Sandston, Virginia

QTS Richmond 3

Operating, expanding checked 1 Nov 2026

144 MWpower online now
336 MWpeak planned or projected
$5.5Bestimated capital cost, built so far
VAVirginia

Facts

Power suppliers
Dominion Energy

Timeline

2024-04-01

Land clearing begins.

2025-02-04

Building 1 shell is mostly complete, with some chillers installed on the roof. Building 2 shell is under construction.

2025-11-19

The substation is still under construction, based on a [Google Earth image](https://earth.google.com/web/@37.48033002,-77.25002949,65.53442036a,2152.9927926d,30.00094375y,-0.00000001h,0.59169466t,0r/data=CgwqBggBEgAYAUICCAEyKQonCiUKITFZU1hJZlBmRzJ1dUxibWdQOTJzY05sTVB6cXVUZFVXZyABOgMKATBCAggASggIw4mB_QIQAQ), so we don't think any buildings are operational yet.

2025-12-31

The substation looks complete, but we expect Building 1 still needs commissioning before it is fully operational.

2026-02-13

Building 1 is operational, based on the substation being completed earlier and cars in the carpark. Building 2 and 3 are not operational, based on minor construction work at the perimeter and no cars in the carpark, but we expect they will be operational within 3 months. Building 4 has complete chillers and backup generators, while Building 5 has chillers but only a few backup generators - roughly the state of Building 1 on 2025-02-04.

67 MW
2026-05-14

Building 2 and 3 are operational, based on the previous entry.

202 MW
2027-02-13 (projected)

Building 4 and 5 are operational, based on Building 5 being roughly 1 year behind Building 1 in satellite imagery.

336 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.