Dedicated Power in Virginia
The nation's densest data-center market needs power from beyond its traditional corridors. Southwest Virginia is positioned to supply it.
Why Southwest Virginia
Virginia hosts the largest concentration of data centers in the world - and its established corridors face the same constraint as every mature market: power availability on acceptable timelines. Growth is moving toward regions that can pair land with generation.
Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia sit inside the PJM footprint, with access to natural-gas infrastructure and proximity to data-center growth corridors - the combination dedicated behind-the-meter generation needs.
PJM
Same wholesale market footprint as the established Virginia corridors
Gas Access
Natural-gas infrastructure within reach of developable land
Smartland's Virginia Activity
Regional Site Evaluation
Active evaluation of Tazewell County and Southwest Virginia opportunities as part of the development pipeline.
Read the update →Pure Salmon Precedent
Southwest Virginia already hosts large, power-intensive projects - including the Pure Salmon aquaculture facility our team has covered.
Read the analysis →Capacity for 2028
Initial capacity is targeted to come online in Q3 2028, reserved in sequence at a defined Point of Delivery.
How reservation works →Built for Large Loads
The platform serves 100-300 MW air-cooled deployments and up to 400 MW for liquid-cooled, high-density AI infrastructure - N+2 architecture, modular 10 MW RICE generation, A/B power at the POD, and a contract-backed SLA written for procurement, lender, and investor diligence.
Also Evaluating
Virginia is one node in an active multi-state pipeline: eastern Ohio pairs gas pipeline access with industrial-zoned land and energy-community eligibility, and additional sites are under review in the current initiatives.