Hanover County, VA

Mountain Road Technology Park

Tract. Denied. 900 MW.

Hanover supervisors rejected a 430-acre, roughly 900 megawatt data center campus along Mountain Road on a 4-3 vote on May 29, 2026, after months of resident opposition over water use, traffic and noise near the Chickahominy River.

Status: Denied
Operator: Not disclosed
Applicant on record: Tract
Location: Mountain Road (US Route 33) near the Henrico County line, Hanover, Hanover County, VA
Size: 900 MW, 430 acres
Cooling: Not reported
Utility: Dominion Energy
First reported: 2026-02
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sources

Hanover supervisors reject 430-acre data center campus, Virginia Business, 2026-05-29
Weeks after saying no to one data center, Hanover considers a second data center proposal, WTVR CBS 6, 2026-02-19

What it would mean nearby

The cooling design has not been reported. If it uses evaporative cooling, a 900 MW facility would draw roughly 2.9 million to 10.3 million gallons of water a day, about what 32,800 households use.

Deferred fuel cost recovery (docket PUR-2026-00078) is pending; Dominion Energy says it would add about $7 to $9 to a typical monthly bill. Data center cost allocation and transmission rider (docket PUR-2026-00056) adds about $0.94 a month to a typical bill, decided August 1, 2026. 2025 biennial review base rate increase (docket PUR-2025-00058) adds about $11.24 a month to a typical bill from January 2026.

For a noise estimate and the three distance rings, check your own address.