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Richmond became the fastest-growing data center market in the country in 2025, with Meta, QTS and Google all building in Henrico and Chesterfield. We train the crews who build and run those campuses, and the plants and utility work around them, at your site or in an in-person class we set up in Richmond.
Virginia runs its own OSHA-approved state plan. Private employers here are inspected by Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH), Virginia Department of Labor and Industry; standards adopted by the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board, not federal OSHA. Every class is live, on the 2027 edition of NFPA 70E, and taught by a Certified Safety Professional. Virginia electrical safety training requirements →
Among the teams we have trained in the last year
Four ways to train your Richmond crew
Crews we train in and around Richmond: data center construction, data center operations, electric utility, chemical and manufacturing, financial and enterprise facilities, state and local government.
What the class covers for Richmond crews
Central Virginia campuses energize in phases, sometimes years apart. The crew that built the first building comes back for the second, and now the first one is running. We train for that switch from job site to operating facility.
Electricians crossing over from commercial and industrial work meet UPS systems, battery rooms and stored energy that stays present after gear is switched off. We cover those hazards from the ground up.
Virginia's DPOR journeyman and master cards prove code knowledge. NFPA 70E qualification is the employer's decision, and it needs training and documentation for each worker.
Chemical, manufacturing and utility sites around Richmond carry medium-voltage distribution and process equipment. We build examples around the equipment your crews actually maintain.
Richmond at a glance
VOSH (state plan)
Dominion Energy Virginia
DPOR journeyman and master
RIC
Eastern
Virginia: what applies to your crews
Enforcement: VOSH
VOSH is run from Richmond by the Department of Labor and Industry and enforces Virginia's state plan. It covers private employers and state and local government, including the state agencies based in the capital.
Licensing: statewide tradesman licenses
Virginia requires DPOR journeyman and master electrician licenses, with work performed under a licensed electrical contractor. Continuing education is 3 hours per two-year term and covers the code, not energized work practices.
Where NFPA 70E fits
NFPA 70E is not written into OSHA rules. Employers and inspectors use it as the consensus standard showing how OSHA 1910 Subpart S, 1926 Subpart K and, for utility work, 1910.269 requirements are met.
Richmond's electrical work environment
Richmond is Virginia's capital and the headquarters city for Dominion Energy and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Capital One runs a large operations center in the region, DuPont operates its Spruance Plant in South Richmond, and Philip Morris USA is one of the area's largest private employers.
The data center build sits just outside the city. Meta's campus at White Oak Technology Park in Henrico brought its first phase online in August 2020 and finished in 2023. QTS turned the former Qimonda chip plant in Sandston into a data center campus. In Chesterfield, Google is developing about 300 acres on Bermuda Hundred Road near Meadowville Technology Park.
Growth this fast pulls a lot of electricians into mission critical work for the first time. Many come from commercial and industrial jobs. Their first shift beside an operating data hall is usually the first time they work around gear that nobody is allowed to shut off.
Dominion Energy Virginia
Dominion Energy Virginia serves Richmond and the surrounding data center counties, and the company is headquartered downtown. Interconnection timing, more than land, decides when a Central Virginia campus can energize, which is why buildings come online in stages.
In November 2025 the State Corporation Commission approved the Chesterfield Energy Reliability Center, a new gas plant, along with a new rate class for high-load customers such as data centers (Virginia Mercury). Dominion is also building new high-voltage lines for large Chesterfield projects. Each new substation and line adds switching work and utility boundaries that contractors have to respect.
Who we train in Richmond and Central Virginia
Electrical subs and commissioning teams at the Henrico and Chesterfield campuses, where new halls are energized beside running ones.
Critical facilities staff maintaining UPS, switchgear and battery systems at hyperscale, colocation and enterprise data centers.
Dominion crews and their substation and line contractors, working under 1910.269 as the grid grows for new load.
Maintenance electricians at DuPont's Spruance Plant and the region's other process and manufacturing plants.
Facilities teams at Capital One, the Federal Reserve Bank and other enterprise campuses that run their own critical power.
State agencies, the City of Richmond, VCU's medical campus and school divisions, all covered by VOSH as public employers.
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Questions from Richmond employers
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Our electricians are new to data centers. Which class should they take?
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Does finishing the class make someone a qualified electrical worker?
What the people in the room say
“Virtual can never replace hands-on, but the engagement from our instructor and the class made it feel more engaging than some in-person courses I've taken.”
“Probably one of the most useful safety courses I've ever attended. Rick genuinely cares about people and their well-being.”
“This is the 2nd arc flash training course I've taken and the class was amazing. I feel like I'm leaving the training safer than before I took this class.”
Train your Richmond crew on the 2027 edition.
Onsite within a few days, or private live virtual as soon as tomorrow. Need it fast? Call (813) 725-0999.