# Dinwiddie County, Virginia: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Dinwiddie Dinwiddie County sits inside the data center build-out. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Dinwiddie County. Dinwiddie County is home to McKenney. Electrical contractors employ 83, up 27.7% since 2019 against up 33.4% statewide, at an average $56,425 a year. 10 MW has retired here since 2019, including Boydton Plank Road Cogen Plant Hybrid (petroleum, 10 MW, 2023). 5 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. 1 data centers on the SAVRN Data Center Map 10 MW of generating capacity retired since 2019 +4.7% total jobs since 2019, now 9,269 ## Cities and towns in Dinwiddie County Dinwiddie County is home to McKenney. McKenney469 residents Unincorporated communities (governed by the county): Dinwiddie. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Dinwiddie County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Virginia | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 27,886 | 28,896 | ▲ 3.6% | 64th of 133 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 8,856 | 9,269 | ▲ 4.7% | 46th of 133 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $45,098 | $64,691 | ▲ 43.4% | — | | Electrical contractor jobs (2019 → 2025) | 65 | 83 | ▲ 27.7% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.0% | 3.7% | ▲ 0.7pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 5 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 10 MW | | — | Employers here counted 9,269 jobs in 2025, up 4.7% from 2019. Unemployment was 3.7% in August 2026, against 3.0% in 2019. Its power plants have 5 MW of capacity, 100% of it solar. Virginia Electric & Power Co is the largest utility serving Dinwiddie County, one of 3 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 14.09¢/kWh in 2024, below the 14.39¢ median for Virginia utilities. 28,896 people live here, up 3.6% since 2020. ## Who powers Dinwiddie County ### Utilities with service territory in Dinwiddie County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Virginia Electric & Power Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 2,383,548 | 14.09¢ | 63% | | Southside Electric Coop, Inc | Cooperative | Bundled | 56,846 | 15.48¢ | 12% | | Prince George Electric Coop | Cooperative | Bundled | 10,954 | 13.05¢ | 20% | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Solar | 5 MW | 100% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | HCE Reams Solar, LLC | Standard Solar | Solar | 5 MW | 2024 | ### Retired since 2019 | Plant | Technology | MW | Year | |---|---|---|---| | Boydton Plank Road Cogen Plant Hybrid | Petroleum | 10 MW | 2023 | ## The Dinwiddie County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 9,269 | $64,691 | 1.00 | | Electrical contractors | 83 | $56,425 | 1.24 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Dinwiddie County 1 data center in Dinwiddie County is on the SAVRN Data Center Map. ## Dinwiddie County and its neighbors Of the 8 counties that border Dinwiddie County, Chesterfield County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Dinwiddie County | 28,896 | ▲ 4.7% | 5 MW | — | 1 | — | | Amelia County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/amelia-county) | 13,632 | ▼ 0.6% | 28 MW | — | 1 | — | | Brunswick County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/brunswick-county) | 15,727 | ▼ 3.1% | 1,483 MW | 903 MW | 1 | — | | Chesterfield County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/chesterfield-county) | 397,148 | ▲ 8.4% | 504 MW | 1,163 MW | 6 | — | | Greensville County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/greensville-county) | 11,181 | ▼ 23.0% | 2,095 MW | — | — | — | | Nottoway County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/nottoway-county) | 15,796 | ▼ 6.2% | — | — | 1 | — | | Petersburg (city)](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/petersburg-city) | 33,734 | ▼ 11.2% | — | — | — | — | | Prince George County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/prince-george-county) | 43,936 | ▲ 3.6% | 587 MW | — | 1 | — | | Sussex County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/sussex-county) | 10,755 | ▼ 12.9% | 138 MW | — | 2 | — | ## More of Virginia [All Virginia countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia)[Chesterfield County397,148 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/chesterfield-county)[Prince George County43,936 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/prince-george-county)[Petersburg (city)33,734 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/petersburg-city)[Nottoway County15,796 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/nottoway-county)[Brunswick County15,727 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/brunswick-county) ## Dinwiddie County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Dinwiddie County, Virginia? 3 utilities have service territory in Dinwiddie County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Virginia Electric & Power Co, Southside Electric Coop, Inc, Prince George Electric Coop. The largest, Virginia Electric & Power Co, charged residential customers 14.09¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What power plants are in Dinwiddie County? 1 operating plant with 5 MW of capacity. The largest is HCE Reams Solar, LLC (5 MW, solar). ### Are there data centers in Dinwiddie County? Yes. The SAVRN Data Center Map lists 1 data center in Dinwiddie County. ### Is Dinwiddie County adding jobs? Employers counted 9,269 jobs in 2025 against 8,856 in 2019 (+4.7%, BLS QCEW). ### Does Dinwiddie County have a data center moratorium? No county-level measure is on record for Dinwiddie County. Virginia has 13 local measures statewide, listed on the state page. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/virginia/dinwiddie-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).