Chester, Virginia

CoreWeave Chester VA

Operating, expanding checked 1 Nov 2026

82 MWpower online now

197 MWpeak planned or projected

$3.1Bestimated capital cost, built so far

VAVirginia

Facts

Owner: CoreWeave
Main user: OpenAI
Chips: H100, B200

Timeline

2023-09-18

Conversion starts at CTP-01 (Building 1). The data center was formerly owned by Capital One, now leased to CoreWeave. Source: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/chirisa-secures-200-million-loan-to-fit-out-virginia-data-center-for-coreweave/

2024-01-31

Building 1's second data hall scheduled to come online this month.

25 MW

2024-04-30

Building 1 is scheduled to be fully online by this point, so we count the full 27 MW as operational here.

38 MW

2025-01-22

Satellite imagery shows Building 1 complete, with Building 2's yard work and early construction visible. Building 3 hasn't started yet, since the old building is still there.

38 MW

2026-05-20

Based on satellite imagery, Building 3 has cleared its land and is beginning construction. Building 2 is operational judging from the colored motion artifacts on the cooling tower fans.

114 MW

2027-06-30 (projected)

Buildings 3 is estimated complete by the end of Q1 2027, based on the current PowerHouse schedule. Added another three months to account for commissioning and server installation.

197 MW

Past entries are observations; entries marked projected are estimates and can change.

Sources (checked 1 Nov 2026)

Data: Epoch AI, AI data centers dataset, licensed CC BY 4.0. We selected fields, cleaned location names, and added the status label.