Data center project · Henrico, Virginia
Meta Henrico data center campus
Operating · Meta's 2.4 million sq ft campus in White Oak Technology Park opened in phases from 2017, and the company bought 475 more acres across Portugee Road in 2022 for two more buildings. Also known as: Project Echo, Project Tropical.
- Status
- Operating · as of April 6, 2025
- Location
- White Oak Technology Park, 6200 and 7301 Technology Blvd., Sandston · Henrico
- Power
- Not reported
No source opened gives a power figure for Meta's Henrico campus. - Floor area
- 2,400,000 sq ft
- Land
- 800 acres
Meta owns just over 800 acres in the park, including 475 acres bought in 2022. - Investment
- More than $1 billion for the first campus (reported)
- Developer and team
- Meta Platforms (through Scout Development LLC)
- End user
- Meta
- Utility
- Dominion Energy
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- 50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Updates, newest first
- April 6, 2025 Local reporting described Meta's Henrico data center in White Oak Technology Park as completed about two years earlier. (The Richmonder, April 6, 2025)
- Nov. 2022 Conceptual plans for 'Project Tropical,' two data centers and three support buildings, were filed with the county. (Richmond BizSense, Nov. 28, 2022)
- Oct. 31, 2022 A Meta-linked entity bought 475 acres at 3951 Portugee Road from Henrico's Economic Development Authority for $35.3 million. (Richmond BizSense, Nov. 28, 2022)
Conflicts and open questions
- Whether Project Tropical on Portugee Road has been built was not confirmed; no source after 2022 describing it was found.
- The 800-acre figure is Meta's total landholding in the park as of 2022; The Richmonder describes the existing facility as 130 acres.
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