Henrico County, Virginia
DataCentersExposed tracks 27 AI data centers in Henrico County, Virginia — 8 operating and 2 in the pipeline, drawing 210 MW of reported power demand, led by Meta Platforms, Inc.. Its transparent data-center risk score is 0/100.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
- Project exposure · 33
- Power demand · 0
- Water draw · n/a
- Land footprint · n/a
What's happening in Henrico County
Facilities here with disclosed capacity draw 210 MW from the local grid. Data-center load on this scale is the single biggest driver of recent capacity-market price increases — costs that flow through to every ratepayer in the service territory, not just the operators.
Meta Platforms, Inc. has the largest presence in Henrico County. We resolve project codenames and shell LLCs back to the corporate parent wherever the public record allows, so the table below names who is actually behind each site.
Below: every tracked facility in the county, the active state legislation that names it or its county, and local news. Commissioner vote records arrive in a later release; the placeholders show where that accountability data will land.
2035 Buildout Outlook
Under the model's moderate-growth scenario (5%/yr annual load growth), PNNL's IM3 model sites about 1 standardized 36 MW campus in Henrico County by 2035 — roughly 36 MW of new electricity demand and ~35 M gal/yr of cooling water. For scale, we currently track 27 real data centers in Henrico County (210 MW of reported power).
- Higher growth136 MW · ~35 M gal/yr cooling water
The model assigns ~100% of these campuses' cooling to evaporative water cooling in Henrico County (the rest to mechanical/air cooling), a split it derives from local water stress and wet-bulb temperature.
These are modeled candidate sites, not announced or permitted facilities. PNNL's IM3 model places identical 36 MW unit-campuses at feasible locations under each scenario — it shows where demand could concentrate, never a specific parcel. Figures use a market-gravity weight of 50. How the model works.
Every tracked facility
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azalea Richmond | BWS Enterprises | Proposed | 10 |
| Atlantic Crossing Sandston | ATLANTIC CROSSING LLC | Proposed | — |
| Sandston Data Center Campus Sandston | — | 200 | |
| Bank of America | — | — | |
| Cavalier Innsbrook Data Center Glen Allen | HIGHWOODS PROP | — | |
| Dc4 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Dc5 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Dc6 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Flexential - Richmond Richmond | Flexential Corp. | — | |
| Infotel Systems Data Center Richmond | Infotel | — | |
| Lumen Richmond 2 Henrico | Level3 Communications | — | |
| Meta Henrico Data Center | Meta Platforms, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Ric1 Dc1 | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Ric1 Dc2 | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Ric1 Dc3 | — | — | |
| Ric2 Dc1 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Ric2 Dc2 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Ric2 Dc3 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Ric2 Dc5 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Ric2 Dc6 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Ric3 Dc1 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Ric3 Dc2 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Ric3 Dc3 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Ric3 Dc4 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Ric3 Dc5 Sandston | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Richmond Data Center Richmond | — | — | |
| Wagner Urban Logistics LLC Data Center Richmond | — | Blocked | — |
County commissioners
How the Henrico County board votes on each data-center matter — the rezonings, the abatements, the water permits — is built from public-meeting minutes and roll-call records. Know of a vote we should be tracking? Tell us.