IP3 Corporation and Green Energy Partners have formed a joint venture to work on a “green energy centre” with future options to build carbon-free hydrogen and nuclear energy production facilities.
The Surry Green Energy Center (SGEC) in Surry County, Virginia, was first announced in April 2023, with Green Energy Partners buying 641 acres (259 hectares) of land next to Dominion Energy’s Surry nuclear power station, which houses two 838 MW pressurised water reactors.
The two Virginia-based companies are planning to develop between 20 and 30 green data centres, plus a fleet of four to six small modular reactors to generate hydrogen fuel to provide backup power to Virginia’s grid.