QTS Richmond campus (Richmond 1-3, Sandston)

Power

Power and the grid

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

March 25, 2024
Substation
White Oak Substation. Company · March 2024
Oct. 2026
Utility
Dominion Energy Virginia (Virginia Electric and Power Company). Utility regulator · Oct. 2026

On-site generation on file

VA DEQ minor NSR permit (existing facility) Virginia DEQ · 51232 · issued · June 24, 2024
Minor New Source Review permit for the Henrico Data Center Facility (Quality Investment Properties Richmond, LLC): 544 referenced gensets (EG04-EG547) and 11 cooling towers. Some conditions originate in a Sep 1, 2023… State agency · June 2024

What is next door

Distances from mapped lines and plants. OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026

Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 5 granted · 2 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup generators), and what we found.

◷
Water and wetlands permits Pending
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Oct. 15, 2026: Wetlands permit application filed with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. News report · Oct. 2026
✓
Building permit Granted
Sandston building department · Sept. 25, 2023: Building permit issued by Sandston building department. Local building-permit records · Sept. 2023
✓
Air permit Granted
Virginia DEQ · April 22, 2026: Air permit approved by Virginia DEQ. State agency · April 2026
✓
Utility and grid approval Granted
Virginia State Corporation Commission · March 25, 2024: Transmission line approval approved by Virginia State Corporation Commission. Company · March 2024
✓
FAA airspace clearance Granted
the FAA · Dec. 16, 2024: FAA airspace clearance granted by the FAA. FAA · Dec. 2024
✓
VA DEQ Enforcement Action - Order by Consent Granted
Virginia DEQ · May 29, 2026: VA DEQ Enforcement Action - Order by Consent issued by Virginia DEQ. State agency · Oct. 2026
–
Checked, nothing on file: Zoning approval, Site plan

Risks

What could slow it down

Watch
Local opposition
Community scrutiny of White Oak-area data centers: during the White Oak II rezoning, county residents raised environmental-impact. News report · May 2024

Money

Money on record

$500M

Stated capital cost

Company · July 2022

$18M

Land purchase

Purchase News report · July 2022

$12M

Land/building purchase

Price News report · April 2010

$51,939

Consent Order - VA DEQ enforcement

Civil charge State agency · Oct. 2026

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming

April 2010
Site Land/building purchase signed. News report · April 2010
April 22, 2022
Permits Public notice issued for the wetlands permit. State agency · April 2022
July 13, 2022
Power QTS announces the Richmond Mega Campus expansion: up to 240 MW across 1.5M sq ft on the acquired acreage. News report · July 2022
July 2022
Site QTS's July 2022 expansion announcement (the 200-acre Portugee Rd purchase) sat alongside land it already held. News report · July 2022
June 23, 2023
Power Transmission line approval application filed with Virginia State Corporation Commission. Utility regulator · June 2023
Jan. 17, 2024
Power Public hearing held on the transmission line approval. Utility regulator · Jan. 2024
March 25, 2024
Power Transmission line approval approved by Virginia State Corporation Commission. Company · March 2024
June 24, 2024
Permits Air permit issued by Virginia DEQ. State agency · June 2024
June 12, 2025
Permits Notice of Violation issued by Virginia DEQ. State agency · Oct. 2026
Aug. 5, 2025
Permits VA DEQ Notices of Violation issued by Virginia DEQ. State agency · Dec. 2025
Oct. 2026
Construction Press search-result evidence (constructionreviewonline, never opened) reported a DEQ application. News report · Oct. 2026

Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since Feb. 2023: 11 building permits (1 issued or finished, 10 pending or open); the largest lists a $30.4M job value; 1 FAA filing (Dec. 2024): a 200 ft crane. Job values are not added up: trade permits often repeat the whole project's value.

Building permits

FAA filings

’23

’24

’25

’26

Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 3. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.

The buildings

Specs

1,300,000 sq ft square feet of buildings. News report · Oct. 2026

Other data centers within 40 km (11)

This campus (footprint)

75 ac

RIC01 Richmond Data Center

6 ac

Richmond 2 Data Center

6 ac

Richmond 1 Data Center

4 ac

Innsbrook Data Center

4 ac

Iron Mountain

3 ac

Cooling towers (evaporative): cooling State agency · 2026

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners and developers

QTS, operator
QTS Data Centers, operator
Blackstone, owner
QTS Data Centers, developer
Quality Investment Properties Richmond, operator
QTS Realty Trust, owner

Power and utilities

Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia, utility

Government

Henrico County, public agency
Henrico County Economic Development Authority, public agency

Builders on site

Hitt Contracting Inc: 2 building permits
Convergint Technologies: 1 building permit
MC Dean Inc: 1 building permit
Johnson Controls Security Solutions: 1 building permit
Miller Electric Company: 1 building permit
VSC Fire & Security: 1 building permit
and 1 more contractors in the permit and inspection records

Still unknown

Open questions

Remaining build-out and its timing.

Where this comes from

358 records from 34 documents

Drawn from news reports, public and commercial datasets, company statements, state agency records, local government records and utility regulator dockets, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 15Dataset 7Company 6State agency 5Local government 3Utility regulator 1

Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (75)

