Data centers and new power in Chesterfield County, VA
1.5 GW of new power is waiting to connect to the grid in Chesterfield County, VA — 9 active requests. Typical wait: 7.0 years. 4 projects are built, 20 withdrawn. Data as of 14 October 2026.
How far is it from your house?
CoreWeave Chester VA, run by CoreWeave, is in Chesterfield County and uses about as much electricity as 66,000 homes.
19 public schools are within 5 miles of it, 2 within one mile. Counted from the facility, not from any home. School list: US Department of Education.
What is happening with electricity in Chesterfield County
Every new power plant, battery or big customer has to join a waiting list before it can plug into the grid. This is what that list looks like in Chesterfield County right now.
Where every request ever filed here ended up
Most requests in the US are withdrawn — a developer tests a site and moves on. That is normal, not a warning sign for Chesterfield County.
What kind of power is asking to connect
By capacity requested. Data as of 14 October 2026.
All the numbers
34 requests ever filed
Source: interconnection queues published by PJM. Parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Data as of 14 October 2026. A queued project is a request, not a commitment.
Outcome of every request filed here
| Outcome | Projects | Capacity | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built | 4 | 1.4 GW | 11.8% |
| Still waiting | 9 | 1.5 GW | 26.5% |
| Withdrawn | 20 | 3.6 GW | 58.8% |
| Paused | 1 | — | 2.9% |
Waiting to connect, by type of power
| Type | Projects | Capacity requested |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas | 2 | 1.1 GW |
| Batteries | 2 | 211 MW |
| Solar | 5 | 112 MW |
Key dates for projects here
no dated windows published
| Queue | What closes | Closes | Standing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PJM | Dominion GS-5 (Virginia SCC PUR-2025-00058) - ESAs signed on or after this date carry the 14-year term From this date the GS-5 large-load tariff carries a 14-year minimum term, alongside the reported 85% of contracted transmission demand minimum and $1… | No date published yet | disputed source |
| FERC | FERC large-load show cause — stakeholder comments on RTO responses Comments on the six RTO/ISO responses to the FPA section 206 show-cause orders of 18 June 2026 (PJM EL26-67, SPP EL26-68, NYISO EL26-69, MISO EL26-70… | No date published yet | unconfirmed source |
| FERC | FERC RM26-4 — generic large-load rulemaking Still at ANOPR stage. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
| FERC | Georgia PSC - Georgia Power must file large-load contracts 30 days before execution A standing obligation rather than a dated one: large-load contracts must be filed with the commission at least 30 days before they are executed. | No date published yet | confirmed source |
A date marked confirmed was checked by a person against the authority's own tariff, order or form page. Anything else is listed so you know it exists, with a link so you can check it yourself. Full calendar.
The biggest projects on file
top 15 by size
| Project | Type | Capacity | Status | Filed | Queue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield 230kV | Natural gas | 1.6 GW | withdrawn | 2011-07 | PJM |
| Chesterfield 230kV | Coal | 691 MW | completed | 2007-07 | PJM |
| Chesterfield 230 kV | Natural gas | 569 MW | active | 2019-09 | PJM |
| Chesterfield 230 kV | Natural gas | 569 MW | active | 2019-09 | PJM |
| Chesterfield 230kV 5 | Coal | 370 MW | withdrawn | 2017-03 | PJM |
| Chesterfield 230kV | Coal | 356 MW | completed | 2007-01 | PJM |
| Chesterfield 230kV | Coal | 356 MW | completed | 2007-07 | PJM |
| Chesterfield 230kV 7 | Natural gas | 246 MW | withdrawn | 2017-03 | PJM |
| Chesterfield 230kV 8 | Natural gas | 246 MW | withdrawn | 2017-03 | PJM |
| Chesterfield 230 kV | Batteries | 200 MW | withdrawn | 2021-03 | PJM |
| Midlothian 230 kV | Batteries | 150 MW | active | 2021-01 | PJM |
| Chesterfield 230 kV | Batteries | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2021-03 | PJM |
| Southwest 230 kV | Batteries | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2021-03 | PJM |
| Tyler 230 kV | Batteries | 150 MW | withdrawn | 2021-03 | PJM |
| Harrowgate-Locks 115 kV | Solar | 120 MW | withdrawn | 2018-09 | PJM |
How Chesterfield County compares
#262 in the US · #5 in VA
Chesterfield County ranks #262 of 1,607 US counties by power waiting to connect, and #5 of 71 in Virginia.
| County | Waiting | Capacity queued |
|---|---|---|
| Brunswick County | 9 | 3.4 GW |
| Fluvanna County | 3 | 2.6 GW |
| Sussex County | 7 | 2.5 GW |
| Greensville County | 4 | 1.9 GW |
| Charlotte County | 6 | 1.4 GW |
| Caroline County | 6 | 1.1 GW |
| Buckingham County | 4 | 996 MW |
| Loudoun County | 6 | 965 MW |
Common questions about power in Chesterfield County
How long does it take to get power for a data center in Chesterfield County, VA?
The median wait for a project still in the interconnection queue in Chesterfield County is 7.0 years. Across the US, most large loads are quoted three to seven years depending on the market and whether network upgrades are needed. 4 projects in Chesterfield County have reached energization and 20 were withdrawn, so the withdrawal rate here is a better guide to risk than any single quoted timeline.
How much capacity is available in Chesterfield County, VA?
1.5 GW is currently requested across 9 active interconnection requests, and 1.4 GW has actually been built. A queued megawatt is a request, not deliverable capacity — most queued projects are never built. For deliverable offtake capacity at a specific substation you need a utility study, not a queue.
Is Chesterfield County, VA a good site for a data center?
This page gives you the power half of that answer: what is queued, what has been energized, how long the wait runs, and which large load interconnection requests are already recorded nearby. The other half — the state policy position, moratoriums and large load tariffs — is on our Virginia policy page.
Where does the data on this page come from?
The interconnection queue published by the transmission providers serving Chesterfield County — PJM — parsed and normalised by Watt Street. Every figure carries the date it was true. Data as of 14 October 2026.
Go deeper on Chesterfield County
The interactive map plots every one of these applications, and a generated county report puts them in a sourced PDF with the date each figure was true on every page.
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