Sites / VA / Chesterfield
Google Project Loch
Status: announced · Confidence: medium · Announced: 2025-08-28
Facts
| Operator | Google (hyperscaler) |
|---|---|
| Location | 750 Watkins Centre Parkway, Midlothian, Chesterfield, VA |
| Land | 350 acres |
| First recorded | 2026-07-05 |
| Last updated | 2026-07-05 |
Signal 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.
Sources
- In Google, Chesterfield landed the 'Rolls-Royce of data center operators' — Chesterfield County government, 2025-08-28
- Google to invest $9bn in Virginia data centers, plans new campus in Chesterfield County — Data Center Dynamics, 2025-08-28
Signals
Raw observations behind this record (3):
sig-20260705-loch-acres,
sig-20260705-loch-location,
sig-20260705-loch-status
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