Sandston, Virginia

QTS Richmond 2

Operating checked 1 Nov 2026

180 MWpower online now
180 MWpeak planned or projected
$6.8Bestimated capital cost, built so far
VAVirginia

Facts

Power suppliers
Dominion Energy

Timeline

2022-04-01

Land clearing begins.

2024-01-29

Building 1 and 2 look complete but we don't think they are operational, as the substation is still under construction.

2024-06-23

Still not many cars parked at Building 1 and 2, and the east substation looks very close to completion, based on a [Google Earth image](https://earth.google.com/web/@37.48655608,-77.24244153,55.96289131a,2859.52501034d,30.00094375y,0h,0.5917603t,0r/data=ChYqEAgBEgoyMDI0LTA2LTIzGAFCAggBMikKJwolCiExWVNYSWZQZkcydXVMYm1nUDkyc2NObE1QenF1VGRVV2cgAToDCgEwQgIIAEoICMOJgf0CEAE).

2025-02-04

Building 1 and 2 are operational, based on the east substation looking complete and the carparks being more full. Building 3 has cooling and generators mostly installed. Building 4 roof is partly completed.

101 MW
2025-11-19

The west substation looks complete, based on a [Google Earth image](https://earth.google.com/web/@37.48673632,-77.24119214,61.15398527a,3616.77426559d,30.00094375y,0.00000001h,0.59183057t,0r/data=CgwqBggBEgAYAUICCAEyKQonCiUKITFZU1hJZlBmRzJ1dUxibWdQOTJzY05sTVB6cXVUZFVXZyABOgMKATBCAggASggIw4mB_QIQAQ). This image also shows one corner of Building 5 that still has construction work, so it's probably not operational.

101 MW
2025-12-31

Building 3 and 4 are operational, based on the substation being completed earlier, the buildings looking complete, and carparks being moderately full. Building 5 still has construction work.

202 MW
2026-02-13

Building 5 still has construction work at the perimeter, but given how close it looks to completion, we estimate it's only about 3 months away from operational.

202 MW
2026-05-14

Building 5 is estimated to be operational, based on the previous entry.

252 MW

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

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