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CoreWeave Chester VA

Operating + expandingAI campusCampusChesterfield County, Virginia
80% profile completeness
42 claims from 11 sources
Current facility power
114 MW[1]
Likelyestimated
Planned capacity
197 MW[1]
Likelyestimated
Floor area
Not yet sourced
Buildings (planned)
3[1]
Likelyderived
Capital cost / investment
$3.1B[1]
Likelyestimated
First operational
Jan 31, 2024[1]
Likelyderived

POWER & GRID

Time-to-power · verification · interconnection
Time to power
Remaining capacity: H1 2027 – H2 2028
Medium confidencewindow, not a prediction
Project verification
Verified operating
Operation documented by satellite imagery.
Current stage
Operational
Furthest stage with documented evidence
Utility · ISO
Dominion Energy · PJM
Substation: On-site substation

Power reality

Announced
197 MW[1]
Research estimate of planned capacity (no company figure found)
Interconnection request
No record
Contracted / approved
No record
Under construction
83 MW[1]
Building 3 under construction (satellite-tracked phases)
Operational
114 MW[1]
Estimated from buildings observed operational
  • ⚠ No public interconnection record for this load — PJM does not publish large-load requests.
  • ⚠ No permit record linked to this site yet.
AI evidence brief
Summarizes only the evidence on this page. Answers citing anything else are rejected automatically.
How the time-to-power window was estimated
Evidence used
  • Current stage: Operational (furthest stage with documented evidence)[1]
  • Stated date: Next projected milestone: 2027-06-30 (modeled/speculative)[1]
  • Required: 197 MW
Assumptions
  • From “Under construction”, large loads have typically taken 0.5–2 more years to first power (editorial range; see Methodology).
  • The window is a range of plausible outcomes under these assumptions, not a forecast. It moves as new filings, queue updates or imagery arrive.
Window: H1 2027 – H2 2028

Project verification

Development
  1. Announcedimplied by a later stage
  2. Land acquiredimplied by a later stage
  3. Planning / zoningimplied by a later stage
  4. Permittingimplied by a later stage
Grid interconnection
  1. Interconnection application
  2. Feasibility study
  3. System impact study
  4. Facilities study
  5. Interconnection agreement / service contract
Build & energization
  1. Financing
  2. Under constructionSep 18, 2023
    Model estimate · Satellite imagery
    • Sep 18, 2023 · Reported status: under construction[1]
    • Sep 18, 2023 · Construction start[1]
    • Sep 18, 2023 · Conversion starts at CTP-01 (Building 1). The data center was formerly owned by Capital One, now leased to CoreWeave. Source: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/chirisa-sec[1]
    • Jan 31, 2024 · Reported status: expanding[1]
  3. EnergizationJan 31, 2024
    Satellite imagery
    • Jan 31, 2024 · Building 1's second data hall scheduled to come online this month.[1]
    • May 20, 2026 · Based on satellite imagery, Building 3 has cleared its land and is beginning construction. Building 2 is operational judging from the colored motion artifacts on the cooling tower [1]
  4. OperationalJan 31, 2024
    Satellite imagery
    • Jan 31, 2024 · Building 1's second data hall scheduled to come online this month.[1]
    • May 20, 2026 · Based on satellite imagery, Building 3 has cleared its land and is beginning construction. Building 2 is operational judging from the colored motion artifacts on the cooling tower [1]

● documented · ◌ implied by a later stage · ○ no evidence found. Dates are those of the earliest dated evidence, which can be later than when a stage actually began. Evidence classes: Model estimate, Satellite imagery.

Grid path

  1. facility
    CoreWeave Chester VA
  2. substation
    On-site substation[1]
    Satellite imageryLikely
    2 substation outlines traced inside the campus on satellite imagery
  3. transmission
    Not identified
    UnknownUnverified
    No transmission line mapped within 2 km.
  4. utility
    Dominion Energy[2]
    Service territoryLikely
    Retail service territory containing the site
  5. ISO / RTO
    PJM[4]
    Service territoryLikely
    Balancing authority: PJM
Substation capacity:
not published
Required upgrades:
not yet sourced
Congestion:
not yet sourced (no nodal price data)

Dashed boxes are based on proximity only and do not establish which asset serves the site.

