QTS Richmond 3
Operating, expanding checked 1 Nov 2026
Facts
- Power suppliers
- Dominion Energy
Timeline
Land clearing begins.
Building 1 shell is mostly complete, with some chillers installed on the roof. Building 2 shell is under construction.
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.
The substation looks complete, but we expect Building 1 still needs commissioning before it is fully operational.
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 MWBuilding 2 and 3 are operational, based on the previous entry.
202 MWBuilding 4 and 5 are operational, based on Building 5 being roughly 1 year behind Building 1 in satellite imagery.
336 MWPast 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.