id: westdulles-iron-horse
name: Iron Horse Business Park data center campus
developer: westdulles
status: announced
location:
  country: US
  state: VA
  county: Hanover
  locality: Ashland
metrics:
  land_acres: 230
announced_date: "2024-05"
first_seen: "2026-07-05"
last_updated: "2026-07-05"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/westdulles-properties-files-for-3-million-sq-ft-data-center-park-outside-richmond-virginia/
    title: "WestDulles Properties files for 3 million sq ft data center park outside Richmond, Virginia"
    publisher: Data Center Dynamics
    date: "2024-05-17"
  - url: https://www.12onyourside.com/2026/06/19/iron-horse-data-center-proposal-deferred-hanover-county/
    title: "Iron Horse data center proposal deferred in Hanover County"
    publisher: WWBT NBC12
    date: "2026-06-19"
signals:
  - sig-20260705-iron-horse-announced-date
  - sig-20260705-iron-horse-building-sqft
  - sig-20260705-iron-horse-buildings
  - sig-20260705-iron-horse-developer
  - sig-20260705-iron-horse-land-acres
  - sig-20260705-iron-horse-status
notes: >
  Still a live/pending application (kept as announced, not cancelled).
  230-acre site split ~60/40 between Town of Ashland and Hanover County;
  Ashland approved its portion Oct 2024, Hanover supervisors denied the
  Hanover portion Dec 2024; WestDulles refiled a revised, scaled-back
  Hanover-side application in 2025 (Richmond BizSense, fetch blocked).
  The current rezoning was deferred at the June 2026 Planning Commission
  and returns July 16, 2026 — outcome unknown as of 2026-07-05.
  building_sqft and buildings omitted: data-center option was 2.5-3M sqft
  across 10-12 buildings with an on-site substation, vs an alternative
  1.9M sqft mixed-industrial plan; ranges/alternatives not reducible to a
  single number, so left blank. Pending Hanover ask is ~78 acres of the
  full campus concept.