Google Project Loch (750 Watkins Centre Parkway)
Google plans three data center buildings on a 350-acre site at 750 Watkins Centre Parkway, near Westchester Commons.
Where things stand: Zoned in 2025; site work to start early 2027.
🕒 Latest update (2025): County zoning approval.
What we know
- 📍 Where750 Watkins Centre Parkway, near Westchester Commons, Chesterfield County, Chesterfield County
- 🏢 CompanyGoogle
- 👤 Built forGoogle
- 🌳 Size350 acres
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- How much water will this site use, and is it part of the 8.6 million gallons a day the county lists for all Google sites? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- 2025County zoning approval.
Local votes and rules
✋ Turned down
The county zoning appeals board unanimously ruled that an 89-acre site at 1931 Old Bermuda Hundred Road in Chester has no 'vested right' to a data center without a conditional use permit. The owner can still apply for the permit.
🗺️ Zoning change
In its rewritten zoning code (called ZOMod), the county ended by-right data centers. They are allowed only in the new Employment Center and Employment General districts, with a conditional use permit and public hearings. The new code took effect January 1, 2026.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Chesterfield says it won't approve any more data center projects · Richmond BizSense · Aug 27, 2026
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