Interconnection records

No interconnection-queue record is linked to this site. Of the ISOs we ingest, only NYISO publishes large-load requests; PJM, ERCOT, MISO, SPP and CAISO queues list generation only.

On-site & dedicated generation

No on-site, behind-the-meter or dedicated generation found in sources.

Location & imagery

Mapped outline
Coordinates
37.35949, -77.32820
Address
1401 Meadowville Technology Parkway, Chester, VA[1]Likely
County
Chesterfield County
Photographs

No openly licensed ground-level photos matched to this site yet.

Ownership, operation & customers

  1. 1. Property owner of record
    Not identified
  2. 2. Owner / developer
    CoreWeave[1]
  3. 3. Operator
    Not identified
  4. 4. Tenant / cloud
    Not identified
  5. 5. End customer / workload
    OpenAI[1]Speculative
Power supply
Utility:
Dominion Energy[2]Likely

Each link is sourced separately. The property owner of record is often a special-purpose entity; the same company appearing in two roles is shown only when sources say so.

All parties with evidence
Owner
CoreWeave[1]Confirmed
End user
OpenAI[1]Speculative
Utility
Dominion Energy[2]Likely

Location falls inside this utility's retail service territory.

Power (all fields)

Current facility power
114 MW[1]Likelyestimated

Estimated total facility power (IT plus cooling and overhead) at the latest observed milestone.

Current IT capacity
82 MW[1]Likelyestimated

Estimated IT load currently online, based on buildings observed operational.

Planned capacity
197 MW[1]Likelyestimated

Projected facility power at the last tracked milestone (2027-06-30); not necessarily full build-out.

Estimated annual consumption
699 GWh/yr[3]Speculativeestimated

114 MW × 8,760 h × 70% utilization.

Capacity figures are nameplate or contracted; annual consumption is a labeled model estimate, not metered data.

Grid & electricity

ISO / RTO
PJM[4]Likelyderived

Location falls inside this ISO/RTO footprint.

Balancing authority
PJM[2]Likelyderived

Control area of the containing utility territory.

Nearest mapped substation
Enon Substation (34.5 kV)[5]Likelyderived

Nearest substation mapped in OpenStreetMap; proximity does not establish which substation serves the site.

Distance to substation
2.2 km[5]Likelyderived
State avg. industrial price
10.07¢/kWh[7]Confirmed

Virginia statewide average, July 2026.

State avg. commercial price
11.68¢/kWh[7]Confirmed

Virginia statewide average, July 2026.

Generation within 50 km
2.17 GW[8]Confirmedderived

28 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.

Generation queued in county
2.38 GW[6]Confirmedderived

17 active generation interconnection requests in Chesterfield County: Gas 1,138 MW, Storage 1,005 MW, Solar 232 MW. Queued projects often don't get built.

Interconnection status
Not yet sourced
Contracted / committed power
Not yet sourced
Nearby infrastructureTypeDistanceVoltage / capacitySource
Chesterfield · Virginia Electric & Power CoPower plant (Natural Gas)5.5 km386 MW[8]
Hopewell Cogeneration · Luminant Generation Company LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)8.6 km378 MW[8]
Darbytown · Virginia Electric & Power CoPower plant (Natural Gas)15.8 km340 MW[8]
Skipjack Solar Center · AES Distributed EnergyPower plant (Solar)17.3 km175 MW[8]
Fort Powhatan Solar · Dominion Renewable EnergyPower plant (Solar)24.6 km150 MW[8]
Spring Grove I · Dominion Energy Inc.Power plant (Solar)41.7 km98 MW[8]
Waverly Solar, LLC · Waverly Solar, LLCPower plant (Solar)41.8 km118 MW[8]
Colonial Trail West · Dominion Energy Inc.Power plant (Solar)45 km142 MW[8]
Enon Substation · Virginia Electric and Power CompanySubstation2.22 km34.5 kV[5]
Enon Substation · Virginia Electric and Power CompanySubstation2.25 km230 kV[5]
Largest queued generation in this countyFuelQueue statusMWSource
Chesterfield 230 kVPJM AF1-128 - moved to TC1GasIn study · proposed 2023-06569 MW[6]
Chesterfield CT Units 3&4PJM AF1-129GasIA signed · proposed 2029-12569 MW[6]
Chesterfield 230 kVPJM AG2-646StorageIn study · proposed 2024-06200 MW[6]
Trabue-Midlothian 230 kV linePJM AG2-088StorageIn study · proposed 2022-04150 MW[6]
Chesterfield 230 kVPJM AG2-269StorageIn study · proposed 2023-12150 MW[6]
Southwest 230 kVPJM AG2-275StorageIn study · proposed 2023-12150 MW[6]

