New Data Center Coming To Existing Campus In Ashburn

ASHBURN, VA — An existing data center campus in Ashburn has announced plans to expand with a third data center.

DataBank, a private company providing data and application space to enterprises, technology, and content providers, is constructing its new data center next to its existing 13-acre data center campus on Red Rum Drive in Ashburn. The expansion will bring the data center campus power capability to 70 megawatts and the space to 375,000 square feet and 18 acres. The new building alone will provide 20 megawatts of power and 70,000 raised square feet of space.

DataBank also recently acquired 85 acres in Culpeper, Virginia for a second data center campus that will have a 192 megawatt capability. The three, two-story buildings in Culpeper will make up 1.4 million square feet of space.

"By expanding this Ashburn campus, DataBank is responding to the northern VA market’s surging need for colocation space and power that can support the A.I. applications of the future," said DataBank CEO Raul K. Martynek in a statement.

DataBank expects the new data center to be ready in the first quarter of 2026. The company said the new data center will meet sustainability and high-performance computing power and cooling requirements to host demanding hyperscale cloud and A.I. applications.

Ashburn and Loudoun County are home to the world's largest data center concentration, earning them the nickname "Data Center Alley." The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has started a process to consider zoning and planning amendments to restrict new data center development locations, Loudoun Now reported. The county has said in a statement it cannot legally put a complete moratorium on new data centers that are allowed by right. The board does approve applications that require rezoning or special exceptions that aren't permitted by right.