Data center park developer Tract is looking to develop a second campus outside Richmond, Virginia.

Richmond Bizsense reports that Tract has filed to rezone around 740 acres in Chesterfield County, just outside Colonial Heights.

The company hopes to gain approval to allow the construction of up to 11 data centers totaling around two million square feet (185,805 sqm).

The assemblage includes 16100 Branders Bridge Road and multiple other parcels. Tract is seeking to rezone the land to General Industrial (I-2) from the current Agricultural (A) designation. Further details on the project haven't been shared.

Tract spokesperson Julia Kendall confirmed the company’s interest in the site. She told the publication: “[The site] provides for thoughtful and effective buffers and setbacks to minimize site line impacts and ensure noise statutes are fully met. We are still working on the final site plan, but our experience tells us that less than 20 percent of the site will be developed as data center footprint, leaving significant green space intact.”

The zoning request was filed in November. The company recently held a community meeting on the project. A date for the proposals to go before the county planning commission has not yet been set.

The land, which is located between Branders Bridge Road and Swift Creek, is currently owned by an LLC tied to Tony Lucas, who owns Chesterfield-based general contractor Shoosmith Construction.

DCD has reached out to Tract for more information.

Colorado-based Tract was founded by former Cologix CEO Grant van Rooyen and describes itself as a company that acquires, zones, entitles, and develops ‘master-planned’ data center parks. The company aims to get sites zoned, powered, and shovel-ready for other companies to develop data centers on.

After launching in Nevada, Tract has plans for large-scale campuses across Texas, Virginia, Arizona, Minnesota (x2), and Utah.

The company has one existing site in development in Virginia, outside Richmond in Hanover County. At full build, Tract’s Hanover Technology Park will support up to 2.4 GW of capacity across 1,200 acres. News of the project first surfaced in late 2023; planning documents suggest up to 46 buildings may be developed on the site.

Tract’s parent, Tract Capital, recently launched a dedicated data center developer, known as Fleet DC.

DCD spoke to Tract’s Grant van Rooyen for Issue 53 of DCD>Magazine. Read the interview here.