IT capacity: not stated
“owns and operates a data center facility located in Henrico County”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
On-site generation: not stated
“emergency generators are subject to a minor NSR Permit issued June 24, 2024”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
IT capacity: not stated
“owns and operates a data center facility located in Henrico County”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
On-site generation: not stated
“These generators are subject to a minor New Source Review Permit (NSR Permit) issued June 24, 2024”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Jurisdiction note: Land use: Henrico County (White Oak Technology Park, a county EDA park; plans of development approved administratively by the county - the campus was entitled and built before the county's 2025 provisi
“The proposed project is located at 6000 Technology Boulevard in the Sandston Area of Henrico County, Virginia”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Backup generators: 544 gensets
“the emergency generators, EG04 through EG547”
State agency · 2026 · grade A
Backup generators: 544 gensets
“Each engine-generator set (Ref. Nos. EG04-EG547) shall be equipped with a non-resettable hour metering device”
State agency · 2026 · grade A
Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: 9.407 km
Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: 4.213 km
Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
Utility service: not stated
“QTS confirmed that it currently takes electric service from Dominion’s White Oak Substation”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Power plan: grid
“emergency generators are subject to a minor NSR Permit issued June 24, 2024”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
County code: Henrico County, VA (51087)
“expand the Company's existing White Oak Substation in Henrico County, Virginia”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Power plan: grid - Dominion Energy Virginia 230 kV service via White Oak Substation; on-site diesel gensets are backup only (no prime or bridge generation)
“The Project is needed to comply with mandatory reliability standards and to maintain reliable service to accommodate overall growth in the White Oak Load Area”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Utility: Dominion Energy Virginia (Virginia Electric and Power Company)
“For approval and certification of electric transmission facilities: 230 kV Elmont-White Oak Line #2075, 230 kV Chickahominy-White Oak Line #2294, and White Oak Substation Expansion”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Grid supply: White Oak Substation (expanded under SCC CPCN PUR-2023-00110) fed by new 230 kV Elmont-White Oak Line #2075 and Chickahominy-White Oak Line #2294; CPCN approved March 25, 2024; target in-service April 30, 2026
“construct two new approximately 4.69-mile overhead 230 kilovolt transmission lines on primarily double circuit monopole structures and expand the Company's existing White Oak Substation”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Grid supply: White Oak Substation (expanded under SCC CPCN PUR-2023-00110) fed by new 230 kV Elmont-White Oak Line #2075 and Chickahominy-White Oak Line #2294; CPCN approved March 25, 2024; target in-service April 30, 2026
“construct two new approximately 4.69-mile overhead 230 kilovolt transmission lines on primarily double circuit monopole structures and expand the Company's existing White Oak Substation”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Power plan: grid
“This facility possesses a number of emergency generators”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Utility service: not stated
“QTS confirmed that it currently takes electric service from Dominion's White Oak Substation”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Stated campus size: not stated
“The QTS-operated Richmond 2 campus spans approximately 85 acres”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
QTS markets Richmond 1, 2 and 3 as three campuses in one White Oak complex sharing a single DEQ facility registration (51232), one substation load area, and Technology Blvd / Portugee Rd frontage: Richmond 1 = RIC1 DC1-D
“one of three data centers in the area managed by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Buildings operating: 3 of 5 buildings
“as of 2026-05-14: 3 bldgs op, 202 MW; Building 2 and 3 are operational, based on the previous entry”
grade B
Source record
“as of 2026-05-14: 3 bldgs op, 202 MW; Building 2 and 3 are operational, based on the previous entry”
grade B
Air registration number: 53259
“QTS Richmond V, LLC Registration Number: 53259”
State agency · April 2026 · grade B
White Oak Technology Park II / Richmond 5 (3250 & Its DEQ minor NSR permit (Reg. 53259, permittee
“Registration Number: 53259”
State agency · April 2026 · grade B
Air registration number: 51232
“QUALITY INVESTMENT PROPERTIES RICHMOND, LLC FOR THE HENRICO DATA CENTER FACILITY Registration No. 51232”
State agency · June 2024 · grade B
Substation: White Oak Substation
“White Oak Substation”
Company · March 2024 · grade B
Substation kV: 230 kV
“Case No. PUR-2023-00110”
Company · March 2024 · grade B
Substation: White Oak Substation
“White Oak Substation”
Company · March 2024 · grade B
Transmission CPCN: final order approving
“Case No. PUR-2023-00110”
Company · March 2024 · grade B
Transmission CPCN: final order approving CPCN
“March 25, 2024 - The SCC issued a final order, approving the project”
Company · March 2024 · grade B
Transmission CPCN: final order approving
“Case No. PUR-2023-00110”
Company · March 2024 · grade B
SCC issues final order in Case PUR-2023-00110 approving the 230 kV Elmont-White Oak and Chickahominy-White Oak lines and the White Oak Substation expansion - the grid-supply reinforcement for the QTS White Oak complex; Q
“March 25, 2024 - The SCC issued a final order, approving the project”
Company · March 2024 · grade B
Utility: Dominion Energy Virginia (Virginia Electric and Power Company)
“Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia”
Utility regulator · Jan. 2024 · grade B
Utility: Dominion Energy Virginia (Virginia Electric and Power Company)
“Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia”
Utility regulator · Jan. 2024 · grade B
Substation kV: 230 kV
“230 kV Elmont-White Oak Line #2075, 230 kV Chickahominy-White Oak Line #2294, and White Oak Substation Expansion”
Utility regulator · Jan. 2024 · grade B
Transmission CPCN: hearing examiner's report recommends CPCN approval
“The record in this proceeding supports the Company's request for a certificate of public convenience and necessity”
Utility regulator · Jan. 2024 · grade B
Transmission CPCN: hearing examiner's report recommends CPCN approval
“REPORT OF MICHAEL D. THOMAS, SENIOR HEARING EXAMINER”
Utility regulator · Jan. 2024 · grade B
Transmission CPCN: notice of participation filed (QTS)
“QTS operates data centers in Henrico County to be served by the facilities; the need is supported, in part, by load growth associated with QTS data centers”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2023 · grade B
Transmission CPCN: notice of participation filed (QTS)
“On October 3, 2023, Quality Investment Properties, LLC (QTS), filed a Notice of Participation”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2023 · grade B
Transmission CPCN: application filed
“The Company stated the target in-service date for the Project is April 30, 2026.”
Utility regulator · June 2023 · grade B
Transmission CPCN: application filed
“construct two new approximately 4.69-mile overhead 230 kilovolt transmission lines on primarily double circuit monopole structures and expand the Company's existing White Oak Substation”
Utility regulator · June 2023 · grade B
Transmission CPCN: application filed
“APPLICATION OF VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY d/b/a DOMINION ENERGY VIRGINIA”
Utility regulator · June 2023 · grade B
Stated campus size: 240 MW
“acquired 200 acres at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus for expansion that could encompass up to 240 megawatts”
Company · July 2022 · grade B
The campus hosts the Richmond Network Access Point (NAP) - 20+ network providers and four transcontinental subsea cables including Google's Dunant - and the DE-CIX Richmond internet exchange (with InterGlobix). Its marke
“It hosts the Richmond Network Access Point (NAP), which provides access to more than 20 network providers”
Company · July 2022 · grade B
The Vantage Trust 2026-VLT10 single-asset loan ($1.26B; 66 MW; 432,824 sq ft
