Tract Hanover Technology Park
A developer campus by Tract in Ashland, VA, on the PJM grid. Status: approved.
Grid and gas impact
At full buildout this campus is announced at 2,400 MW. After phasing to 2030 and weighting by build stage, the index expects about 936 MW running by 2030. That is about 0.6% of the PJM 2025 summer peak (160,000 MW).
At that level it would use about 6,150 GWh of electricity a year, roughly what 570,000 US homes use (EIA average of about 10,800 kWh per home), and add about 73.2 MMcf/d of natural gas burn on an average day, counting both on-site generation and the region's gas-fired power plants.
Its rating is driven by grid load: power is expected to come mostly from the utility grid, so the effect shows up in transmission, capacity and generation needs, and in the gas burned by the region's power plants. Rated 4 of 4 bolts. Outlined bolts mean the campus is approved, announced or proposed and may not be built as planned.
Latest update. Hanover supervisors rezoned the 1,200-acre park (Hickory Hill Rd) in April 2024. Status raised from Announced.
Fact sheet
- Index ID
- DC-039
- Campus
- Tract Hanover Technology Park
- Developer / tenant
- Tract
- Segment
- Developer campus
- Location
- Ashland, VA
- State / province
- Virginia
- Country
- United States
- Metro
- Richmond
- Grid region
- PJM
- Electric utility
- Dominion Energy Virginia
- Status
- Approved (counts 65% toward 2030)
- Online / target
- Not disclosed
- Announced capacity
- 2,400 MW (Campus potential)
- Expected load by 2030
- 936 MW (index estimate)
- Annual energy at expected load
- about 6,150 GWh
- Power supply
- Grid (Dominion)
- Added gas burn, average day
- 73.2 MMcf/d (index estimate)
- Impact rating
- (4 of 4; scale)
- Confidence
- B (Several consistent sources)
- Last reviewed
- November 3, 2026
Sources
- Largest US data centers by reported powerdcmap.us · accessed Oct 2026Secondary
- U.S. data center trackerElectricchoice · accessed Oct 2026Secondary
- Hanover County, Va. OKs 1,200-acre data center project near AshlandSouthern Business & Development · Apr 4, 2024
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How to cite
Data Center Index (datacenterindex.info), Discovery Energy. "Tract Hanover Technology Park" (DC-039), https://datacenterindex.info/campuses/dc-039-tract-hanover-technology-park/, updated November 3, 2026.