Meta Henrico Data Center, in order
What happened with this project, oldest first: the stages it reached, what the county and its cities decided, and every dated step on the record. Each entry links its source.
5 events, October 2017 to September 7, 2026. Also on the record, under the month each belongs to: 1 statement, 2 figures from other sources and 2 lines that are not events of their own. The facts, newest first: the record; the place: Virginia.
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Stages
2017 1 event
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(the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 7, 2026)
Entry
In October 2017, Meta announced plans to invest $750 million initially. [2]
2018 2 events
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(the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 7, 2026)
Entry
Site work began in February 2018. [2]
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(the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 7, 2026)
Entry
Meta announced a $1 billion additional investment in September 2018 for three new 500,000 square foot buildings. [2]
2023 1 event
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(the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 7, 2026)
Entry
The Henrico Data Center campus was completed in 2023. [2]
2026 1 event
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
running
In 2017, Meta began searching for a site for its eighth East Coast data center. [2]
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Also in September 2026: 1 statement, 2 figures from other sources and 2 lines that are not events of their own
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Entry
The first phase went online in August 2020. [2]
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(said in the source itself)
Statement · Rachel Peterson, Vice President for Data Center Strategy, Meta
Rachel Peterson is Vice President for Data Center Strategy at Meta. VEDP primary source
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Figure · VEDP
2,000,000,000 USD: Total Meta investment in the Henrico Data Center: $2 billion ($750 million initial plus $1 billion additional). VEDP primary source
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Figure · VEDP
200 jobs: Meta created 200 new jobs in Virginia with the data center. VEDP primary source
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(the day the page was read; it gives no date of its own)
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Meta lists Meta Henrico Data Center at Henrico, Virginia on its own page of data center locations, read September 14, 2026. [1]
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On the timeline: a stage change; an entry that reports an act on the day the source or its own sentence gives; and a decision, a published scorecard event on a row at or under the record's county, that reports an act. Under the months: a statement that names this record, a figure another source gave about it, matched by place and developer, an entry dated only by the day its source was published, and an entry or a decision that describes rather than reports an act. Each is on the record in its own right and keeps its own link.
For researchers
- Slug
- meta-henrico-data-center-va
- Status value
- operational
- Events on the timeline
- 5
- Under the months
- 5
- Stage changes
- 1
- Decisions
- 0
- Statements
- 1
- Figures
- 2
- Entries and decisions under the months
- 2