Utility, ISO and nearby assets are derived from the site's location. Proximity to a substation or line doesn't establish the interconnection; that needs a utility filing or interconnection-queue record. Queue requests are applications, not commitments — most never reach operation.

Construction & permitting

  1. Announced
    —
  2. Land acquired
    —
  3. Permitting
    —
  4. Construction start
    Sep 18, 2023[1]
  5. First operational
    Jan 31, 2024[1]
  6. Expected completion
    Jun 30, 2027[1]
    Projected
Planned capacity
197 MW[1]Likelyestimated

Projected facility power at the last tracked milestone (2027-06-30); not necessarily full build-out.

Buildings (planned)
3[1]Likelyderived

Count of building outlines traced on satellite imagery.

Buildings operational
2[1]Likelyestimated
PhaseStatusAdded MWCompleted / expectedSource
Building 1operational25 MWJan 31, 2024[1]
Building 2operational89 MWMay 20, 2026[1]
Building 3under construction83 MWJun 30, 2027 (projected)[1]

Real estate

Official assessments
Assessor's value for a tax year

None sourced yet

Recorded transactions
Sale prices from recorded deeds

None sourced yet

Model estimates
Our model — not an appraisal

None sourced yet

Capital cost / investment
$3.1B[1]Likelyestimated

Modeled total capital cost (2025 USD) of capacity currently operational, incl. compute hardware.

Annual property tax
Not yet sourced

No county parcel or assessor records linked yet. County records are currently ingested for Loudoun County, VA and Maricopa County, AZ.

Size

Floor area
Not yet sourced

Compute

Chip types
H100, B200[1]Confirmed
Compute (H100-equivalents)
88,400[1]Likelyestimated

What changed (last 3 years)

Follow this facility (RSS)
  • Current IT capacity
    18 MWJan 31, 2024[1]→27 MWApr 30, 2024[1]→82 MWMay 20, 2026[1]
  • Current facility power
    25 MWJan 31, 2024[1]→38 MWApr 30, 2024[1]→114 MWMay 20, 2026[1]
  • Buildings operational
    0Sep 18, 2023[1]→1Jan 31, 2024[1]→2May 20, 2026[1]
  • Status
    Under constructionSep 18, 2023[1]→Operating + expandingJan 31, 2024[1]

Timeline

Construction start: Sep 18, 2023[1]
First operational: Jan 31, 2024[1]
  1. Sep 18, 2023[1]

    Conversion starts at CTP-01 (Building 1). The data center was formerly owned by Capital One, now leased to CoreWeave. Source: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/chirisa-secures-200-million-loan-to-fit-out-virginia-data-center-for-coreweave/

  2. Jan 31, 202425 MW facility power· 1 buildings operational[1]

    Building 1's second data hall scheduled to come online this month.

  3. Apr 30, 202438 MW facility power· 1 buildings operational[1]

    Building 1 is scheduled to be fully online by this point, so we count the full 27 MW as operational here.

  4. Jan 22, 202538 MW facility power· 1 buildings operational[1]

    Satellite imagery shows Building 1 complete, with Building 2's yard work and early construction visible. Building 3 hasn't started yet, since the old building is still there.

