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QTS White Oak Expansion (RIC4/RIC5, Henrico)

QTS White Oak Expansion (RIC4/RIC5, Henrico)

Permitted
Confirmed

Jurisdiction: US — Virginia (PJM/Dominion)

White Oak Technology Park, Henrico County (Richmond metro, ~80mi from Ashburn) — two expansion campuses adding 17 buildings / ~8M sq ft (RIC4 3.7M sq ft development-plan approved, initial site work started; RIC5 4.1M sq ft in FAST-41/Army Corps permitting through ~Jun 2027) next to QTS's existing 16-facility, 3M+ sq ft hub.

Capacity
—
GPUs (est.)
—
Capex
—
Announced
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Target operational
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Delivery health score

63 /100
63/100

Methodology prs-v0.1 · computed · trigger: scheduled

Schedule

80 /100
80/100

Regulatory

70 /100
70/100

Infrastructure

70 /100
70/100

Capital

40 /100
40/100

Why this score — factor breakdown

Each factor below contributed to the current score. Contributions are rubric weights from methodology prs-v0.1; every factor cites the record it is derived from.

Dimension
Factor
Contribution
Cites
Narrative
Capital baseline 40 QTS White Oak Expansion (RIC4/RIC5, Henrico) No committed capital evidenced on any entity role — announcement-only anchor region (§B.2.4).
Regulatory baseline 70 QTS White Oak Expansion (RIC4/RIC5, Henrico) No-adverse-evidence regulatory baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines).
Infrastructure baseline 70 QTS White Oak Expansion (RIC4/RIC5, Henrico) No-adverse-evidence infrastructure baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines).
Schedule baseline 80 QTS White Oak Expansion (RIC4/RIC5, Henrico) No-adverse-evidence schedule baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines).

Milestones

No milestones recorded for this project yet.

Constraint observations

No active constraint observations recorded against this project.

Entities & roles

Entity
Role
Ownership
Committed capital
QTS
Developer
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HITT Contracting
General Contractor
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Sources & citations

Every substantive field on this record is backed by a canonical claim from a cited source document, graded on the E1 (strongest) – E5 (weakest) evidence ladder.

  1. E4
    Richmond BizSense - Data center giant QTS progressing on 1,100-acre expansion that would add 17 buildings to its Henrico hub

    Richmond BizSense · May 18, 2026 · backs: status

    https://richmondbizsense.com/2026/05/18/data-center-giant-qts-preparing-1100-acre-expansion-that-would-add-17-buildings-to-its-henrico-hub/

Signals

Recent ingested source documents linked to this project via extracted claims or triage mentions, newest first.

  1. E4
    Construction Review Online - Major 17-Building Data Center Expansion Planned at White Oak Technology Park in Henrico County

    · Construction Review Online · relevance 0.90

  2. E4
    Richmond BizSense - Data center giant QTS progressing on 1,100-acre expansion that would add 17 buildings to its Henrico hub

    · Richmond BizSense · relevance 0.90

  3. E1
    First Data Center Project Gains Permitting Council's FAST-41 Coverage

    www.permitting.gov · relevance 0.70