PowerHouse Digital Drive (Chesterfield) is a data center operated by PowerHouse Data Centers in Chesterfield, VA, US. The facility is currently under construction. It sits in the Chester data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 30.9-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Chester — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Chester — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Chester's data center market remains nascent and severely undercapitalized. Seven tracked facilities operate across the region, but they collectively represent zero megawatts of deployable capacity—a material gap that signals either early-stage development, incomplete reporting, or fundamental infrastructure deficits. PowerHouse operates two sites, the largest footprint in the market, while CoreWeave, Digital Fortress, nLighten HQ BV, and an unidentified operator each maintain single facilities. The absence of any recent M&A activity underscores investor hesitancy toward the region. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is unambiguous and rooted in twin constraints. An excess-power score of 47/100 indicates the grid cannot reliably support incremental hyperscale demand, while a constraint rating of 44/100 signals acute transmission or interconnection bottlenecks. This pairing—neither metric…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 35 operating generating units totalling 3,432 MW within about 50 km of Chesterfield, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
Comparable facilities in Chesterfield tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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