Google Reveals Details of Project Skye Data Center Campus in Virginia
June 29, 2026
Google Reveals Details of Project Skye Data Center Campus in Virginia
Google has disclosed new details about its planned "Project Skye" data center campus in Chesterfield County, Virginia, through a filing with the US Army Corps of Engineers. The project underscores the company's aggressive expansion in a state that has become a critical hub for cloud infrastructure.
Project Skye will be situated on an 887.7-acre parcel of land south of Genito Road, east of Moseley Road, and north of Duval Road, according to the filing. The company plans to develop five data center buildings on the site, alongside three substations, as well as supporting infrastructure including parking, roads, utilities, and stormwater management facilities.
Chesterfield County, located just southwest of Richmond in central-eastern Virginia, has been a focal point for Google’s regional investment. The company first announced its intent to develop in the county in 2025 as part of a broader $9 billion investment program across Virginia. While news of the campus has been circulating since at least November 2025, the latest filing provides the first comprehensive look at the scale and layout of the project.
Beyond Project Skye, Google is advancing two other data center initiatives in Chesterfield County: Project Loch, on land near Midlothian west of Route 288 and south of Route 60, between Otterdale Road and Old Hundred Road; and Project Peanut, located near the Meadowville Technology Park outside Richmond. These projects are part of a larger statewide footprint that includes a cloud region launched in Virginia in 2017. Google purchased land in Chesterfield County that same year and completed its first self-built facilities in the state in 2019. It subsequently opened a second facility in Loudoun County in 2021 and a third in Prince William County in 2023.
The company’s Virginia investments extend beyond these campuses. In March 2024, a Google-linked entity, Sharpless Enterprises, secured approval for a 181-acre data center campus in Bristow, Virginia. More recently, in June 2025, Google acquired land in Botetourt County, west of Lynchburg, near the Virginia-West Virginia border.
The flurry of activity in Virginia reflects a broader trend among hyperscale cloud providers racing to secure land and power for AI and cloud computing workloads. With multiple campuses under development in a single county, Google is positioning itself to meet surging demand while navigating local permitting and environmental review processes.
Source: datacenterdynamics
