Google is considering a 1.2GW data center on roughly 1,000 acres at the West Creek Business Park in Goochland County, Virginia, according to an unsealed NDA reported by WRIC. The site sits off Route 6 and Hockett Road. No firm plans exist yet, and Google is still conducting due diligence. Clay Allsop, a Google regional public affairs manager, said the company is committed to working transparently with residents and local government leaders. Resident Cynthia Haas raised concerns about noise, pollution and lighting.
A 1.2GW campus would be a very large load for a single county west of Richmond. A second developer, Tract, is also pursuing an 872-acre, 900MW campus nearby with more than $3 billion in potential investment, so two gigawatt-scale proposals are taking shape in the same area. The county's Board of Supervisors already approved a Technology Overlay District and Technology Zone to attract such investment, and resident concern is already surfacing.
Named hyperscaler (Google), a specific US site, and a gigawatt-scale capacity figure in the headline. This is a major new campus proposal and ranked highest among today's construction items.