900 Megawatts in Goochland: Why Virginians Are Suing

Buckle up, Virginia – another massive data center complex is coming, and residents in Goochland County just outside Richmond are already suing their own Board of Supervisors over it.

The proposed Tuckahoe Creek project spans 872 acres with 900 megawatts of capacity – enough electricity to power roughly 750,000 average U.S. homes. That’s far more than the entire county’s roughly 10,000 homes. The development includes diesel backup generators that fire up during peak demand, raising serious concerns about air quality, property values, drinking water competition, and skyrocketing power bills passed on to ratepayers.

Governor Spanberger frames continued data center expansion as an “equity” issue, arguing other parts of Virginia deserve the same benefits as Northern Virginia while preserving tax breaks worth nearly $2 billion annually. But locals say this isn’t about fairness – it’s about quality of life and corporate giveaways subsidized by Virginia families.

This isn’t just a NIMBY or environmentalist fight anymore. Conservatives and Republicans nationwide are pushing back hard. In Utah, a Republican Senate President lost his primary over a massive data center. In Florida and Texas, GOP governors like Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott are demanding data centers pay full freight for power, water, and infrastructure.

Uriah Kiser breaks down the Virginian-Pilot reporting, the bipartisan backlash, and what this means for your electricity rates and communities across the Commonwealth.

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Sources:

https://www.pilotonline.com/2026/06/27/goochland-data-center-campus/

https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/06/28/are-republicans-souring-on-data-centers/

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