Undisclosed · Sandston, Virginia

QTS Richmond 2

252MW

The power of 200,000 US homes.

Drawing power since Feb 2025.

Capital cost
$6.8B
Energy
Dominion Energy
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Power over time

facility power · 8 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 1 Apr 2022 — Land clearing begins.
  2. 29 Jan 2024 — Building 1 and 2 look complete but we don't think they are operational, as the substation is still under construction.
  3. 23 Jun 2024 — Still not many cars parked at Building 1 and 2, and the east substation looks very close to completion, based on a Google Earth image.
  4. 4 Feb 2025 101 MW Building 1 and 2 are operational, based on the east substation looking complete and the carparks being more full. Building 3 has cooling and generators mostly installed. Building 4 roof is partly completed.
  5. 19 Nov 2025 101 MW The west substation looks complete, based on a Google Earth image. This image also shows one corner of Building 5 that still has construction work, so it's probably not operational.
  6. 31 Dec 2025 202 MW Building 3 and 4 are operational, based on the substation being completed earlier, the buildings looking complete, and carparks being moderately full. Building 5 still has construction work.
  7. 13 Feb 2026 202 MW Building 5 still has construction work at the perimeter, but given how close it looks to completion, we estimate it's only about 3 months away from operational.
  8. 14 May 2026 252 MW Building 5 is estimated to be operational, based on the previous entry.

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 2 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.