Richmond Campus is a data center operated by QTS (Blackstone) in Richmond, VA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 300.0 MW and is currently under construction. It sits in the Richmond data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 20.1-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 Richmond — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Richmond — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Richmond's data center footprint comprises 30 tracked facilities totaling 710 MW, concentrated among five operators with Flexential holding the largest portfolio at four sites. The market exhibits a fragmented operator base, with QTS Blackstone, EdgeConneX, CenturyLink Richmond, and EdgeConneX Inc. each maintaining smaller presences. No material M&A activity has been recorded in the tracked market during the analysis period, suggesting limited recent consolidation momentum. The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects material structural constraints that should deter acquisition-stage investors. An excess-power score of 47/100 indicates tight utilization ratios with limited white-space for new capacity deployment, while the constraint score of 52/100 signals meaningful infrastructure bottlenecks—most critically, power interconnection and distribution limitations that will inhibit growth…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 36 operating generating units totalling 3,553 MW within about 50 km of Richmond, 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.
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