“A joint venture between Blackstone and QTS Realty Trust's affiliates are set to obtain a $1.3 billion CMBS refinancing loan for NAL1DC1, a 432,824-square-foot data center in New Albany, Ohio”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Construction stage: operating - QTS lists Richmond 1 buildings DC1-DC6 across 6000 Technology Blvd and Portugee Rd addresses; Epoch AI counts 5 buildings operating as of Feb. 13, 2026 with no changes since Dec 2025 (queue l
“DC1 - 6000 Technology Blvd, Sandston, VA 23150; DC4 - 3560 Portugee Rd, Sandston, VA 23150”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Stated campus size: 180 MW
“QTS Richmond 2 Campus is an 85-acre data center campus in Sandston, Virginia, designed for reliability and scalability with 180 MW of planned power across five buildings.”
Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Square feet: 1300000 sq ft
“That facility currently spans 1.3 million sq ft (120,800 sqm) and offers 110MW of capacity across three buildings.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Stated campus size: 110 MW
“That facility currently spans 1.3 million sq ft (120,800 sqm) and offers 110MW of capacity across three buildings.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
IT capacity: not stated
“Documented absence: no IT-load figure for Richmond 3 appears in QTS's campus page, the DEQ permit record or the SCC docket, all opened for this folder”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Utility service: not stated
“Documented absence: SCC Case PUR-2023-00110 states no contracted or campus load figure for QTS; its only capacity figure is the lines' 1,573 MVA transfer capability”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Stated campus size: not stated
“Documented absence: QTS states no MW figure of any kind on its Richmond 3 page; it gives acreage and building addresses only”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade C
On-site generation: not stated
“Documented absence: DEQ Registration 51232 covers gensets EG04-EG547 facility-wide with no per-building breakout, so no Richmond 3 generation figure can be derived”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Jurisdiction note: Land use: Henrico County (White Oak Technology Park, a county EDA park; plans of development approved administratively by the county planning director since 2020; a countywide provisional-use-permit re
“since 2020, Henrico has allowed the planning director to review and approve development plans separately from the planning commission”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Stated campus size: 110 MW
“That facility currently spans 1.3 million sq ft (120,800 sqm) and offers 110MW of capacity across three buildings.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Stated campus size: 240 MW
“On its website, Richmond 1 is listed as offering 240MW on a 100-acre site.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
QTS Thunder's 12-asset pool includes three assets in Richmond, VA (KBRA), so the city key agrees with this campus (QTS Richmond 1, Sandston); The match stops there: no per-asset MW, square footage, appraised value or ten
“QTS and Blackstone (the sponsors) are adding five newly constructed data centers to an existing master indenture structure (MIS), creating a diversified portfolio of 12 fully contracted and stabilized data centers totaling 493.5MW across Richmond, Virginia; Phoenix, Arizona; Dallas”
News report · July 2026 · grade C
Phoenix, Arizona; Dallas, Texas; Columbus, Ohio; and Manassas, Virginia, fully leased to investment-grade hyperscale tenants; No EDGAR ABS filing was located for this term-loan issuance, and no property address is public
“QTS and Blackstone (the sponsors) are adding five newly constructed data centers to an existing master indenture structure (MIS), creating a diversified portfolio of 12 fully contracted and stabilized data centers totaling 493.5MW across Richmond, Virginia; Phoenix, Arizona; Dallas”
News report · July 2026 · grade C
QTS Thunder's pool includes three Richmond, VA assets (KBRA); the city key agrees with this campus (QTS Richmond 2 / RIC2, five buildings, 180 MW campus-stated); No per-asset attributes are public, KBRA gives pool aggre
“QTS and Blackstone (the sponsors) are adding five newly constructed data centers to an existing master indenture structure (MIS), creating a diversified portfolio of 12 fully contracted and stabilized data centers totaling 493.5MW across Richmond, Virginia; Phoenix, Arizona; Dallas”
News report · July 2026 · grade C
staged on this QTS campus (Richmond RIC2) as sponsor-family context; Portfolio context only; no campus MW or value is stated or implied.
“The collateral contains a gross building area (GBA) of approximately 432,824 sf, of which 258,773 sf is data hall space, and provides 66 megawatts (MW) of capacity.”
News report · June 2026 · grade C
Buildings operating: 5 buildings
“as of 2026-05-14: 5 bldgs op, 252 MW; Building 5 is estimated to be operational, based on the previous entry”
grade C
Construction stage: operating
“as of 2026-05-14: 5 bldgs op, 252 MW”
grade C
Source record
“5 bldgs op, 252 MW; Building 5 is estimated to be operational, based on the previous entry”
grade C
On-site generation: 627.5 MW
“Derivation: 247 gensets at 2,500 kW each (GEN001-GEN247) plus 8 house gensets at 1,250 kW each (HGEN001-HGEN008) = 627,500 kW = 627.5 MW”
State agency · April 2026 · grade C
Construction stage: operating
“5 bldgs op, 333 MW; No changes to the site since December 2025”
grade C
Epoch AI tracker (third-party estimate, queue lead): as of Feb. 13, 2026 the Richmond campus has 5 buildings operating at an estimated 333 MW. Signals only - never a campus facts MW.
“as of 2026-02-13: 5 bldgs op, 333 MW”
Dataset · Feb. 2026 · grade C
Epoch AI (Frontier Data Centers dataset) carries QTS Richmond 1 (Sandston VA) at 5 buildings operating / 333 MW as of Feb. 13, 2026. THIRD-PARTY ESTIMATE ONLY - not sponsor-stated; it must not stand as, or be summed into, a
“Epoch AI carries QTS Richmond 1 at 5 buildings operating and 333 MW (2026-02-13)”
Dataset · Feb. 2026 · grade C
No primary or company source states 33
“5 bldgs op, 333 MW; No changes to the site since December 2025”
grade C
CMBS commentary (NYU Blueprint) sizes the deal at $2.05 billion; Per-property schedules, addresses and MW are not public for this 144A deal, and no collateral property is address/APN-matched to this campus; Portfolio con
“the QTS data center portfolio (BX 2026-VLT9 | $2.05B)”
News report · Feb. 2026 · grade C
White Oak Technology Park II / RIC 5 (3250 & QTS assembled it Dec 2023-Jun 2024 for ~$137M ($118.8M f
“QTS Data Centers has secured ownership of all 622 acres of the recently rezoned site for the White Oak Technology Park II project”
News report · July 2024 · grade C
White Oak II next steps per the Henrico EDA: Hourigan to install sewer and the county water infrastructure at the new campus, with water, sewer and power lines in by 2026; the PUR-2023-00110 transmission project's target
“next steps include installing infrastructure such as water, sewer and power lines at the site by 2026”
News report · July 2024 · grade C
Henrico County routes were run on the QTS Thunder pool's three Richmond assets (see the fingerprint pilot's signal on this campus for the pool aggregates); County and EDA records document QTS's Sandston land assembly and
“Henrico County Board of Supervisors approved Hourigan's request for more than 622 acres of land outside Richmond to be rezoned for data centers in May.”
News report · May 2024 · grade C
County and EDA routes (Board of Supervisors rezoning actions, White Oak Technology Park land sales, the RIC4/RIC5 expansion entitlements) document QTS's Sandston expansion campuses, but no municipal record found names th
“Henrico County Board of Supervisors approved Hourigan's request for more than 622 acres of land outside Richmond to be rezoned for data centers in May.”
News report · May 2024 · grade C
Announced: July 13, 2022 - QTS announces Richmond Mega Campus expansion (200 acres acquired; up to 240 MW across 1.5M sq ft of additional capacity), scoped to the wider Richmond campus, not to Richmond 3 alone
“QTS Data Centers recently acquired 200 acres at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus for expansion that could encompass up to 240 megawatts across 1.5 million square feet of additional capacity”
News report · July 2022 · grade C
QTS announces the Richmond Mega Campus expansion: up to 240 MW across 1.5M sq ft on the acquired acreage; attribution between Richmond 1
“QTS Data Centers recently acquired 200 acres at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus for expansion that could encompass up to 240 megawatts across 1.5 million square feet of additional capacity”
News report · July 2022 · grade C

