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Google Chesterfield County data center campuses

Chesterfield County, VADeveloper: Google

Also known as Project Peanut, Project Loch, Project Skye, Peanut LLC

Under constructionBermuda Hundred Road campus (Peanut LLC) under construction with three buildings; Upper Magnolia Green and Watkins Centre sites zoning-approved
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Google has three approved data center sites in Chesterfield County: a 300-plus-acre campus on Bermuda Hundred Road near Meadowville Technology Park, an 880-acre property at Upper Magnolia Green and a 350-acre section of Watkins Centre South. The Bermuda Hundred Road campus was announced in August 2025 as part of Google's plan to invest $9 billion in Virginia through 2026 and is under construction with three buildings, with a county water cap of 6 million gallons per day at that site. Residents have called for more transparency about the projects, which were unveiled before Google's involvement was made public.

Site size
880 acres
Upper Magnolia Green site
Water use
1,755,000 gal/day
maximum allowable at Upper Magnolia Green

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site size300-plus [1]
Bermuda Hundred Road campus
Source excerpt
“300-plus-acre Bermuda Hundred site”
Site size880 acres [1]
Upper Magnolia Green site
Source excerpt
“Google purchased two other sites in Chesterfield earlier this year: an 880-acre property at Upper Magnolia Green and a 350-acre section of Watkins Centre South”
Site size350 acres [1]
Watkins Centre South site
Source excerpt
“Google purchased two other sites in Chesterfield earlier this year: an 880-acre property at Upper Magnolia Green and a 350-acre section of Watkins Centre South”
Site size1,500 acres [3]
cumulative across Project Peanut, Project Loch and Project Skye
Source excerpt
“a cumulative 1,500 acres are slated for development”
Buildings3 [4]
Peanut LLC, 2100 Bermuda Hundred Road, under construction
Source excerpt
“Under construction; three buildings”
Stated investment$9 billion [2]
statewide Virginia investment through 2026, including Loudoun and Prince William expansions; not Chesterfield alone
Source excerpt
“Google plans to invest an additional $9 billion in Virginia through the end of 2026”
Target completionConstruction typically 18 to 24 months [1]
Source excerpt
“Construction is expected to begin by the end of this year and typically takes 18 to 24 months to complete”

Power

Power supplyAgreement to purchase 200 MW from Commonwealth Fusion Systems' planned Chesterfield fusion plant [4]
Source excerpt
“That includes an agreement with Commonwealth Fusion Systems to purchase 200 megawatts of power from the first-of-its-kind commercial fusion energy plant the Massachusetts-based company is planning to build in Chesterfield.”

Water

Water use6,000,000 gal/day [4]
maximum allowed at the Bermuda Hundred Road site
Source excerpt
“a maximum of 6 million gallons per day at that site”
Water use1,755,000 gal/day [4]
maximum allowable at Upper Magnolia Green
Source excerpt
“At Upper Magnolia Green, the maximum allowable use is 1.755 million gallons of water per day.”
Water use850,000 gal/day [4]
maximum at Watkins Centre
Source excerpt
“At Watkins Centre, it's 850,000 gallons.”
Water sourceCounty water; Google studying treated wastewater reuse from Proctors Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant [4]
Source excerpt
“Google has started an engineering study to evaluate taking treated wastewater from the county's Proctors Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant and treating it further to establish a new reuse water utility in Chesterfield.”
Water permitVirginia Water Protection permit application for Project Skye on hold as of July 28, 2026 [3]
Source excerpt
“is on hold as of July 28, 2026”

Money & incentives

Tax incentivesEligible for Virginia data center sales and use tax exemptions [2]
Source excerpt
“Google is eligible for data center sales and use tax exemptions on qualifying computer equipment and enabling software.”
Tax incentivesCounty lowered its data center (personal property) tax rate from $1.80 to 24 cents per $100 in 2019 [5]
Source excerpt
“Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors decided to lower the data center tax rate from $1.80 to 24 cents per 100.”

Local decisions & site

Deciding voteZoning changes for two of the projects approved by county supervisors on May 28, 2025 [3]
Source excerpt
“Zoning changes for two of the projects were approved in public hearings by county supervisors on May 28, 2025.”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Timeline

  1. Chesterfield supervisors approve zoning changes for two of the projects [3]

  2. Google announces Chesterfield data center as part of $9 billion Virginia investment [2]

  3. Project Skye's Virginia Water Protection permit application is on hold [3]

Issues raised

  • Residents called for more transparency, citing a 2018 non-disclosure agreement between the county's Economic Development Authority and Alphabet [3]
  • Building Project Skye would remove roughly 1.54 linear miles of stream and 18 acres of wetlands [3]

Sources

  1. In Google, Chesterfield landed the 'Rolls-Royce of data center operators'
    Chesterfield County · Aug 28, 2025 · government
  2. Google announces Chesterfield data center as part of $9B investment
    Virginia Business · Aug 27, 2025 · news
  3. Chesterfield residents call for more transparency on Google data centers
    VPM News · Jul 29, 2026 · news
  4. Data Centers
    Chesterfield County · government
  5. How did Chesterfield County land a $9B Google deal? The answer goes back 30 years.
    WTVR CBS 6 · Aug 31, 2026 · news