Ric3 Dc5
3543 Portugee Road · Sandston, Henrico County, VA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Ric3 Dc5 is a mapped data center in Henrico County, VA. DataCentersExposed has documented a 229,063 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Overview
source: linkRIC3 DC5 is a mapped data center in Sandston, Henrico County, Virginia, tied in available records to Quality Technology Services. Its reported footprint is 229,063 square feet. The site draws power from Virginia Electric & Power Co within the PJM grid. No ultimate parent is named in the verified record.
In the news
source: Google News- QTS files to expand Richmond data center campus in VirginiaData Center Dynamics· Jun 12, 2026
- Take a stand against data centersjcmonitor.com· Jun 10, 2026
- Henrico data center plans to add 1,000 acres, create sprawling networkRichmond Times-Dispatch· May 8, 2026
- Milestone Technologies to lay off 51 in HenricoVirginia Business· May 4, 2026
- Why Is Lumber Liquidators Leaving Henrico and Moving Its Headquarters to Tennessee?citybiz· Apr 8, 2026
- QTS to Secure $510M ABS Refi for Data Center TrioCommercialSearch· Mar 10, 2026
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.
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's DOM pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →
An estimated ~45 to 95 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price. Estimated from the building footprint at 200 to 400 W/ft² (the typical range for modern data centers). A rough order-of-magnitude figure, not a metered or permitted capacity.
Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Richmond), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Elko Middle in Sandston, is 2.1 mi from this site (730 students).
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.