Money and contracts (52)

Enforcement: DEQ consent order (2026) resolving NOVs APRO003213-001/-002/-003 (2025): EG18-EG34 fuel-throughput and emission exceedances plus recordkeeping violations (Conditions 8, 15, 25, 38); civil charge $51,939.25;
“the Department concludes that QTS has violated Permit Conditions 8, 15, 25, and 38”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Enforcement: DEQ consent order (2026) resolving NOVs APRO003213-001/-002/-003 (2025): EG18-EG34 fuel-throughput and emission exceedances plus recordkeeping violations (Conditions 8, 15, 25, 38); civil charge $51,939.25;
“the Department concludes that QTS has violated Permit Conditions 8, 15, 25, and 38”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
consent order (air enforcement settlement): settlement - civil charge 51939.25 USD
“Pay a civil charge of $51,939.25 within 30 days of the effective date of the Order in settlement of the violations cited in this Order”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
consent order (air enforcement settlement): compliance schedule Appendix A: cooling-tower TDS records (Jun 2023-May 2026) and fuel-meter records (Dec 2023-May 2026) due to DEQ; information requests answered within 10 bus
“QTS shall submit to DEQ records of the annual average of cooling water total dissolved solids for the cooling towers 5 through 9”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
consent order (air enforcement settlement): termination / effectiveness Effective on execution by both parties; continues until the Director terminates it after QTS completes all requirements (or on 30 days' notice at th
“This Order shall become effective upon execution by both the Director or his designee and QTS”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
consent order (air enforcement settlement): non-admission QTS admits the jurisdictional allegations only and does not admit the findings of fact or conclusions of law; QTS also disputes DEQ's worst-case, highest-load emi
“QTS admits the jurisdictional allegations, and agrees not to contest, but does not admit, the findings of fact and conclusions of law in this Order”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
consent order (air enforcement settlement): finding - no power terms Finding: the order resolves air-permit violations only; it states no capacity, interconnection, power-supply, tenant or expansion terms for the campus
“This Order addresses and resolves only those violations specifically identified in Section C of this Order and in NOV Nos. APRO003213-001, APRO003213-002, and APRO003213-003”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Consent Order - VA DEQ enforcement: scope Enforcement order resolving NOVs APRO003213-001 (June 12, 2025), APRO003213-002 (Aug. 5, 2025) and APRO003213-003 (Dec. 9, 2025) for violations of Reg. 51232 Permit Conditions 8, 15, 25
“This Order addresses and resolves only those violations specifically identified in Section C of this Order”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Consent Order - VA DEQ enforcement: civil charge 51939.25 USD
“Pay a civil charge of $51,939.25 within 30 days of the effective date of the Order”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Consent Order - VA DEQ enforcement: compliance schedule Appendix A Schedule of Compliance: submit cooling-tower TDS records (towers 5-9, Jun 2023-May 2026 rolling periods) and fuel-metering records (Dec 2023-May 2026) wi
“Perform the actions described in Appendix A of this Order”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Consent Order - VA DEQ enforcement: termination / effectiveness Effective upon execution by both the Director (or designee) and QTS; continues until the Director terminates it after QTS completes all requirements (or on
“This Order shall become effective upon execution by both the Director or his designee and QTS”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Consent Order - VA DEQ enforcement: non-admission QTS admits the jurisdictional allegations only, agrees not to contest, but does not admit the findings of fact or conclusions of law; QTS also disputes DEQ's worst-case,
“QTS admits the jurisdictional allegations, and agrees not to contest, but does not admit, the findings of fact and conclusions of law”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Consent Order - VA DEQ enforcement: finding - no power terms Finding: the order resolves air-permit violations only; it states no capacity, interconnection, power-supply, tenant or expansion terms for the campus
“regarding its data center facility in Henrico County for the purpose of resolving certain violations of the Virginia Air Pollution Control Law”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
The campus's live regulatory posture is the DEQ consent order under Reg. 51232 (three 2025 NOVs; $51,939.25 civil charge; No ESA docket exists
“QUALITY INVESTMENT PROPERTIES RICHMOND, LLC”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
DEQ consent order resolves the 2025 NOV chain (APRO003213-001/-002/-003): $51,939.25 civil charge, Appendix A compliance schedule; EG44-EG79 allegations cleared on re-review; QTS disputes DEQ's worst-case emissions metho
“Pay a civil charge of $51,939.25 within 30 days of the effective date of the Order in settlement of the violations cited in this Order”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
The campus's live regulatory posture is the DEQ consent order under Reg. 51232 (three 2025 NOVs; $51,939.25 civil charge; The order allocates no
“the Department concludes that QTS has violated Permit Conditions 8, 15, 25, and 38”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Consent Order - VA DEQ enforcement: scope Enforcement order resolving NOVs APRO003213-001 (June 12, 2025), APRO003213-002 (Aug. 5, 2025) and APRO003213-003 (Dec. 9, 2025): fuel-throughput and emission exceedances in genset set
“QUALITY INVESTMENT PROPERTIES RICHMOND, LLC”
State agency · 2026 · grade A
Consent Order - VA DEQ enforcement: civil charge 51939.25 USD
“a civil charge of $51,939.25”
State agency · 2026 · grade A
Consent Order - VA DEQ enforcement: compliance schedule Appendix A Schedule of Compliance: submit cooling-tower TDS records (towers 5-9, Jun 2023-May 2026 rolling periods) and fuel-metering records (Dec 2023-May 2026); r
“cooling towers 5 through 9”
State agency · 2026 · grade A
Consent Order - VA DEQ enforcement: disputed finding QIP Richmond disputes DEQ's worst-case calculation methodology for the EG18-EG34 exceedances (Order para. 10); DEQ's later data showed gensets EG44-EG79 had not in fac
“owns and operates a data center facility located in Henrico County”
State agency · 2026 · grade A
Tenants: Not publicly disclosed - multi-tenant colocation/wholesale campus
“It hosts the Richmond Network Access Point (NAP), which provides access to more than 20 network providers”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Tenant status: operating multi-tenant; no single anchor tenant disclosed
“one of three facilities in Richmond operated by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Tenants: None named - owner-operator colocation campus; no end-user tenant named in any source opened
“Documented absence: QTS markets Richmond 3 itself and names no tenant on the campus page or in any filing opened”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Tenant status: no tenant announced; colocation capacity marketed directly by QTS
“Richmond 3 is a state-of-the-art data center operated by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Tenants: Not publicly disclosed - multi-tenant colocation campus
“the facility supports a wide range of customers with secure, high-performance infrastructure”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Tenant status: operating multi-tenant; no single anchor tenant disclosed
