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Stack Infrastructure Berry Hill Megasite (Pittsylvania)

Stack Infrastructure Berry Hill Megasite (Pittsylvania)

Planned
Probable

Jurisdiction: US — Virginia (PJM/Dominion)

Berry Hill megasite, Pittsylvania County (Southside VA, ~200mi from Ashburn) — 2,990 acres, 30-year build-out, $73.5B minimum commitment (revised ~$100B); APPALACHIAN POWER territory (not Dominion). Performance agreement approved May 2026; phase-1 land (1,000+ acres) must close by Jun 2027; 299MW grid power must be confirmed by end-2028.

Capacity
GPUs (est.)
Capex
Announced
Target operational

Delivery health score

62.5 /100
62.5/100

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

Schedule

85 /100
85/100

Regulatory

76 /100
76/100

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 Stack Infrastructure Berry Hill Megasite (Pittsylvania) No committed capital evidenced on any entity role — announcement-only anchor region (§B.2.4).
Infrastructure baseline 70 Stack Infrastructure Berry Hill Megasite (Pittsylvania) No-adverse-evidence infrastructure baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines).
Regulatory baseline 70 Stack Infrastructure Berry Hill Megasite (Pittsylvania) No-adverse-evidence regulatory baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines).
Regulatory permit granted +6 Utility Approval Permitting milestone "Utility Approval" achieved on 2026-05-19.
Schedule baseline 80 Stack Infrastructure Berry Hill Megasite (Pittsylvania) No-adverse-evidence schedule baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines).
Schedule milestone achieved +5 Utility Approval Milestone "Utility Approval" achieved on/ahead of its first announced date (2026-05-19).

Milestones

  1. Utility Approval

    Achieved

    Utility approval · Actual:

Constraint observations

No active constraint observations recorded against this project.

Entities & roles

Entity
Role
Ownership
Committed capital
STACK Infrastructure
Developer
Appalachian Power
Utility Provider

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. Cardinal News · Mar 10, 2026 · backs: actual date

    https://cardinalnews.org/2026/03/10/73-billion-project-at-pittsylvania-megasite-would-be-largest-in-southside-history/

  2. Data Center Dynamics · Mar 10, 2026 · backs: status

    https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/stack-commits-735bn-investment-into-data-center-campus-in-berry-hill-virginia/

Signals

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

  1. · WSET · relevance 0.90

  2. · Data Center Dynamics · relevance 0.95

  3. · Cardinal News · relevance 0.70