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​The future of Wyndham and Hanover are at stake.
COMMUNITY VOICES
"Greed is clouding people's vision...or have they sold their souls to the devil?"
FOR SALE
HH Hunt, the original developer of Wyndham, has plans for the hundreds of acres that surround our communties
VISION
Developer eyes 10-building, 400-acre data center campus near Wyndham
After a legal fight with Henrico thwarted its plans for a residential project on the same site, HHHunt is back with a new type of development proposal for hundreds of acres it owns beside Wyndham: data centers.
The company, which developed Wyndham four decades ago, has filed plans for a 10-building data center campus on over 400 acres it owns or controls across the county line in Hanover, including the nearby Hunting Hawk Golf Club.​
Rebranded as Hunting Hawk Technology Park, HH Hunt is already looking for buyers of the 'large scale data center campus'.
HHHunt has filed plans for a large-scale data center campus called Hunting Hawk Technology Park, located outside Richmond, Virginia. The proposed development spans 400 acres and includes up to 10 buildings totaling approximately 3.9 million square feet.
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The site was previously zoned for residential use but has now been submitted for rezoning to limited industrial, with additional requests for building height exceptions and accessory uses.
Key Figures
400
ACRE CAMPUS
3.9M
SQUARE FEET
62ft
BUILDING HEIGHT
150ft
FROM RESIDENCES
LOCATION IS EVERYTHING
Even though the site is less than a thousand feet away from the closest Wyndham residences, it is located in Hanover County. Hanover County will decide if the rezoning is approved.
The proposal submitted to Hanover County offers zero protections for Henrico residents
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 3rd 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** received by Hanover County Planning Department on 8/22/25 contains some limited protections for residents of Hanover county.
It makes no mention of Henrico residents.
HIGHLIGHTS
Following are details from the Voluntary Proffer Statement submitted to the Hanover County Planning Department
Residential Buffers
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.)
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All protections for residential property owners identified in the proffer statement refer to Hanover County with no mention of Henrico County.
Noise Attenuation
7AM-7PM Mon-Sat generator testing (one standard generartor operates at 85d. Multiply this by hundreds of generators to be tested. All protections for residential property owners identified in the proffer statement refer to Hanover County with no mention of Henrico County.
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Noise attenuation to ensure conformation to Hanover noise ordinance. How would this apply in Henrico, where there is no noise ordinance?
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Trading a water problem for a noise problem
At a community meeting on Nov. 17th, H.H. Hunt's team stated that they are abandoning the plan to use well water for cooling the data centers.
Instead, the new proposal is for a "closed loop water system". Under this plan, treated water would be "trucked into the site from elsewhere" to fill tanks and would then be used in a closed loop, meaning it is continually treated and recirculated within the site, not drawn from local wells.
Closed-loop chilled water systems rely on a massive external HVAC infrastructure. This equipment—which includes chillers, compressors, and large air-handling fans—runs 24/7 and is the main cause of the noise pollution associated with data centers.
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And how do we stop it?