LS Power Doswell Data Center Campus

AI data center in Ashland, VA, United States: cancelled.

Status: Cancelled

LS Power withdrew the zoning request for this campus at 10165 Old Ridge Road in June 2026 and has not filed a replacement application. The plan on file with Hanover County showed three or four data center buildings on 200 acres, powered from the neighbouring Doswell Energy Center. Source: Richmond BizSense, 2026-06-26.

Paused and cancelled projects stay listed in the directory but are not counted in state totals, capacity totals or rankings.

LS Power Doswell Data Center Campus is a AI data center project located in Ashland, VA, United States, currently cancelled. It was being developed by LS Power. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across VA, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.

Project description

LS Power filed a PJM agreement to sell up to 300 MW behind the meter from its Doswell gas plant to a planned data center campus of up to five buildings; ODEC protested. The 300 MW is a power sale, not a stated campus IT load.

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Frequently asked questions

What is LS Power Doswell Data Center Campus?
LS Power Doswell Data Center Campus is an AI data center project in Ashland, Virginia tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is cancelled. A cancelled campus stays listed with its source, but is never counted in state totals, capacity totals or rankings.
Where is LS Power Doswell Data Center Campus?
LS Power Doswell Data Center Campus is in Ashland, Virginia. Every tracked Virginia campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/virginia.
Who is building LS Power Doswell Data Center Campus?
LS Power was developing LS Power Doswell Data Center Campus.

Sources

  1. LS Power eyes 300-MW colocated data center at Virginia power plant (utilitydive.com · press · 2025-04-07)
  2. One data center project pulled and another delayed in Hanover, as supervisors reinstitute equipment tax (richmondbizsense.com · press · 2026-06-26)
  3. Virginia Business (virginiabusiness.com · press · 2026-06-26)