Sites / VA / Hanover
Iron Horse Business Park data center campus
Status: announced · Confidence: medium · Announced: 2024-05
Facts
| Developer | WestDulles Properties |
|---|---|
| Location | Ashland, Hanover, VA |
| Land | 230 acres |
| First recorded | 2026-07-05 |
| Last updated | 2026-07-05 |
Signal 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.
Sources
- WestDulles Properties files for 3 million sq ft data center park outside Richmond, Virginia — Data Center Dynamics, 2024-05-17
- Iron Horse data center proposal deferred in Hanover County — WWBT NBC12, 2026-06-19
Signals
Raw observations behind this record (6):
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