Hunting Hawk Technology Park – Wyndham Data Center Update

Updated: 10/20/25 – Hanover County has provided comments to HHHunt (Loch Levan Land Partnership, LLC) on their proposal. VDOT has also submitted comments to Hanover and the developer requiring the traffic study comments to be addressed and resubmitted. Hanover has engaged a third party traffic analyst because of the concerns offered by VDOT. The applicant has until December 12 to respond, with a tentative date for the Planning Commission meeting set for January 15.  Per their normal process, Hanover will not schedule a public hearing until HHHunt completes their developer meeting and responds to the letter including addressing VDOT’s concerns. 

In early September, we learned that developer HHHunt had filed paperwork in Hanover County to pursue rezoning for a data center adjacent to Wyndham.

If built as promoted by HHHunt, this facility will be a hyperscale data center designed to support 900 megawatts of power.  Fully operational, it would be the 3^rd largest in the United States today by megawatts. This is an enormous data center with significant water usage, significant pollution, and significant noise.

The Voluntary Proffer statement filed with Hanover county includes:

• Private Water Source (well water) – the first data center we know of to use a well
• Private Waste-water treatment and sewer
• Electrical generation, distribution, transmission and substation, fuel storage
• Offices, storage, maintenance, security, logistics, parking, private roads, security fencing
• 10 structures, Up to 3.9 million square feet, 62 feet tall (4-5 stories)
• Limited residential protections for residents of Hanover – no mention of Henrico
  • 100-150 foot buffers from residential property lines, 200 feet from road frontage. (Industry average is 200-500 foot buffers and residents still complain of noise and vibration.)
  • Noise attenuation to ensure conformation to noise ordinance.  Would this apply in Henrico where there is no noise ordinance?
  • 7AM-7PM Mon-Sat generator testing (one standard generator operates at 85 dB(A) multiplied by dozens to hundreds of generators to be tested.)

Where can you learn more?

The newly formed Wyndham Smart Development Task Force will focus on data center development issues and other challenges facing the community.

The Task Force will host a Wyndham Community Meeting for residents on 10/21/2025 at 5:30PM at Shady Grove Elementary School.

For non-residents, N4C will be sure to provide a written summary shortly thereafter. The task force knows this issue is bigger than the neighborhood but needs to start somewhere and space at the school is limited.

What can you do right now?

Write respectful and thoughtful feedback to the Hanover County Board of Supervisors listed below. A unique letter will get more attention than a form letter, but that takes time, so here’s a template for you to use. Please customize with your personal situation if possible. If you live adjacent to the proposed site, mention that. If you aren’t a Wyndham resident, omit that and cite your concern as a Henrico resident for your neighbors, nearby schools, etc. If you have something nice to say about Hanover, it never hurts to throw that in.

Hanover Board of Supervisors Members:

• Susan P. Dibble spdibble@hanovercounty.gov
• Ryan M. Hudson rmhudson@hanovercounty.gov
• Danielle G. Floyd dgfloyd@hanovercounty.gov
• Jeff S. Stoneman dsstoneman@hanovercounty.gov
• Faye O. Pritchard foprichard@hanovercounty.gov
• Sean M. Davis smdavis@hanovercounty.gov
• F. Michael Herzberg IV, Chairman fmherzberg@hanovercounty.gov

Lastly, the Wyndham Smart Development Task Force is getting a website and email list up and running. Please sign up for email communications and be on the lookout for the confirmation email (mine said “click to confirm your subscription” and I thought it was junk).