a laydown area for Richmond 2). Building 4 has cooling and backup generators fully installed. Building 5 has cooling installed, and backup generators partly installed.
  6. 3 Jun 2025 266 MW Building 4 is operational, based on a complete building and full carpark in a Google Earth image. Building 5 does not seem quite operational given the empty carpark and construction activity at the perimeter.
  7. 19 Nov 2025 333 MW Building 5 is operational, based on a complete building and full carpark in a Google Earth image. Construction equipment around Building 1 and 2 has cleared up again.
  8. 31 Dec 2025 333 MW No changes to the site since November 2025.
  9. 13 Feb 2026 333 MW No changes to the site since December 2025.

Gas made 41% of the power on this site's grid

net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

PJM Interconnection, LLC PJM · balancing authority

  1. Gas 41%
  2. Coal 17%
  3. Nuclear 31%
  4. Wind 4%
  5. Solar 3%
  6. Hydro 2%
  7. Other 3%

The grid of the utilities that serve Henrico County, VA. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

Owners plan 20 MW of new power in Henrico County, all solar

power plants in Henrico County · EIA-860M, September 2026
  1. Bridleton Solar Solar · 20 MW · Oct 2028 · proposed · Dominion Renewable Energy

In service in Henrico County today: 398 MW. Since January 2023: 0 MW added, 0 MW retired. A plant in the same county does not mean it feeds the site. Power plants near every AI site.

Sources

selected by Epoch AI
  1. Richmond 1 factsheet
  2. Environmental permit detailing power generation

Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026. Facility power adds cooling and other overhead to the IT power the servers draw. Placed at the centre of Sandston. Grid: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930), public domain, retrieved 16 Oct 2026; utilities by county from Form EIA-861 and the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, public domain. Power plants: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, public domain, inventory as of September 2026. All sources.