“one of three data centers in the area managed by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Tax incentive - county ordinance rate class: clawback FINDING: no clawback, jobs floor or campus-specific performance term exists to cite - the Henrico incentive is a generally applicable ordinance rate class, not a nego
“40 cents per $100 of assessed value”
Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Electric service (grid) - no public ESA: minimum billing FINDING: no minimum-billing term is public - no electric service agreement between QTS and Dominion is public, and the SCC transmission record states no campus ser
“QTS confirmed that it currently takes electric service from Dominion’s White Oak Substation, and the Project would permit Dominion to provide bridging power to QTS”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Electric service (grid) - no public ESA: termination FINDING: no termination or exit term is public - no electric service agreement text was located in any source opened
“QTS confirmed that it currently takes electric service from Dominion’s White Oak Substation, and the Project would permit Dominion to provide bridging power to QTS”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
electric service agreement: finding - no public service agreement Finding: no QTS-Dominion electric service agreement or ESA for Richmond 3 is public; the only docketed power instrument is the SCC CPCN in Case PUR-2023-0
“QTS operates data centers in Henrico County to be served by the facilities; the need is supported, in part, by load growth associated with QTS data centers”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Electric service (grid) - no public ESA: scope QTS takes electric service from Dominion's White Oak Substation; the SCC-approved White Oak project (PUR-2023-00110) would permit Dominion to provide bridging power to QTS u
“QTS confirmed that it currently takes electric service from Dominion's White Oak Substation”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Electric service (grid) - no public ESA: minimum billing Finding: no minimum-billing term is public - no electric service agreement between QTS and Dominion for this campus was located in any source opened; Virginia reta
“QTS operates data centers in Henrico County to be served by the facilities for which Dominion seeks approval”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Electric service (grid) - no public ESA: termination Finding: no termination or exit term is public - no electric service agreement text was located in any source opened
“the Project would permit Dominion to provide bridging power to QTS until other interconnection projects are completed”
Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Tax incentive - county ordinance rate class: rate 0.40 USD per $100 of assessed value
“Henrico created the special taxing category at 40 cents in fiscal 2017-18, which helped establish the county as a hub for data centers”
Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Tax incentive - county ordinance rate class: rate change 2.60 USD per $100 of assessed value
“the proposed tax rate of $2.60 would be lower than the state average of $3.09”
Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Tax incentive - county ordinance rate class: clawback Finding: no clawback, jobs floor or campus-specific performance term exists to cite - the Henrico incentive is a generally applicable ordinance rate class, not a nego
“Henrico created the special taxing category at 40 cents in fiscal 2017-18”
Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Tax incentive - county ordinance rate class: rate change 2.60 under the FY2026 budget (county budget news, Feb 2025); press reports the increase applies to new projects, with existing projects remaining at 0.40 USD per $
“40 cents to $2.60 per $100”
Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
Electric service (grid) - no public ESA: scope QTS takes electric service from Dominion's White Oak Substation; the SCC-approved White Oak project (PUR-2023-00110) provides bridging power to QTS until other interconnecti
“QTS confirmed that it currently takes electric service from Dominion’s White Oak Substation, and the Project would permit Dominion to provide bridging power to QTS”
Utility regulator · Jan. 2024 · grade B
Stated capital cost: 500 USD millions
“In 2010, QTS Realty Trust invested more than half a billion dollars in a commitment toward the growth of its Richmond Mega Data Center”
Company · July 2022 · grade B
Tax incentive - county ordinance rate class: rate 0.40 (cut from 3.50) USD per $100 of assessed value
“40 cents per $100 of assessed value”
Local government · April 2017 · grade B
land purchase: finding - terms not public Finding: purchase agreement text, price allocation, incentive terms and any clawback or performance conditions are not public; no campus-specific incentive or abatement agreement
“Construction of the new leg began in the last two months on 200 acres at 3731 Portugee Road”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Land position - Richmond 2 ground: finding - no separate transaction Finding: no separate land purchase for the Richmond 2 ground was located; the campus was built on the remaining 80 acres of the 210-acre Technology Blv
“2021 SEC filings show that the company owned 182 acres of undeveloped land on the site as of 2020”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
QTS buys about 200 acres at Portugee Rd from the Henrico County Economic Development Authority for nearly $18M; construction of the expansion leg (the tract now marketed as Richmond 3) begins within two months. Contracto
“QTS bought the land from the Henrico Economic Development Authority in March for nearly $18 million”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Community scrutiny of White Oak-area data centers: during the White Oak II rezoning, county residents raised environmental-impact and Civil War battlefield concerns; alongside the rezoning the county announced a $60M aff
“county residents raised concerns about environmental impacts and losing part of a Civil War battlefield”
News report · May 2024 · grade C
Land acquisition: March 2022 - QTS bought about 200 acres at Portugee Rd from the Henrico County Economic Development Authority for nearly $18M (press-reported)
“QTS bought the land from the Henrico Economic Development Authority in March for nearly $18 million”
News report · July 2022 · grade C
land purchase: purchase 18000000 USD
“QTS bought the land from the Henrico Economic Development Authority in March for nearly $18 million”
News report · July 2022 · grade C
county tax rate (data center equipment): rate 0.40 USD per 100 USD assessed
“the county's decision last year to slash its data center tax rate by 88 percent to 40 cents per $100”
News report · July 2022 · grade C
Source record
“QTS bought the land from the Henrico Economic Development Authority in March for nearly $18 million”
News report · July 2022 · grade C
QTS's July 2022 expansion announcement (the 200-acre Portugee Rd purchase) sat alongside land it already held: 2021 SEC filings show the company owned 182 acres of undeveloped land on the site as of 2020 - the pool from
“2021 SEC filings show that the company owned 182 acres of undeveloped land on the site as of 2020”
News report · July 2022 · grade C
Land control date: April 2010
“acquired the former Qimonda semiconductor fabrication facility in April 2010 for $12m through a bankruptcy-court auction”
News report · April 2010 · grade C
Land/building purchase (bankruptcy auction): scope Acquisition of the former Qimonda semiconductor fab site at 6000 Technology Blvd, Sandston, converted to a data center
“acquired the former Qimonda semiconductor fabrication facility in April 2010 for $12m through a bankruptcy-court auction”
News report · April 2010 · grade C
Land/building purchase (bankruptcy auction): price 12000000 USD
“acquired the former Qimonda semiconductor fabrication facility in April 2010 for $12m through a bankruptcy-court auction”
News report · April 2010 · grade C

