Here are the plans for Google's Chesterfield data center campus
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A Google data center in Papillion, Nebraska. Photo: Misty Prochaska for The Washington Post via Getty Images
Google filed plans last week for "Project Peanut" — aka the large data center it's developing in Chesterfield County near Meadowville Technology Park.
Why it matters: The plans offer locals the most details yet about the project — the first of three data centers Google hopes to build in the county.
Zoom in: The project calls for:
- A total of 855,846 square-feet of data centers, spread across three buildings.
- 345 parking spaces.
- Google hasn't shared how many jobs it expects the project to create, per Virginia Business.
Stunning stat: At 307 acres, the data center is more than twice the size of Short Pump Town Center, which sits on 147 acres.
Catch up quick: The facility has been in the works since 2020 when a buyer registered as Peanut LLC bought the site for $18.1 million, BizSense reported.
- Gov. Youngkin revealed Google's connection to Project Peanut over the summer as part of the tech giant's planned $9 billion investment in Virginia data centers through 2026.
- The location: 2700 Bermuda Hundred Road, next to the Lego factory-anchored Meadowville Technology Park.
What's next: Construction is expected to begin this year and may take 18 to 24 months.
- Google is also eyeing two other county sites for data centers: 880 acres in Moseley and 350 acres near Westchester Commons.
- BizSense says Moseley's been dubbed "Project Skye" and Westchester, "Project Loch."