Hanover supervisors approved a 1,200-acre data center technology park north of Ashland in April 2026. Developer Tract's plan calls for roughly 30 buildings across multiple campuses, with the county projecting about 1.78 billion dollars in tax revenue over 20 years.
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Data centers in Hanover County
We track 3 projects inside Hanover County and 10 more within 25 miles of it. For a distance-specific answer, check your own address.
In Hanover County
Iron Horse Data Center Operator not disclosed
A rescaled 78-acre Iron Horse data center rezoning off East Patrick Henry Road was deferred by its own developers just before a June 18, 2026 Planning Commission hearing. A similar, larger version of the project was rejected by Hanover supervisors in 2024.
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.
Within 25 miles of Hanover County
Flexential - Richmond Flexential
Tuckahoe Technology Park Tract
Hourigan Rezoning Hourigan
Province Group Powhatan Campus Province Group
CleanArc Caroline County Campus CleanArc Data Centers
Mattameade Tech Campus (formerly Orrock Tech Campus) Amazon Web Services
Bank of America Data Center Operator not disclosed
QTS Richmond Data Center Quality Technology Services
Power bills in Hanover County
Most of the county is served by Dominion Energy.
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.
Dominion's fuel and purchased power costs ran roughly a billion dollars past what bills collected. Recovering it directly would add about 21.79 dollars a month to a 1,000 kWh bill; Dominion proposes spreading it over 7 to 10 years with bonds instead, about 8 dollars a month. The hearing was August 12, 2026 and a decision is due by late September 2026.
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