Permits and government (66)

Air permit: VA DEQ minor NSR permit, Registration No. 51232, issued June 24, 2024 - facility-wide for the Henrico Data Center Facility (gensets EG04-EG547; cooling towers CT01-CT11)
“These generators are subject to a minor New Source Review Permit (NSR Permit) issued June 24, 2024”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Air permit: VA DEQ minor NSR permit, Registration No. 51232, issued June 24, 2024 - facility-wide for the Henrico Data Center Facility (gensets EG04-EG547; cooling towers CT01-CT11)
“These generators are subject to a minor New Source Review Permit (NSR Permit) issued June 24, 2024”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Air: consent order executed; civil charge assessed
“Pay a civil charge of $51,939.25 within 30 days of the effective date of the Order in settlement of the violations cited in this Order”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Virginia DEQ's April 22, 2026 air permit for QTS Richmond V, LLC (Registration No. 53259) at 3250 East Williamsburg Road authorizes 247 diesel generator sets plus 8 house generators for the SEPARATE Richmond 5 campus. Th
“QTS Richmond V, LLC 6601 College Blvd Overland Park, KS 66211 is authorized to construct and operate a data processing center located at 3250 East Williamsburg Road, Sandston, VA 23150”
State agency · April 2026 · grade A
DEQ minor NSR Reg. 53259 (permittee QTS Richmond V, LLC) covers the separate White Oak II / RIC 5 campus at 3250 E Williamsburg Rd: 247 diesel gensets at 2,500 kW each (Caterpillar 3516C or MTU 20V4000 DS2500; 2,250 kW i
“Registration Number: 53259”
State agency · April 2026 · grade A
DEQ issues Registration No. 53259 to QTS Richmond V, LLC (247 gensets at 2,500 kW plus 8 house gensets) for Richmond 5 at 3250 East Williamsburg Rd (White Oak Technology Park 2) - a different campus; nothing from this pe
“QTS Richmond V, LLC Registration Number: 53259”
State agency · April 2026 · grade A
Consent Order: issued
“QUALITY INVESTMENT PROPERTIES RICHMOND, LLC”
State agency · 2026 · grade A
Consent Order: consent order executed; civil charge assessed
“Pay a civil charge of $51,939.25 within 30 days of the effective date of the Order”
State agency · 2026 · grade A
Notice of Violation: issued
“APRO003213-003”
State agency · Dec. 2025 · grade A
Air: NOV issued
“On December 9, 2025 DEQ issued NOV No. APRO003213-003 to QTS for additional excess pollutant emission violations from generator set EG18-EG34”
State agency · Dec. 2025 · grade A
Notice of Violation: issued
“On December 9, 2025 DEQ issued NOV No. APRO003213-003 to QTS for additional excess pollutant emission violations”
State agency · Dec. 2025 · grade A
Notice of Violation: issued
“APRO003213-002”
State agency · Aug. 2025 · grade A
Air: NOV issued
“On August 5, 2025 DEQ issued NOV No. APRO003213-002 to QTS for these violations”
State agency · Aug. 2025 · grade A
Notice of Violation: issued
“On August 5, 2025 DEQ issued NOV No. APRO003213-002 to QTS for these violations”
State agency · Aug. 2025 · grade A
Notice of Violation: issued
“APRO003213-001”
State agency · June 2025 · grade A
Air: NOV issued
“On June 12, 2025 DEQ issued NOV No. APRO003213-001 to QTS for these violations”
State agency · June 2025 · grade A
Notice of Violation: issued
“On June 12, 2025 DEQ issued NOV No. APRO003213-001 to QTS for these violations”
State agency · June 2025 · grade A
Air: full compliance evaluation (FCE)
“observed record keeping deficiencies relating to hour metering and dissolved solids in the cooling system, fuel throughput exceedances, and excess pollutant emissions in generator set EG18-EG34”
State agency · June 2025 · grade A
Air: full compliance evaluation (FCE)
“observed record keeping deficiencies relating to hour metering and dissolved solids in the cooling system, fuel throughput exceedances”
State agency · June 2025 · grade A
Air: partial compliance evaluation (PCE)
“observed a fuel throughput in excess of the permit allowance as well as excess pollutant emissions in generator set EG44-EG79”
State agency · May 2025 · grade A
Air: partial compliance evaluation (PCE)
“observed a fuel throughput in excess of the permit allowance as well as excess pollutant emissions in generator set EG44-EG79”
State agency · May 2025 · grade A
FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
“ASN 2024-AEA-13848-OE: QTS RIC3 DC2, Crane, 200 ft AGL, 350 ft AMSL, 37.48149722,-77.25291111, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-12-16”
FAA · Dec. 2024 · grade A
Air permit (minor NSR): issued
“emergency generators are subject to a minor NSR Permit issued June 24, 2024”
State agency · June 2024 · grade A
Air: issued
“These generators are subject to a minor New Source Review Permit (NSR Permit) issued June 24, 2024”
State agency · June 2024 · grade A
Air permit (minor NSR): issued
“These generators are subject to a minor New Source Review Permit (NSR Permit) issued June 24, 2024”
State agency · June 2024 · grade A
VA DEQ issues the facility-wide minor NSR permit (Registration No. 51232) covering gensets EG04-EG547 (544 units) and cooling towers CT01-CT11 for QTS's Henrico Data Center Facility - the air permit under which Richmond
“These generators are subject to a minor New Source Review Permit (NSR Permit) issued June 24, 2024”
State agency · June 2024 · grade A
joint permit application (CWA Sections 401/404): public notice issued; comments due May 20, 2022
“The applicant proposes to discharge fill material in an additional 1.78 acres of palustrine forested wetlands to construct buildings and attendant structures on the remaining 80-acre portion of the site to expand an existing data center for industrial use.”
State agency · April 2022 · grade A
State Programmatic General Permit verification: verified (prior authorization described in 2022 notice)
“A State Programmatic General Permit (SPGP) was verified to authorize permanent impacts to 0.36 acre of palustrine forested wetlands (0.13 acre of forested wetland fill and 0.23 acre of forested wetlands conversion), and appropriate mitigation was provided.”
State agency · April 2022 · grade A
Wetlands permit (Joint Permit Application / Section 404): public notice issued
“to construct buildings and attendant structures on the remaining 80-acre portion of the site to expand an existing data center”
State agency · April 2022 · grade A
Wetlands permit (Joint Permit Application / Section 404): public notice issued
“The applicant proposes to discharge fill material in an additional 1.78 acres of palustrine forested wetlands to construct buildings”
State agency · April 2022 · grade A
The Richmond 2 build-out first appears publicly in the April 2022 USACE joint permit application for the remaining 80 acres of the Technology Blvd site: construction was already ongoing at the 80-acre portion when the no
“Construction is ongoing at the remaining 80-acre portion of the site”
State agency · April 2022 · grade A
Similar 'White Oak' DEQ permits are a conflation trap.
“Registration Number: 52629”
State agency · June 2019 · grade A
Do not carry the clo
“only requires a one-time water fill”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
QTS markets Richmond 1, 2 and 3 as three campuses in one White Oak complex: Richmond 1 itself extends onto Portugee Rd (DC4-DC6, even addresses) directly across from Richmond 3's five buildings (odd addresses), and DEQ p
“One of three QTS-managed data centers in the area”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
QTS's Richmond 2 page promotes the company's closed-loop cooling system (a one-time water fill), but the permitted facility this campus belongs to runs 11 evaporative cooling towers (CT01-CT11) with dissolved-solids moni
“QTS's closed-loop cooling system only requires a one-time water fill to support data center operations”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Generator fleet existing: 544 emergency gensets (permit refs EG04-EG547) + 11 cooling towers (CT01-CT11)
“Each engine-generator set (Ref. Nos. EG04-EG547) shall be equipped with a non-resettable hour metering device to monitor the operating hours and a fuel flow meter”
State agency · May 2026 · grade B
VA DEQ Enforcement Action: issued (2026; DEQ published document dated May 29, 2026)
“Pay a civil charge of $51,939.25 within 30 days of the effective date of the Order in settlement of the violations cited in this Order.”
State agency · May 2026 · grade B
