Digital Drive Hyperscale (Chesterfield)
Chester, Chesterfield County County, VA
Source: Primary source
Digital Drive Hyperscale (Chesterfield) is a under construction data center in Chesterfield County County, VA, operated by PowerHouse Data Centers. DataCentersExposed has documented 300 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: link104-acre, 5 buildings, 300MW from Meadowville substation; first facility 2026.
Operator chain
- Files asPowerHouse Data Centers
- This facilityDigital Drive Hyperscale (Chesterfield)
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- 2nd fire in 2 weeks started at Chesterfield data center; county official wants answersThe Progress Index· Sep 9, 2025
- Virginia's Chesterfield County approves rezoning for two data center projectsData Center Dynamics· Jun 2, 2025
- Blue Owl Data Center JV Closes $750M DealCommercialSearch· May 30, 2025
- Blue Owl-led JV secures $750m to build out data centers for CoreWeaveData Center Dynamics· May 29, 2025
- Richmond Inno - Joint venture behind Chesterfield data center closes on new $750M trancheThe Business Journals· May 28, 2025
- Société Générale Leads $600M Construction Loan for Virginia Data CenterCommercial Observer· Dec 13, 2024
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, C.e. Curtis Elementary in Chester, is 0.9 mi from this site (727 students). 3 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.