id: green-plains-hopewell
name: "Hopewell data center (former Green Plains ethanol plant)"
status: announced
location:
  country: US
  state: VA
  locality: Hopewell
  address: "701 6th Ave., Hopewell, Virginia"
metrics:
  capacity_mw: 20
  land_acres: 55
announced_date: "2026-07-10"
first_seen: "2026-07-14"
last_updated: "2026-07-14"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://virginiabusiness.com/hopewell-considers-data-center-former-ethanol-plant/
    title: "Hopewell weighs data center at former ethanol plant site"
    publisher: Virginia Business
    date: "2026-07-10"
signals:
  - sig-20260711-hopewell-greenplains-building-sqft
  - sig-20260711-hopewell-greenplains-capacity-mw
  - sig-20260711-hopewell-greenplains-location
  - sig-20260711-hopewell-greenplains-status
notes: >-
  Proposed — a Volterra Advisors case study with the city and property
  owners found the former Green Plains ethanol plant site conducive for a
  small data center, which would be Hopewell's first. Status resolved to
  `announced` (proposed, no permit/construction reported).
  building_sqft omitted: the only figure is a Volterra founder estimate
  range of about 50,000–70,000 sq ft, which cannot be represented as a
  single plain number — kept here in notes. capacity_mw ~20 and
  land_acres 55 are likewise founder/owner estimates from the single
  source. capacity_mw_basis omitted (source says "electrical power",
  not IT-load vs utility). Site purchased by NS Development Partners and
  advised by Volterra Advisors; neither has a canonical-entities id, so
  operator and developer are omitted — both need entities entries if
  they recur. Single source, hence medium confidence.