Generator fleet permitted: 247 diesel gensets (GEN001-GEN247) + 8 house gensets (HGEN001-HGEN008)
“Equipment to be constructed: Two hundred and fortyseven (247) Diesel Generator Sets, 2,500 kW each, GEN001-GEN247 CAT 3516C; HGEN001-HGEN008 Eight (8) Caterpillar C32 1,250 kW each”
State agency · April 2026 · grade B
VA DEQ minor NSR permit to construct and operate (QTS Richmond V, LLC): approved
“Minor NSR Approval dated April 22, 2026 based on the permit application dated November 25, 2025, including supplemental information dated March 5, 2026”
State agency · April 2026 · grade B
building permit: Electrical permit: applied
“Permit number: ELE-2025-124104 · Type: Electrical permit · Status: applied · Job value: $1,147,715 · Effective date: Jan. 22, 2026 · Business: ONE Diversified LLC · Address: 3525 PORTUGEE RD · Description: New installation”
Local building-permit records · Jan. 2026 · grade B
VA DEQ Notices of Violation: issued
“This Order addresses and resolves only those violations specifically identified in Section C and in NOV Nos. APRO003213-001, APRO003213-002, and APRO003213-003 dated June 12, 2025, August 5, 2025, and December 9, 2025 respectively.”
State agency · Dec. 2025 · grade B
building permit: Electrical permit: applied
“Permit number: ELE-2025-122513 · Type: Electrical permit · Status: applied · Job value: $250,000 · Effective date: Oct. 13, 2025 · Business: Johnson Controls Security Solu · Address: 6030 TECHNOLOGY BLVD · Description: Alteration”
Local building-permit records · Oct. 2025 · grade B
building permit: General permit: applied
“Permit number: FIR-2025-120522 · Type: General permit · Status: applied · Job value: $294,000 · Effective date: Sept. 30, 2025 · Business: VSC Fire & Security · Address: 3525 PORTUGEE RD · Description: Alteration”
Local building-permit records · Sept. 2025 · grade B
building permit: Electrical permit: applied
“Permit number: ELE-2025-113616 · Type: Electrical permit · Status: applied · Job value: $30,418,808 · Effective date: July 11, 2025 · Business: Miller Electric Company · Address: 3525 PORTUGEE RD · Description: Alteration”
Local building-permit records · July 2025 · grade B
building permit: Electrical permit: applied
“Permit number: ELE-2025-114357 · Type: Electrical permit · Status: applied · Job value: $5,382,409 · Effective date: July 2, 2025 · Business: Cbre/direct Line · Address: 3525 PORTUGEE RD · Description: Alteration”
Local building-permit records · July 2025 · grade B
VA DEQ Notice of Violation: issued
“On June 12, 2025 DEQ issued NOV No. APRO003213-001 to QTS for these violations.”
State agency · June 2025 · grade B
Henrico County Board of Supervisors: Adoption of the FY2025-26 county budget, including the data-center computer-equipment tax rate increase from $0.40 to $2.60 per $100 of assessed value (effective Jul 1, 2025)
“The Board of Supervisors on April 8 voted unanimously to approve the county's proposed budget for fiscal year 2025-26”
Local government · April 2025 · grade B
building permit: Building permit: triage
“Permit number: BLD-2024-124929 · Type: Building permit · Status: triage · Job value: $7,342,300 · Effective date: March 5, 2025 · Business: Hitt Contracting INC · Address: 3525 PORTUGEE RD · Description: Alteration”
Local building-permit records · March 2025 · grade B
VA DEQ minor NSR permit (existing facility): issued
“These generators are subject to a minor New Source Review Permit (NSR Permit) issued June 24, 2024.”
State agency · June 2024 · grade B
building permit: Electrical permit: applied
“Permit number: ELE-2023-125408 · Type: Electrical permit · Status: applied · Job value: $394,463 · Effective date: Dec. 28, 2023 · Address: 6030 TECHNOLOGY BLVD · Description: Alteration”
Local building-permit records · Dec. 2023 · grade B
Virginia State Corporation Commission: Public witness and evidentiary hearing - Case PUR-2023-00110 (Dominion White Oak 230 kV lines and White Oak Substation expansion); QTS participated in support of the project
“The evidentiary hearing was convened, as scheduled, on December 6, 2023.”
Utility regulator · Dec. 2023 · grade B
Virginia State Corporation Commission: Evidentiary hearing - Case PUR-2023-00110: Dominion application for 230 kV Elmont-White Oak Line #2075, Chickahominy-White Oak Line #2294 and White Oak Substation Expansion; Quality
“December 6, 2023 - Evidentiary Hearing, 10:00 a.m., 2nd floor courtroom SCC”
Company · Dec. 2023 · grade B
Virginia State Corporation Commission: Public witness and evidentiary hearing - Case PUR-2023-00110 (Dominion White Oak 230 kV lines and White Oak Substation expansion); QTS participated in support of the project
“The evidentiary hearing was convened, as scheduled, on December 6, 2023”
Utility regulator · Dec. 2023 · grade B
building permit: Building permit: issued
“Permit number: BLD-2023-116450 · Type: Building permit · Status: issued · Job value: $7,393,377 · Effective date: Sept. 25, 2023 · Business: Hitt Contracting INC · Address: 6030 TECHNOLOGY BLVD · Description: Alteration”
Local building-permit records · Sept. 2023 · grade B
building permit: Electrical permit: applied
“Permit number: ELE-2023-118449 · Type: Electrical permit · Status: applied · Job value: $8,000,000 · Effective date: Sept. 25, 2023 · Business: MC Dean INC · Address: 6030 TECHNOLOGY BLVD · Description: New installation”
Local building-permit records · Sept. 2023 · grade B
building permit: Mechanical permit: applied
“Permit number: MEC-2023-117709 · Type: Mechanical permit · Status: applied · Job value: $499,524 · Effective date: Sept. 25, 2023 · Address: 6030 TECHNOLOGY BLVD · Description: Alteration”
Local building-permit records · Sept. 2023 · grade B
building permit: Electrical permit: applied
“Permit number: ELE-2023-103497 · Type: Electrical permit · Status: applied · Job value: $650,000 · Effective date: Feb. 21, 2023 · Business: Convergint Technologies · Address: 6030 TECHNOLOGY BLVD · Description: New installation”
Local building-permit records · Feb. 2023 · grade B
Similar White Oak DEQ permits are a conflation trap for this campus family
“Registration Number: 52629”
State agency · June 2019 · grade B
Henrico County Board of Supervisors: Creation of the special data-center computer-equipment tax rate ($3.50 to $0.40 per $100 of assessed value)
“40 cents per $100 of assessed value”
Local government · April 2017 · grade B
Henrico County Board of Supervisors: Creation of the special data-center computer-equipment tax rate ($3.50 to $0.40 per $100 of assessed value)
“40 cents per $100 of assessed value”
Local government · April 2017 · grade B
Per government permitting documents reported in 2026, QTS has 13 data centers in operation, construction or development in the Richmond / White Oak area - context for Richmond 2's phased status; the count is area-wide ac
“According to government permitting docs, QTS currently has 13 data centers that are either in operation, construction, or development in the area.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Press search-result evidence (constructionreviewonline, never opened) reported a DEQ application for 370 diesel generators at the new campus, 'in addition to 544 emergency generators and 11 cooling towers QTS already hol
“at 5140 Technology Boulevard/3250 E Williamsburg Rd in Sandston”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Henrico County ordinance change (reported June 2025): data centers are no longer a by-right use; a provisional use permit is now required countywide. Richmond 3 was entitled and under construction before the change; the
“following its withdrawal of the data center plan after receiving a thumbs-down from the planning commission for a now-required provisional-use permit”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Section 404 wetlands filing: filed (reported Oct 2026)
“The project will impact approximately 4.29 acres of palustrine forested wetlands.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Data Center Dynamics, citing federal permitting documents: QTS currently has 13 data centers that are either in operation, construction, or development in the area - a complex-wide count spanning Richmond 1, 2, 3, 4 and
“QTS currently has 13 data centers that are either in operation, construction, or development in the area”
News report · 2026 · grade C
Announced: Nov. 19, 2019
“QTS Data Centers is planning an expansion on 210 acres it owns in the White Oak Technology Park at 6020 Technology Blvd. in the county’s Sandston area.”
News report · Nov. 2019 · grade C

