Chester, Virginia, United States
CoreWeave Chester VA is an operational AI data center with AI chips owned by CoreWeave and used by OpenAI (speculative). It hosts an estimated 88k H100-equivalents of compute, supported by 82 MW of IT power at a capital cost of $3.1 B. In Q2 2027, we project it to rise to 126k H100-eq compute, 113 MW IT power and a cost of $4.3 B. We estimate that it uses Nvidia H100 and Nvidia B200 chips.
The timeline of IT power and compute capacity is based on satellite imagery and company disclosures.
Chirisa secured $200 million to fit out this CoreWeave-leased facility, reported as a 27 MW site on a 12-year lease.
Satellite imagery
CURRENT COMPUTE
88k H100-eq
1.75e20 8-bit OP/s
PROJECTED
126k H100-eq
2.49e20 8-bit OP/s
CURRENT IT POWER
82 MW
PROJECTED IT POWER
113 MW
CURRENT COST
$3.1 B
PROJECTED COST
$4.3 B
Conversion starts at CTP-01 (Building 1). The data center was formerly owned by Capital One, now leased to CoreWeave. Source: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/chirisa-secures-200-million-loan-to-fit-out-virginia-data-center-for-coreweave/
Building 1's second data hall scheduled to come online this month.
Building 1 is scheduled to be fully online by this point, so I count the full 27 MW here.
Satellite imagery shows Building 1 complete, with Building 2's yard work and early construction visible. Building 3 hasn't started yet, since the old building is still there.
Based on satellite imagery, Building 3 has cleared its land and is beginning construction. Building 2 is operational judging from the colored motion artifacts on the cooling tower fans.
Buildings 3 is estimated complete by the end of Q1 2027, based on the current PowerHouse schedule. Added another three months to account for commissioning and server installation.