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Richmond: 20 data centres, 11 operators, 1,836 MW planned

Richmond, United States has 20 data centres on the DC Atlas map, spanning 4 sub-markets, run by 11 operators, 8 operational, 1,836 MW planned. Largest by total potential: Google (3 sites), then QTS Data Centers.

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Live

963MW

Under construction

352MW

Planned

1,836MW

Total potential

3,151MW

Who supplies the power

95% of the data centres we track in the Richmond market have a named power supplier

  • Dominion Energy18sites
  • Dominion Energy Virginia1site

Who is building in Richmond

The 10 largest operators here by total potential, of 11 tracked in this market.

OperatorSitesLiveTotal potential
Google3—900 MW
QTS Data Centers4418 MW898 MW
Meta1500 MW500 MW
Menlo Digital1—300 MW
Chirisa Technology Parks328 MW284 MW
PointOne1—108 MW
Iron Mountain Data Centers2—96 MW
Microsoft1—48 MW
Lumen216 MW16 MW
EdgeConnex11 MW1 MW

Only 50% of the live facilities here carry a commissioning date across too few years, which is too thin to chart as a build history.

Recent activity

2 recorded developments in the Richmond market, the latest on 22 Jul 2026.

  • 22 Jul 2026Announced

    Four data centers planned for Petersburg, Virginia

    Plans for four new data center facilities in Petersburg, Virginia have been revealed. The announcement details the scope and location of these upcoming projects in the region. This represents significant expansion activity in the Virginia data center market.

  • 21 Jul 2026Moratorium

    Chester County approves 6-month data center moratorium

    Chester County approved a six-month moratorium on new data center development, restricting facility construction and expansion in the jurisdiction. The moratorium gives local officials time to develop policies and regulations governing data center operations. This represents a regulatory pause on data center projects in the Chester County market, likely driven by infrastructure, environmental, or community concerns.

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Who is hiring in Richmond

1 open data centre role at 1 operator we track

CoreWeave is the only operator recruiting in Richmond, with 1 role open across 1 discipline. The single role is project management, which is build-side work.

The mix

  • project management1

The roles behind those numbers

Most recently opened

  • CoreWeaveproject management22 Apr 2026

Counted from the operators' own public careers feeds, read daily. A role counts here when the employer runs a data centre we track and the work is operational rather than back office. What these roles involve, and what they pay.

Questions about Richmond

How many data centres are in Richmond?
Richmond, United States has 20 data centres on the DC Atlas map, spanning 4 sub-markets, run by 11 operators, 8 operational, 1,836 MW planned. Largest by total potential: Google (3 sites), then QTS Data Centers.
How much data centre capacity does Richmond have?
DC Atlas tracks 20 data centres in the Richmond data centre market. 963 MW is live, 352 MW is under construction, 1,836 MW is planned, for 3,151 MW of total potential at full buildout.
Who are the largest data centre operators in Richmond?
11 operators run facilities in the Richmond data centre market. Google is the largest by total potential, with 3 sites and 900 MW.
Which utilities supply power to data centres in Richmond?
Dominion Energy and Dominion Energy Virginia serve the most data centre sites in the Richmond data centre market. DC Atlas holds a named power supplier for 95% of the facilities it tracks here.

Every data centre we track in Richmond

19 of 20 with a published page

Chirisa Technology Parks3

Google3

Iron Mountain Data Centers2

Lumen2

QTS2

QTS Data Centers2

Cogent1

EdgeConnex1

MENLO1

Microsoft1

PointOne1

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