42311 Thunderball Drive (Compass Datacenters — "True North Data" / Loudoun County I)

Proposed · True North Data Solutions · 42311 Thunderball Drive, Leesburg, VA

42311 Thunderball Drive (Compass Datacenters — "True North Data" / Loudoun County I) is a campus data center in Leesburg, Loudoun County, VA. True North Data Solutions is identified as the operator, and the facility is proposed. It is identified as part of Loudoun County I (Compass Datacenters). 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.

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42311 Thunderball Drive (Compass Datacenters — "True North Data" / Loudoun County I)

Proposed · True North Data Solutions · 42311 Thunderball Drive, Leesburg, VA

42311 Thunderball Drive (Compass Datacenters — "True North Data" / Loudoun County I) is a campus data center in Leesburg, Loudoun County, VA. True North Data Solutions is identified as the operator, and the facility is proposed. It is identified as part of Loudoun County I (Compass Datacenters). 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.

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Overview

Status: Proposed
Construction start scheduled evidence of on‑site partial clearing and commencement of one‑story building construction (no firm start date in sources)
Exact-site power: Not disclosed
No exact-site MW figure in cited sources.
Facility size: 625,000 sq ft
Campus
Campus power: 75 MW
Loudoun County I (Compass Datacenters) · Campus Gross Power
Build window: evidence of on‑site partial clearing and commencement of one‑story building construction (no firm start date in sources)
Campus branded Loudoun County I / True North Data. Approved CDP originally allowed 750,000 sqft across 9 buildings; modification sought to reduce to 625,000 sqft, remove two footprints, and allow consolidation of three buildings into one. Site partially cleared and a one‑story 6 MW facility is described on the property; construction activity of a one‑story building has commenced per site reporting. Power to be provided by NOVEC (Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative) from high‑voltage substations with new underground infrastructure.
Compute profile: Hyperscale

Profile

Project scope: Compass Datacenters’ ‘‘True North Data’’ (branded Loudoun County I) is a proposed data‑center campus on a 97‑acre parcel at 42311 Thunderball Drive in Leesburg, VA. The site is approved under earlier plans for 750,000 sqft across 9 buildings but Compass sought a modification to reduce the planned data center space to 625,000 sqft (and to eliminate two building footprints and allow an option to consolidate three approved buildings into one).
Power and grid: No exact-site power capacity has been disclosed. Reported utility context: Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative.
Compute role: Compass Datacenters, a hyperscale data center developer, proposes a campus at 42311 Thunderball Drive with up to 750,000 sq ft across 9 buildings and a 75 MW capacity, currently seeking a tenant.

Organizations

Material, source-backed organizations directly involved with this facility or its parent campus. Duplicate legal names and incidental community mentions are excluded.

OrganizationRoleScope

True North Data SolutionsOperatorExact Asset

Compass Datacenters (Compass Datacenters IAD I LLC)DeveloperCampus

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Dec 24, 2017
Dec 24, 2017
True North Data Center Rezoning Talking Points and Sample CommentsLoudoun Wil...
The article outlines rezoning concerns for the True North Data Center project, including environmental impacts, tax revenue projections, and calls for Board of Supervisors to reject the proposal.

Sources

PublisherReferenceType

deq.virginia.govSourceGovernment filing

rga.lis.virginia.govSourceGovernment filing

truenorthds.comTrue North Data SolutionsOfficial source

Cooling and environment

air cooled.

Local reporting

The article outlines rezoning concerns for the True North Data Center project, including environmental impacts, tax revenue projections, and calls for Board of Supervisors to reject the proposal.

Compass Datacenters IAD I LLCDeveloperCampus

Dominion Energy VirginiaUtilityExact Asset

Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC)UtilityExact Asset

Loudoun County Board of SupervisorsRegulatorCampus