Undisclosed · Sandston, Virginia

QTS Richmond 3

202MW

The power of 160,000 US homes.

Drawing power since Feb 2026. Projected to reach 336 MW by Feb 2027.

Capital cost
$5.5B
Energy
Dominion Energy
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Power over time

facility power · 7 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 1 Apr 2024 — Land clearing begins.
  2. 4 Feb 2025 — Building 1 shell is mostly complete, with some chillers installed on the roof. Building 2 shell is under construction.
  3. 19 Nov 2025 — The substation is still under construction, based on a Google Earth image, so we don't think any buildings are operational yet.
  4. 31 Dec 2025 — The substation looks complete, but we expect Building 1 still needs commissioning before it is fully operational.
  5. 13 Feb 2026 67 MW Building 1 is operational, based on the substation being completed earlier and cars in the carpark. Building 2 and 3 are not operational, based on minor construction work at the perimeter and no cars in the carpark, but we expect they will be operational within 3 months. Building 4 has complete chillers and backup generators, while Building 5 has chillers but only a few backup generators - roughly the state of Building 1 on 2025-02-04.
  6. 14 May 2026 202 MW Building 2 and 3 are operational, based on the previous entry.
  7. 13 Feb 2027 · projected 336 MW Building 4 and 5 are operational, based on Building 5 being roughly 1 year behind Building 1 in satellite imagery.

Every step Epoch planned here on 2 Sep 2026 is still on plan. Planned against reached

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 3 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.