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description: Is Ashburn (Northern Virginia) a good data center market for power? DCPI verdict AVOID, score 20.0/100 (PJM), as of 2026-11-12. 6,997 MW tracked across all listings, unverified included (as of 2026-11-07). Grid, queue and deal context for 300+ markets.
title: "Ashburn (Northern Virginia) data centers: power, grid and capacity | DC Hub"
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# Ashburn (Northern Virginia) data center market

Power availability in Ashburn (Northern Virginia): DCPI verdict AVOID, composite score 20 of 100, as of 2026-11-12. Source: DC Hub.

Data Center Market Deep-Dive · 270 words · generated 2026-11-07 from live DC Hub data · DCPI live as of 2026-11-12

**Question this page answers:** How much power is available in the Ashburn (Northern Virginia) data center market?

**Answer it live over MCP:** `execute_plan(intent="how much power is available in the Ashburn (Northern Virginia) market for a data center")`

**Cite as:** DC Hub (dchub.cloud), as of [the as_of date on the result].

DCPI Score**20.0/100**

MW, all listings**6,997**sum of the sites that report MW; most do notany status, unverified listings included

Verdict**AVOID**

## ASHBURN at a glance

ASHBURN has 3,913 MW operational, 383 MW under construction and 255 MW planned among the verified sites DC Hub lists that report capacity, as of 2026-11-12. By listed capacity the largest operators are Amazon Web Services (1,000 MW), Yondr Group (456 MW) and CloudHQ (444 MW).

Capacity by status, as of 2026-11-12

| Status | MW |
| --- | --- |
| Operational | 3,913 |
| Under construction | 383 |
| Planned | 255 |
| Total listed | 4,551 |

## Developers building or planning in ASHBURN

| Operator | Under construction MW | Planned MW |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yondr Group | 48 | 240 |
| Prime Data Centers | 120 |  |
| Compass Datacenters | 100 |  |
| Compass | 60 |  |
| Overwatch Capital | 35 |  |
| DataBank | 20 |  |
| Vantage Data Centers |  | 15 |

Source: DC Hub (dchub.cloud), facility records as of 2026-11-12. Verified sites that report MW only; blank means no MW reported. The "MW, all listings" tile above is a wider measure (every tracked site that reports MW, any status, unverified directory listings included), so it is larger than Total listed.

## Colocation lease rates in ASHBURN

Broker lease rates (CBRE/JLL): available on paid plans. Asking base rent per kW of critical IT capacity. Electricity is normally billed separately (metered pass-through), plus cross-connects and one-time fees. Signed deals, term and size change the number. Source: CBRE North America Data Center Trends H1 2026 (250+ kW): Northern Virginia (figure on paid plans) [(link)](https://www.cbre.com/insights/books/north-america-data-center-trends-h1-2026)

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.

## Data centers in ASHBURN

| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [AWS US-East-1 Ashburn Campus](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/amazon-web-services-aws-us-east-1-ashburn-campus-b4dc5402) | Amazon Web Services | Operational | 500 |
| [Google Cloud us-east4 (N. Virginia)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/google-google-cloud-us-east4-n-virginia-29719bc2) | Google | Operational | 400 |
| [Yondr Loudoun County Expansion (270 acres)](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/yondr-group-yondr-loudoun-county-expansion-270-acres-5351efed) | Yondr Group | Planned | 240 |
| [Aligned Ashburn Campus](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/aligned-aligned-ashburn-campus-0e2123d0) | Aligned | Operational | 150 |
| [CloudHQ Ashburn](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/cloudhq-cloudhq-ashburn-08754197) | CloudHQ | Operational | 150 |
| [Equinix DC1-DC15](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/equinix-equinix-dc1-dc15-28fdeeaa) | Equinix | Operational | 150 |
| [Stack Northern Virginia](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/stack-infrastructure-stack-northern-virginia-02ccd26d) | Stack Infrastructure | Operational | 150 |
| [QTS Ashburn Mega Campus](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/qts-qts-ashburn-mega-campus-9838ab12) | QTS | Operational | 130 |
| [Prime Data Centers Ashburn](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/prime-data-centers-prime-data-centers-ashburn-507cda37) | Prime Data Centers | Under Construction | 120 |
| [Prime Virginia](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/prime-data-centers-prime-virginia-7763e6a2) | Prime Data Centers | Operational | 120 |
| [Yondr Northern Virginia](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/yondr-group-yondr-northern-virginia-28c2d4a8) | Yondr Group | Operational | 120 |
| [Compass Loudoun County Campus](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/compass-datacenters-compass-loudoun-county-campus-ccd5ae0d) | Compass Datacenters | Under Construction | 100 |
| [Compass Loudoun Virginia](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/compass-datacenters-compass-loudoun-virginia-5d64a889) | Compass Datacenters | Operational | 100 |
| [Microsoft Ashburn](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/microsoft-microsoft-ashburn-dfd98caf) | Microsoft | Operational | 100 |
| [RagingWire VA Campus](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/ragingwire-ragingwire-va-campus-fc5725f0) | RagingWire | Operational | 100 |
| [CloudHQ Ashburn VA2](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/cloudhq-cloudhq-ashburn-va2-71da1116) | CloudHQ | Operational | 96 |
| [CyrusOne Ashburn](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/cyrusone-cyrusone-ashburn-1a33acf2) | CyrusOne | Operational | 75 |
| [CloudHQ Ashburn VA1](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/cloudhq-cloudhq-ashburn-va1-2f5b1317) | CloudHQ | Operational | 72 |
| [Vantage Ashburn V2](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/vantage-data-centers-vantage-ashburn-v2-2e48c551) | Vantage Data Centers | Operational | 72 |
| [Vantage Ashburn V1](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/vantage-data-centers-vantage-ashburn-v1-155dc56d) | Vantage Data Centers | Operational | 64 |

Largest first by reported MW (blank where not reported). Unverified directory listings are not shown.

Browse every data center in [Virginia](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/in/us/virginia).

## More on ASHBURN

- [ASHBURN DCPI score](https://dchub.cloud/dcpi/ashburn)
- [ASHBURN market brief](https://dchub.cloud/markets/ashburn/brief)
- [Virginia data center market brief](https://dchub.cloud/states/virginia/brief)
- [Virginia data center tax incentives](https://dchub.cloud/states/virginia/data-center-incentives)

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