# 42255 Thunderball Drive

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/42255-thunderball-drive

42255 Thunderball Drive is a building data center in Leesburg, Loudoun County, VA. Compass Datacenters is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. Spatial service-territory evidence associates the site with Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative; the profile assigns the asset to PJM through that documented market role. Reported development, power, and commercial facts retain their source-specific facility, campus, building, or phase scope; the page does not collapse those values into a single implied load.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: building
- Location: 42255 Thunderball Drive, Leesburg, Loudoun County, VA
- Operator: Compass Datacenters (exact asset)
- Owner: Compass Datacenters, LLC (exact asset)
- Developer: Compass Datacenters, LLC (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM
- Electric utility: Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative

## Development

- Site status: operational
- Site area: 144 acres
- Construction: Permit approved Jan 20, 2023; facility became operational Jan 20, 2023. Earlier, a 2018 proposal indicated a 144‑acre campus.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale
- Workloads: hyperscale
- Critical IT load: 48 MW
- Operating context: Operational data center with 80 MW power capacity and 48 MW IT load in Leesburg, VA

## Sources

- [http://hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/08/virginia-preserves-data-center-tax-incentive](http://hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/08/virginia-preserves-data-center-tax-incentive)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [Virginia Tax Exemptions for Data Centers – January 2, 2026](http://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2026/RD40/PDF)
- [http://services3.arcgis.com/Ww6Zhg5FR2pLMf1C/ArcGIS/rest/services/VA_Electric_2016/FeatureServer/0/query?f=json&geometry=-77.5949050,38.7780614&geometryType=esriGeometryPoint&inSR=4326&outFields=Provider,Utility&returnGeometry=false&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&where=1=1](http://services3.arcgis.com/Ww6Zhg5FR2pLMf1C/ArcGIS/rest/services/VA_Electric_2016/FeatureServer/0/query?f=json&geometry=-77.5949050,38.7780614&geometryType=esriGeometryPoint&inSR=4326&outFields=Provider,Utility&returnGeometry=false&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&where=1=1)
- [Power Purchase Agreement - Better Buildings Solution Center](https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/financing-navigator/option/power-purchase-agreement)
- [42255 THUNDERBALL DR](https://datacenterplanet.com/listings/42255-thunderball-dr)
- [Compass Datacenters Defers 75 MW, 625k sqft Loudoun County Project Hearing](https://dgtlinfra.com/compass-datacenters-loudoun-county-true-north-data/)
- [Virginia Data Centers & Power - GridGlasses](https://gridglasses.com/data-centers/virginia)
- [True North Data Center Rezoning Talking Points and Sample Comments - Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy](https://loudounwildlife.org/2017/12/true-north-data-center-rezoning/) — Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy · 2017-12-24
- [Beaverdam Dam Map - Loudoun County, Virginia, USA](https://mapcarta.com/21838102)
- [Data Center Markets](https://www.compassdatacenters.com/data-center-markets/)
- [Compass Datacenters - Leesburg, VA | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/c78fe5c7)
- [Compass IAD Datacenter - Leesburg, VA | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/compass-iad-datacenter-522e1c75)
- [Loudoun County supervisors narrowly approve True North data center | News | loudountimes.com](https://www.loudountimes.com/news/loudoun-county-supervisors-narrowly-approve-true-north-data-center/article_8c203d67-2bf2-538a-973d-3c2a29fdf760.html) — Loudoun Times · 2018-01-18
- [Norfolk District Regulatory Public Notices - Tag Compass Datacenters IAD](https://www.nao.usace.army.mil/Media/Public-Notices/Tag/120836/compass-datacenters-iad/)
- [True North Data Solutions](https://www.truenorthds.com/)

## Data quality

- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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Profile generated: 2026-09-04T14:28:32.838652Z
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