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Old Bermuda Data Center

Chesterfield County, VA

DeniedBoard of Zoning Appeals upheld denial of by-right development in June 2026; conditional use approval from the Board of Supervisors now required
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The Old Bermuda Data Center is a proposed three-building data center campus on a nearly 90-acre light industrial property off Old Bermuda Hundred Road near I-95 in Chesterfield County's Bermuda District. The county's planning director determined the project could not proceed by right after a January 1, 2026 zoning change, and the Board of Zoning Appeals upheld that decision on June 3, 2026. The project would now need conditional use approval from the Board of Supervisors.

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site sizenearly 90 [1]
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“The central question before the board was whether the landowner has a vested right to build a data center on the nearly 90-acre property without getting additional approval from the county.”
Buildings3 [3]
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“Not approved; conditional use approval required for three buildings”

Local decisions & site

Deciding voteChesterfield Board of Zoning Appeals upheld the planning director's denial on June 3, 2026 [2]
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“Chesterfield's Board of Zoning Appeals upheld a planning director's decision Wednesday to deny a proposed data center in the Bermuda District.”
ZoningLight industrial; data centers now require conditional use approval [1]
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“Last year, the Board of Supervisors changed the zoning ordinance, requiring future data center projects to get conditional use approval. Before that change, data centers were allowed by right on the light industrial property.”
Parcel / address1931 Old Bermuda Hundred Road [3]
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“1931 Old Bermuda Hundred Road”

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

Timeline

  1. Chesterfield's new data center zoning rules take effect, requiring projects like this one to go before the Board of Supervisors first; the project's site plan had not been approved [2]

  2. Board of Zoning Appeals upholds the planning director's denial [2]

Issues raised

  • County staff said they collected 97 emails in opposition to the project [1]
  • Residents spoke against the project at the appeal hearing, raising water use, noise and environmental impacts [1]

Sources

  1. Chesterfield Zoning Appeals Board denies appeal over proposed data center campus near I-95
    WTVR CBS 6 · Jun 3, 2026 · news
  2. Chesterfield board upholds denial of Bermuda District data center
    WWBT 12 On Your Side · Jun 3, 2026 · news
  3. Data Centers
    Chesterfield County · government