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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Aligned IAD-03.
Exact source coordinates (provider label); this is not a parcel claim. Nearby source points are combined into one accessible target that opens this exact map scope. View these exact rows on the interactive map →
Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Aligned Data Centers
- Address and locality
- Ashburn · Loudoun County · Virginia
- Official metro area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- Source-reported status
- operational
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 1 September 2026
- Location precision
- exact (provider label)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- reported (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000039
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- Dominion Energy Virginia
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
- AI-use label (provider)
- likely
Provider notes
Energy. Aligned's Ashburn campus connects to the Dominion Energy Virginia grid; Dominion offers green-energy program options but no site-specific dedicated generation or PPA was found for IAD-03 specifically.
What the source record says
IAD-03 confirmed via Aligned's own location page; 430,000 sq ft, 72MW, phase one delivered Fall 2023. AI/HPC (likely): Sterling IAD-03 supports high/variable-density AI/HPC.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
No status history was supplied in this edition.
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Aligned facility directory · Aligned
- OpenStreetMap way/1276518684 · OpenStreetMap
- Aligned AI/HPC — Sterling IAD-03 supports high/variable-density AI/HPC · aligneddc.com
- HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD
- datacenters.com — Aligned Energy IAD01/IAD02 Ashburn
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID aligned-iad-03-va. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
Operator’s own listing
What the operator publishes about this site on its own website, matched to this licensed row by DataCenterData. Facts are taken from the operator’s page, shown with a link to it, and not independently verified; no page text is republished and the licensed values above are unchanged. A match does not establish that the listing and this row cover exactly the same building, suite or boundary, or who owns the site.
- Name as listed
- IAD-03 Data Center
- Operator’s facility code
- IAD-03
- Address as published
- 22715 Relocation Dr, Sterling, VA 20166
Lifecycle status is not published for this listing.
Aligned Data Centers · IAD-03 — Additional operator-reported details
Company-level claims — not verified for this facility.
- Certification or compliance claim: Company states SOC 2 Type 2 attestation
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
A company-level statement, not verification for this facility. This company statement is not an issuer confirmation or verification of this facility. DCD evaluated this claim on 2026-10-19; this is not the source capture date and not a validity period.
Open cited source → - Certification or compliance claim: Company states PCI DSS compliance
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
A company-level statement, not verification for this facility. This company statement is not an issuer confirmation or verification of this facility. DCD evaluated this claim on 2026-10-19; this is not the source capture date and not a validity period.
Open cited source → - Certification or compliance claim: Company states HIPAA compliance
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
A company-level statement, not verification for this facility. This company statement is not an issuer confirmation or verification of this facility. DCD evaluated this claim on 2026-10-19; this is not the source capture date and not a validity period.
Open cited source → - Certification or compliance claim: Company states HITECH compliance
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
A company-level statement, not verification for this facility. This company statement is not an issuer confirmation or verification of this facility. DCD evaluated this claim on 2026-10-19; this is not the source capture date and not a validity period.
Open cited source → - Certification or compliance claim: Company states NIST 800-53 compliance
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
A company-level statement, not verification for this facility. This company statement is not an issuer confirmation or verification of this facility. DCD evaluated this claim on 2026-10-19; this is not the source capture date and not a validity period.
Open cited source → - Certification or compliance claim: Company states ISO 27001 certification
Company-reported. Not independently verified.
A company-level statement, not verification for this facility. This company statement is not an issuer confirmation or verification of this facility. DCD evaluated this claim on 2026-10-19; this is not the source capture date and not a validity period.
Open cited source →
Company-reported values: facts compiled from operators’ public pages with citation. No page text is republished and no license is granted.
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000039
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): likely
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Ashburn, VA · Loudoun (Exact location)
Roles
- Operator: Aligned Data Centers
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported operational
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not stated
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Dominion Energy Virginia
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Closed-loop
Provider label.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-01
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Area, acreage and buildings · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact · Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
Update this profile with a public source. The request includes topics needing more information; this does not mean the facility lacks them. Corrections and additions are reviewed before publication.