id: google-skye-chesterfield
name: Google Project Skye
operator: google
status: announced
location:
  country: US
  state: VA
  county: Chesterfield
  locality: Moseley
  address: 4200 Moseley Rd
metrics:
  land_acres: 887.7
  buildings: 5
announced_date: "2025-08-28"
first_seen: "2026-07-05"
last_updated: "2026-07-05"
confidence: high
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/details-revealed-for-googles-project-skye-data-center-campus-in-chesterfield-county-virginia/
    title: "Details revealed for Google's Project Skye data center campus in Chesterfield County, Virginia"
    publisher: Data Center Dynamics
    date: "2026-06-29"
  - 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"
signals:
  - sig-20260705-skye-acres-county
  - sig-20260705-skye-acres-dcd
  - sig-20260705-skye-buildings
  - sig-20260705-skye-location
  - sig-20260705-skye-status
notes: >
  Upper Magnolia Green property. Acreage reported as 887.7 (DCD, June 2026, used
  here as more specific/newer) and ~880 (county). Planned as five data center
  buildings plus three substations; buildings=5 records the DC count.
  Skye + Loch (~1,200 acres) bought for ~$60M in 2025. As of June 2026 the site
  is in USACE regulatory/wetlands permitting (public notice NAO-2026-00282,
  referenced but usace.army.mil blocked automated fetch); status kept at
  announced since permits are in process, not granted.