Etheridge Lakes Data Center (Great Bridge)
Emerald Lakes Estates (Doug Fuller) · Chesapeake, VA · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- CancelledSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 36.68061281906499, -76.18817902157426
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Dominion Energy VirginiaView utility impact evidence
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-08-26
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Cancelled
cancelled per City of Chesapeake Department of Planning, Rezoning Case PLN-REZ-2025-002 (Etheridge Lakes Data Center)
Underlying source
Source notes
22.6-acre parcel on west side of Centerville Turnpike, south of Etheridge Manor Boulevard, Great Bridge area of Chesapeake. Developer Doug Fuller (Emerald Lakes Estates) sought rezoning from agricultural to light industrial; proposed 350,000 sq ft, 35 ft tall, 24/7 staffed facility. City Council denied the rezoning request unanimously. Separately, in July 2026 the Chesapeake Planning Commission recommended a citywide data-center zoning ordinance/policy (conditional use in industrial districts + Fentress Airfield Overlay only) — this is a policy change, not a site-specific candidate, and is not included here. As of July 2026, no other active Chesapeake DC site rezoning was found. Coordinates are approximate (Centerville Turnpike/Great Bridge area); the exact parcel had not been geocoded from GIS as of July 2026. Chesapeake City Council denied the rezoning 7-0 on 2025-06-17 (Planning Commission had recommended denial 6-1). Recorded as a cancelled proposal.
Sources and provenance
- City of Chesapeake Department of Planning, Rezoning Case PLN-REZ-2025-002 (Etheridge Lakes Data Center) · source retrieved 2026-07-17
- Chesapeake City Council rejects massive data center · source retrieved 2026-07-17
- Chesapeake City Council rejects land rezoning proposal for Virginia data center · source retrieved 2026-07-17
- City Planning Commission rejects Chesapeake data center · source retrieved 2026-07-17
- HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · source retrieved 2026-07-23
- PLN-REZ-2025-002 Etheridge Lakes Data Center rezoning application (mirror) · source retrieved 2026-08-26
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.