ASHBURN data center market brief

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Market Brief · AVOIDDCPI score pending · Live as of 88% live coverage · 7/8 sections

At a Glance 2 of 3 KPIs live

Operational10,039 MWsum of the sites that report MW; most do not
Pipeline832 MW
FacilitiesGlobal facility map
Queue WaitNot tracked
Top OperatorDigital Realty

Power & Grid 4 of 5 metrics live

ISOPJM
Queue Capacity71,155 MW
Queue WaitNot tracked
Reserve Margin14.5%
Gen Additions 12mo3,478 MW
Interconnect Pending298,922 MW

Pipeline 12 projects tracked

OperatorFacilityPowerStatusETA
Yondr GroupYondr Loudoun County Expansion (270 acres)240 MWPlannedNot tracked
Prime Data CentersPrime Data Centers Ashburn120 MWUnder ConstructionNot tracked
Compass DatacentersCompass Loudoun County Campus100 MWUnder ConstructionNot tracked
PowerHouse Data CentersPowerHouse Arcola80 MWUnder ConstructionNot tracked
CompassCompass Northern Virginia60 MWUnder ConstructionNot tracked
EdgeCore Digital InfrastructureEdgeCore Ashburn Moran Road57 MWUnder ConstructionNot tracked
EdgeCore Digital InfrastructureEdgeCore Ashburn Maries Road57 MWUnder ConstructionNot tracked
Yondr GroupYondr Allegro North Campus (Loudoun County)48 MWUnder ConstructionNot tracked
Overwatch CapitalOverwatch Virginia 135 MWUnder ConstructionNot tracked
DataBankDataBank IAD420 MWUnder ConstructionNot tracked
Vantage Data CentersVantage Virginia Expansion15 MWPlannedNot tracked
PowerHouse Data CentersPowerHouse Pacific (Sterling)Not trackedUnder ConstructionNot tracked

Operator Footprint 5 operators tracked

OperatorFacilitiesTotal MW
Digital Realty45224 MW
Equinix35375 MW
Amazon Web Services281,000 MW
NTT1866 MW
CloudHQ11594 MW

M&A Activity (24mo) 1 deals tracked

DateBuyerSellerValueMW
Not trackedAmazonNot tracked$427Not tracked

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Coverage building for powered-shell and land comps
We will surface live powered-shell and land comps data here as soon as our transaction-tracker crawl returns rows for ASHBURN. Full coverage typically lands within ~6 months of a market joining the DCPI.

Risk Factors 1 of 2 signals live

12-Month Outlook

Ashburn operates as a mature, densely built market with 355 tracked facilities across all development stages totaling 6,997 MW. Digital Realty leads with 45 facilities, followed by Equinix (35), Amazon Web Services (28), NTT (18), and CloudHQ (11). The market's infrastructure reflects decades of consolidation around Northern Virginia's fiber corridors and proximity to Washington, DC.

This scoring reflects real barriers to grid access and power procurement costs in the region.

Recent deal activity centers on Amazon's $427 million acquisition in Ashburn, recorded as a property transaction. Operator concentration remains stable, with the top five representing clear market hierarchy. No new operator entries or significant secondary deals have been recorded, suggesting the market's infrastructure and interconnection dependencies favor established players with existing grid relationships and redundant supply paths.

Power procurement conversations for new or expanded operations in Ashburn should center on existing interconnection capacity, utility lead times for new service points, and potential upgrade costs to local transmission.

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