Sites / VA

Hopewell data center (former Green Plains ethanol plant)

Status: announced · Confidence: medium · Announced: 2026-07-10

Facts

Signal 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.

Sources

• Hopewell weighs data center at former ethanol plant site — Virginia Business, 2026-07-10

Signals

Raw observations behind this record (4): sig-20260711-hopewell-greenplains-building-sqft, sig-20260711-hopewell-greenplains-capacity-mw, sig-20260711-hopewell-greenplains-location, sig-20260711-hopewell-greenplains-status

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