Breaking News: Google eyeing data center campus in Goochland’s West Creek – Richmond BizSense

Breaking News: Google eyeing data center campus in Goochland’s West Creek  Richmond BizSense

If the tech giant moves forward with the project, it could be built by-right on a parcel within the county's controversial tech overlay district, which encompasses much of West Creek and wouldn't require any additional public hearing process. Left: a map of three of four potential data center developments in Goochland County. Right: a map of the subject property for a potential 1,200-megawatt development within the TOD that Google is seemingly interested in. (Courtesy State Corporation Commission filings) Note: This is an update to a breaking news alert first published Wednesday afternoon. Google has its sights set on Goochland for yet another potential data center project in the Richmond region. The tech giant is considering the purchase of a roughly 1,000-acre site in West Creek Business Park, where it would build a 1,200-megawatt data center campus, the company confirmed Wednesday after a news release from the county.

Because the property sits within the county’s recently approved technology overlay district, or TOD, any data center project on the site would be a by-right use and would not need to go through the public hearing process. Google is in the process of performing due diligence on the property. If it decides to move forward with the project and purchase the land, the next step would be to begin site engineering to develop