Newport Equities, an affiliate of Province Group, has achieved rezoning approval for a 180-acre data center campus project in Powhatan County, Va., a suburb of Richmond.
According to an announcement from JLL, the County Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning application for a 60-acre data center site, which follows an earlier approval for an adjacent 120-acre property. Together, the two parcels create an 180-acre data center campus dubbed Powhatan Technology Park. The proposed data center campus, located about 15 miles west of Richmond’s Central Business District, has multiple transmission lines on site.
“The unanimous approval from Powhatan County Board of Supervisors sends a powerful message,” said Mark Kerslake, CEO of Province Group/Newport Equities. “While other jurisdictions have pumped the brakes on data center development, Powhatan has welcomed this opportunity with open arms. This stands out as a great example of what a strong public-private partners
