PowerHouse / Chirisa Digital Drive (Meadowville)
200 MW AI data center in Chester, VA, United States: under construction.
- Capacity: 200 MW
- Location: Chester, VA, United States
- Developer: PowerHouse Data Centers & Chirisa Technology Parks
- Tenant: CoreWeave
- Status: under construction
PowerHouse / Chirisa Digital Drive (Meadowville) is a 200 MW AI data center project located in Chester, VA, United States, currently under construction. It is being built by PowerHouse Data Centers & Chirisa Technology Parks for tenant CoreWeave. 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
At Meadowville, Digital Drive is a 104-acre, five-building AI-ready campus of 600,000+ sq ft with 300 MW secured from the adjacent Meadowville substation. Developers said construction would start immediately, with the first facility delivered in 2026 and the full campus in 2028.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is PowerHouse / Chirisa Digital Drive (Meadowville)?
- PowerHouse / Chirisa Digital Drive (Meadowville) is an AI data center project in Chester, Virginia tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is under construction.
- Where is PowerHouse / Chirisa Digital Drive (Meadowville)?
- PowerHouse / Chirisa Digital Drive (Meadowville) is in Chester, Virginia. Every tracked Virginia campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/virginia.
- How big is PowerHouse / Chirisa Digital Drive (Meadowville)?
- Data Center Index tracks PowerHouse / Chirisa Digital Drive (Meadowville) at 200 MW. The developer or the press states that capacity, in a source dated January 5, 2026.
- Who is building PowerHouse / Chirisa Digital Drive (Meadowville)?
- PowerHouse Data Centers & Chirisa Technology Parks is developing PowerHouse / Chirisa Digital Drive (Meadowville), with CoreWeave named as the tenant.
- When will PowerHouse / Chirisa Digital Drive (Meadowville) come online?
- The next building at PowerHouse / Chirisa Digital Drive (Meadowville) is expected online 2027. That date is the first building going live, not the full build-out.
Sources
- Chirisa Technology Parks and PowerHouse Data Centers to Launch Next-Generation Hyperscale Campus in Chesterfield County (chirisatechnologyparks.com · press · 2024-09-26)
- Data Center Dynamics (datacenterdynamics.com · press · 2024-09-27)
- Chirisa Richmond LLC - Stationary Source Permit (Reg. No. 52432) (deq.virginia.gov · public record · 2026-04-09)
- Richmond BizSense (richmondbizsense.com · press · 2026-01-05)
- Chesterfield County (chesterfield.gov · public record · 2026-07-31)
- Richmond BizSense (richmondbizsense.com · press · 2026-07-31)
- w.media (press · 2026-01-05)