id: google-loch-chesterfield
name: Google Project Loch
operator: google
status: announced
location:
  country: US
  state: VA
  county: Chesterfield
  locality: Midlothian
  address: 750 Watkins Centre Parkway
metrics:
  land_acres: 350
announced_date: "2025-08-28"
first_seen: "2026-07-05"
last_updated: "2026-07-05"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://www.chesterfield.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=6383
    title: "In Google, Chesterfield landed the 'Rolls-Royce of data center operators'"
    publisher: Chesterfield County government
    date: "2025-08-28"
  - url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/google-to-invest-9bn-in-virginia-data-centers-plans-new-campus-in-chesterfield-county/
    title: "Google to invest $9bn in Virginia data centers, plans new campus in Chesterfield County"
    publisher: Data Center Dynamics
    date: "2025-08-28"
notes: >
  350-acre section of Watkins Centre South near Route 288, held for future
  development. Google stated it had no plans to develop Loch (or the adjacent
  Skye) "right now" as of the Aug 2025 announcement. Loch + Skye (~1,200 acres)
  were bought for ~$60M in 2025.
signals:
  - sig-20260705-loch-acres
  - sig-20260705-loch-location
  - sig-20260705-loch-status