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description: Is Chester a good data center market for power? DCPI verdict AVOID, score 22.4/100 (PJM), as of 2026-11-12. Grid, queue and deal context for 300+ markets.
title: "Chester data centers: power, grid and capacity | DC Hub"
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# Chester data center market

Power availability in Chester: DCPI verdict AVOID, composite score 22.4 of 100, as of 2026-11-12. Source: DC Hub.

Data Center Market Deep-Dive · 215 words · generated 2026-11-07 from live DC Hub data · DCPI live as of 2026-11-12

**Question this page answers:** How much power is available in the Chester data center market?

**Answer it live over MCP:** `execute_plan(intent="how much power is available in the Chester market for a data center")`

**Cite as:** DC Hub (dchub.cloud), as of [the as_of date on the result].

DCPI Score**22.4/100**

MW, all listings**0**any status, unverified listings included

Verdict**AVOID**

## Colocation lease rates in Chester

DC Hub does not hold a lease-rate figure for this market yet.

Chester operates as a fragmented market with seven tracked facilities across four operators. PowerHouse commands the largest presence with two sites, while CoreWeave, Digital Fortress, and nLighten HQ BV each operate single facilities. The market has recorded no recent deal activity in the tracked period, and only one of the seven sites reports megawatt capacity to the monitoring infrastructure—a data gap that limits precision on aggregate footprint.

The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects acute friction in power procurement.

Operator concentration is low relative to facility count. No single operator dominates; the two-site PowerHouse footprint is modest compared to hyperscale-dominated regions. Without deal flow, operator strategies remain opaque—no signals indicate expansion, consolidation, or retrenchment among Chester's four operators.

## Data centers in Chester

| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [CoreWeave Chester VA](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/coreweave-coreweave-chester-va-6d23f7bb) | CoreWeave | Operational |  |
| [Digital Fortress: Richmond](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/digital-fortress-digital-fortress-richmond-6eb254aa) | Digital Fortress | Operational |  |

Largest first by reported MW (blank where not reported). Unverified directory listings are not shown.

Browse every data center in [Virginia](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/in/us/virginia).

## More on Chester

- [Chester DCPI score](https://dchub.cloud/dcpi/chester)
- [Chester market brief](https://dchub.cloud/markets/chester/brief)
- [Virginia data center market brief](https://dchub.cloud/states/virginia/brief)
- [Virginia data center tax incentives](https://dchub.cloud/states/virginia/data-center-incentives)

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