  5. May 20, 2026114 MW facility power· 2 buildings operational[1]

    Based on satellite imagery, Building 3 has cleared its land and is beginning construction. Building 2 is operational judging from the colored motion artifacts on the cooling tower fans.

  6. Jun 30, 2027Projected197 MW facility power· 3 buildings operational[1]

    Buildings 3 is estimated complete by the end of Q1 2027, based on the current PowerHouse schedule. Added another three months to account for commissioning and server installation.

Buildings on this campus

1

All claims (provenance audit)

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FieldValueSourceConfidenceAs ofStatus
NameCoreWeave Chester VA[1] Likely2026-05-20Shown
StatusUnder construction[1] derivedLikely2023-09-18Superseded / alternative
StatusOperating + expanding[1] derivedLikely2024-01-31Superseded / alternative
StatusOperating + expanding[1] derivedLikely2024-04-30Superseded / alternative
StatusOperating + expanding[1] derivedLikely2025-01-22Superseded / alternative
StatusOperating + expanding[1] derivedLikely2026-05-20Shown
Facility typeAI campus[1] derivedLikely2026-05-20Shown
Address1401 Meadowville Technology Parkway, Chester, VA[1] Likely2026-05-20Shown
OwnerCoreWeaveOwner: CoreWeave[1] Confirmed2026-05-20Shown
End usersOpenAIUsers: OpenAI[1] Speculative2026-05-20Shown
UtilityDominion Energyterritory 19876: VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO (INVESTOR OWNED, DOMINION RESOURCE[2] derivedLikely2022Shown
Current facility power114 MW[1] estimatedLikely2026-05-20Shown
Current facility power25 MW[1] estimatedLikely2024-01-31Superseded / alternative
Current facility power38 MW[1] estimatedLikely2024-04-30Superseded / alternative
Current facility power38 MW[1] estimatedLikely2025-01-22Superseded / alternative
Current IT capacity82 MW[1] estimatedLikely2026-05-20Shown
Current IT capacity18 MW[1] estimatedLikely2024-01-31Superseded / alternative
Current IT capacity27 MW[1] estimatedLikely2024-04-30Superseded / alternative
Current IT capacity27 MW[1] estimatedLikely2025-01-22Superseded / alternative
Planned capacity197 MW[1] estimatedLikely2026-05-20Shown
Estimated annual consumption699 GWh/yr[3] estimatedSpeculative2026-09-29Shown
ISO / RTOPJMPJM INTERCONNECTION, LLC[4] derivedLikely—Shown
Balancing authorityPJM[2] derivedLikely—Shown
Nearest mapped substationEnon Substation (34.5 kV)way/868888650[5] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Distance to substation2.2 km[5] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Generation queued in county2.38 GW[6] derivedConfirmed2026-09-27Shown
State avg. industrial price10.07¢/kWh[7] Confirmed2026-07Shown
State avg. commercial price11.68¢/kWh[7] Confirmed2026-07Shown
Generation within 50 km2.17 GW[8] derivedConfirmed202502Shown
Buildings (planned)3[1] derivedLikely2026-05-20Shown
Buildings operational2[1] estimatedLikely2026-05-20Shown
Buildings operational0[1] estimatedLikely2023-09-18Superseded / alternative
Buildings operational1[1] estimatedLikely2024-01-31Superseded / alternative
Buildings operational1[1] estimatedLikely2024-04-30Superseded / alternative
Buildings operational1[1] estimatedLikely2025-01-22Superseded / alternative
Capital cost / investment$3.1B[1] estimatedLikely2026-05-20Shown
Compute (H100-equivalents)88,400[1] estimatedLikely2026-05-20Shown
Chip typesH100[1] Confirmed2026-05-20Shown
Chip typesB200[1] Confirmed2026-05-20Shown
Construction startSep 18, 2023[1] derivedLikely2026-05-20Shown
First operationalJan 31, 2024[1] derivedLikely2026-05-20Shown
Expected completionJun 30, 2027[1] estimatedSpeculative2026-05-20Shown