CHESTER, Va.—And just like that, there’s another data center to be built in Virginia by one of the richest companies in the world, Google.

Except, instead of being located in the data center dense region of Northern Virginia outside the nation’s capital, this massive server farm is on the drawing board a couple of hours south, just outside Richmond in Chesterfield County.

“Today, all of us are demonstrating that cutting-edge technology can thrive in every corner of the commonwealth and every corner of the country,” said Ruth Porat, chief investment officer at Google and its parent company, Alphabet, at an announcement of a $9 billion investment by the company in Virginia.

Porat spoke at Brightpoint Community College, describing an investment that will be used across the state, at existi

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