Site and other (52)

County code: Henrico County, VA (51087)
“Henrico County, Virginia”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Construction stage: operating
“owns and operates a data center facility located in Henrico County”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Stage: operating
“owns and operates a data center facility located in Henrico County”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Owner companies: Quality Investment Properties Richmond, LLC
“Quality Investment Properties Richmond, LLC (QTS) is a business entity authorized to do business in Virginia”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Owner companies: Quality Investment Properties Richmond, LLC
“Quality Investment Properties Richmond, LLC (QTS) is a business entity authorized to do business in Virginia”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
County code: Henrico County, VA (51087)
“owns and operates a data center facility located in Henrico County, Virginia”
State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
Cooling: cooling towers (evaporative)
“cooling towers 5 through 9”
State agency · 2026 · grade A
Cooling: cooling towers (evaporative)
“monthly total dissolved solids test results for the cooling towers (Ref. Nos. CT01-CT11)”
State agency · 2026 · grade A
Facility registration number: 51232
“QUALITY INVESTMENT PROPERTIES RICHMOND, LLC”
State agency · June 2024 · grade A
Facility registration number: 51232
“Registration No. 51232”
State agency · June 2024 · grade A
County code: 51087
“The proposed project is located at 6000 Technology Boulevard in the Sandston Area of Henrico County, Virginia. The site is located within White Oak Technology Park.”
State agency · April 2022 · grade A
Campus context: White Oak Technology Park, Sandston (eastern Henrico County)
“The site is located within White Oak Technology Park (formerly known as “Elko”). The park is partly developed.”
State agency · April 2022 · grade A
Address: 6000 Technology Blvd, Sandston, VA 23150
“6000 Technology Boulevard, Sandston, Virginia”
State agency · April 2022 · grade A
Acres: 210 acres
“proposed on an 80-acre portion of a 210-acre site”
State agency · April 2022 · grade A
Prior use: Qimonda semiconductor fabrication facility (Project Snowdrop / Motorola-Siemens-Infineon)
“Project Snowdrop/Motorola-Siemens/Infineon”
State agency · April 2022 · grade A
Parent site acres: 210 acres
“The project is proposed on an 80-acre portion of a 210-acre site”
State agency · April 2022 · grade A
Project status: operating campus with five RIC2 buildings listed by QTS (DC1, DC2, DC3, DC5, DC6), with further Richmond-area development continuing; per-building operating status is not stated by QTS
“The QTS-operated Richmond 2 campus spans approximately 85 acres and is one of three data centers in the area managed by QTS.”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Operator: QTS Data Centers (QTS)
“The QTS-operated Richmond 2 campus spans approximately 85 acres and is one of three data centers in the area managed by QTS.”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Site acres: 85 acres
“The QTS-operated Richmond 2 campus spans approximately 85 acres and is one of three data centers in the area managed by QTS.”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Buildings listed: 5 buildings
“RIC2 DC5: 6060 Technology Boulevard, Sandston, Virginia 23150”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Site addresses: RIC2 DC1 6030, DC2 6040, DC3 6050, DC5 6060, DC6 6070 Technology Boulevard, Sandston, VA 23150
“RIC2 DC1: 6030 Technology Boulevard Sandston Virginia 23150”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Name: QTS Richmond 1
“one of three facilities in Richmond operated by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Developer: QTS Data Centers
“one of three facilities in Richmond operated by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Operator: QTS Data Centers
“one of three facilities in Richmond operated by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Buildings: 3 buildings
“DC1 - 6000 Technology Blvd, Sandston, VA 23150”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Current target date: not stated
“DC1 - 6000 Technology Blvd, Sandston, VA 23150”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Name: QTS Richmond 3
“Set on more than 220 acres, Richmond 3 is a state-of-the-art data center operated by QTS. One of three QTS-managed data centers in the area”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Address: 3525 Portugee Rd, Sandston, VA 23150 (RIC3 DC1); DC2 3529, DC3 3535, DC4 3539, DC5 3543 Portugee Rd
“RIC3 DC1: 3525 Portugee Road, Sandston Virginia 23150 RIC3 DC5: 3543 Portugee Road, Sandston Virginia 23150”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Developer: QTS Data Centers (QTS Realty Trust)
“Richmond 3 is a state-of-the-art data center operated by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Acreage: more than 220 acres
“Set on more than 220 acres”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Buildings: 5 (RIC3 DC1-DC5) buildings
“RIC3 DC3: 3535 Portugee Road, Sandston Virginia 23150 RIC3 DC4: 3539 Portugee Road, Sandston Virginia 23150”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Construction stage: operating-partial - 3 of 5 buildings operating at the May 14, 2026 snapshot; build-out continuing
“Richmond 3 is a state-of-the-art data center operated by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Stage: operating-partial
“One of three QTS-managed data centers in the area”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Original target date: not stated
“Documented absence: no original completion date for Richmond 3 has been published by QTS in any source opened; the only date available is Epoch's modeled full-build date”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Name: QTS Richmond 2
“The QTS-operated Richmond 2 campus spans approximately 85 acres and is one of three data centers in the area managed by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Address: 6030 Technology Blvd, Sandston, VA 23150 (RIC2 DC1); DC2 6040, DC3 6050, DC5 6060, DC6 6070 Technology Blvd
“RIC2 DC1: 6030 Technology Boulevard Sandston Virginia 23150 RIC2 DC6: 6070 Technology Boulevard, Sandston, Virginia 23150”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Developer: QTS Data Centers
“The QTS-operated Richmond 2 campus spans approximately 85 acres”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Operator: QTS Data Centers
“one of three data centers in the area managed by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Acres: 85 acres
“The QTS-operated Richmond 2 campus spans approximately 85 acres”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Buildings: 5 (RIC2 DC1, DC2, DC3, DC5, DC6) buildings
“RIC2 DC3: 6050 Technology Boulevard, Sandston Virginia 23150 RIC2 DC5: 6060 Technology Boulevard, Sandston Virginia 23150”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Construction stage: operating
“The QTS-operated Richmond 2 campus spans approximately 85 acres and is one of three data centers in the area managed by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Stage: operating
“The QTS-operated Richmond 2 campus spans approximately 85 acres and is one of three data centers in the area managed by QTS”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Current target date: not stated
“RIC2 DC1: 6030 Technology Boulevard Sandston Virginia 23150”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Original target date: not stated
“RIC2 DC1: 6030 Technology Boulevard Sandston Virginia 23150”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Generator set operating limits: each genset <= 500 hours/year; combined diesel fuel <= 685,700 gallons/year (Reg. 53259)
“The enginegenerator sets (Ref. Nos. GEN001-GEN247 and HGEN001-HGEN008) shall consume no more than 685,700 gallons of diesel fuel per year combined”
State agency · April 2026 · grade B
Site acres: 200 acres
“Spanning more than 200 acres, Richmond 1 is the largest and most connected data center campus in the area.”
Company · Oct. 2026 · grade C
QTS's current site presents Richmond 2 as an operated campus with five addressed buildings, while trade coverage of the same site lists Richmond 2 among QTS's "in-development" campuses - the campus is best read as phased
“Richmond 2, 3, and 5 are all listed as “in-development” on QTS’ website.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Announced: not stated
“It then filed to expand its data center campus this April, building up to four 167,000 square-foot, two-story buildings on the unused land”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
RIC 5 USACE filing (press): QTS registered with the USACE Norfolk District to develop RIC 5 south of its existing campus - Building 5 (DC-5), one of three buildings planned on an 11-acre site at 5140 Technology Blvd / 32
“The project will impact approximately 4.29 acres of palustrine forested wetlands.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Sq ft filed 2022: 668000 sq ft
“building up to four 167,000 square-foot (15,500 sq m), two-story buildings on the unused land”
News report · July 2022 · grade C
Announced: April 26, 2022
“The company filed to construct attendant structures and buildings at 6000 Technology Boulevard in Henrico County, Virginia. Per the application, the development project is called QTS East Expansion.”
News report · April 2022 · grade C
Announced: April 4, 2010
“Data center service provider Quality Technology Services has acquired a large property in Richmond, Va., it plans to convert into one of the biggest data center sites in the US.”
News report · April 2010 · grade C

Imagery and records: Building permits: ATTOM.