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.

June 2026Source

🗺️ 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.

2025Source

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What you can do

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Go to county meetings.
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⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Chesterfield County: Virginia Electric & Power Co. (company) or Southside Electric Co-op, Inc. (co-op (owned by its members)).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Virginia.

🙋 Open tasks here

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?
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?
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?
Is the first building finished?
Has Tract refiled?

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5 data center projects in Unincorporated Chesterfield County

In Unincorporated Chesterfield County

Google Project Peanut (2700 Bermuda Hundred Road)

Google Project Skye (4201 Moseley Road, near Magnolia Green)

Google Project Loch (750 Watkins Centre Parkway)

Digital Drive campus (Chirisa and PowerHouse, Meadowville)

Tract data center park on Branders Bridge Road

Local votes and rules

✋ Turned down

🗺️ Zoning change

What you can do

🔔 Get told first

👥 What neighbors here report

⚡ Your electric company

🙋 Open tasks here