# Aligned IAD-01

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/aligned-iad-01

Aligned IAD-01 is the first operating building on Aligned's 26-acre Ashburn campus at 21890 Uunet Drive. Aligned's completion announcement describes the building as 368,755 square feet with 60 MW of energized capacity. That capacity remains specific to IAD-01; it is not total campus load or a claim of available grid service. The profile identifies the building's mapped PJM utility territory and keeps campus-level transmission context separate.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: building
- Location: 21890 Uunet Drive, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Operator: Aligned Data Centers (exact asset) — http://aligneddc.com
- Owner: Aligned Data Centers (exact asset) — http://aligneddc.com
- Developer: Aligned Data Centers (exact asset) — http://aligneddc.com
- Utility: Dominion Energy (exact asset) — https://www.dominionenergy.com

## Power and grid context

- Energized power: 60 MW · energized · exact asset · IAD-01 — IAD-01 initial building, 368,755 sq ft, 60 MW facility
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM
- Electric utility: Dominion Energy (Dominion Virginia Power)

## Development

- Site status: operational
- Site area: 26 acres
- Gross floor area: 370,000 square feet
- Buildings: 1
- Construction: IAD-01, the first building on Aligned's 26‑acre Ashburn campus, was completed in 2019, provides 60 MW of power, and has approximately 370,000 sq ft of floor space.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, colocation, cloud, ai_hpc, telecom_edge, enterprise
- Workloads: colocation (private suites), hyperscale cloud and AI/HPC-ready workloads (high-density GPU support), telecom and network interconnection (carrier services, exchanges), enterprise IT/managed services
- Announced tenants: No publicly disclosed named customers or tenants for IAD-01 in the examined sources
- Critical IT load: 60 MW
- Operating context: Hyperscale-class, carrier-neutral data center building (IAD-01) on a 26-acre master-planned Aligned Ashburn campus. Building IAD-01 is a ~368,755–370,000 sq ft facility offering private dedicated data center suites and built with hyperscale / enterprise colocation capability; designed to Tier III standards with 24x7x365 access and capacity initially 60 MW (expandable on campus to larger totals). Utility: Dominion Energy.

## Sources

- [http://aligneddc.com/case-studies/case-study-protecting-regional-water-resources](http://aligneddc.com/case-studies/case-study-protecting-regional-water-resources)
- [http://aligneddc.com/locations](http://aligneddc.com/locations)
- [http://aligneddc.com/northern-virginia-data-centers](http://aligneddc.com/northern-virginia-data-centers)
- [http://aligneddc.com/press-release/ai-infrastructure-partnership-aip-mgx-and-blackrocks-global-infrastructure-partners-gip-to-acquire-all-equity-in-aligned-data-centers](http://aligneddc.com/press-release/ai-infrastructure-partnership-aip-mgx-and-blackrocks-global-infrastructure-partners-gip-to-acquire-all-equity-in-aligned-data-centers)
- [http://aligneddc.com/press-release/aip-mgx-and-blackrocks-gip-close-acquisition-of-aligned-data-centers](http://aligneddc.com/press-release/aip-mgx-and-blackrocks-gip-close-acquisition-of-aligned-data-centers)
- [http://aligneddc.com/press-release/aligned-energy-completes-phase-one-of-ashburn-data-center-campus](http://aligneddc.com/press-release/aligned-energy-completes-phase-one-of-ashburn-data-center-campus)
- [http://aligneddc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Aligned-Ashburn-Case-Study.pdf](http://aligneddc.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Aligned-Ashburn-Case-Study.pdf)
- [http://baxtel.com/data-center/aligned-ashburn](http://baxtel.com/data-center/aligned-ashburn)
- [http://canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/aligned-energy-data-centers-ashburn-llc-loudoun](http://canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/aligned-energy-data-centers-ashburn-llc-loudoun)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/aligned-data-centers-97192229](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/aligned-data-centers-97192229)
- [http://datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/aligned-iad-01](http://datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/aligned-iad-01)
- [http://ironmountain.com/data-centers/locations/na/virginia](http://ironmountain.com/data-centers/locations/na/virginia)
- [http://pjm.com/about-pjm](http://pjm.com/about-pjm)
- [Virginia Tax Exemptions for Data Centers – January 2, 2026](http://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2026/RD40/PDF)
- [http://vedp.org/incentive/data-center-retail-sales-use-tax-exemption](http://vedp.org/incentive/data-center-retail-sales-use-tax-exemption)
- [Nova](http://www.dominionenergy.com/en/About/Delivering-Energy/Electric-Projects/Power-Line-Projects/Nova)
- [Data Center Requests | Virginia](http://www.dominionenergy.com/en/Virginia/Large-Business-Services/Data-Center-Requests)
- [Aligned Ashburn Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/aligned-ashburn)
- [PhoenixNAP - Ashburn Data Center](https://cloudandcolocation.com/datacenters/phoenixnap-ashburn-data-center/)
- [Aligned Ashburn IAD-01 — Ashburn, VA, US Data Center | PJM grid ...](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/aligned-aligned-ashburn-iad-01-395db055)
- [Docket Search Results - eLibrary](https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/docketsheet?docket_number=er22-962-000)
- [Aligned Energy Data Centers (Ashburn), LLC — Loudoun County ...](https://www.canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/aligned-energy-data-centers-ashburn-llc-loudoun/)
- [Dominion Plans for Long-Term Virginia Data Center Power ...](https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/energy/article/55236892/dominion-plans-for-long-term-virginia-data-center-power-demand-connects-with-pjm-on-transmission-lines)
- [Aligned IAD-01 Data Center in Ashburn | 21890 Uunet Drive](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/aligned-iad-01/)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [Virginia's Data Center Boom Faces Growing Community Backlash](https://www.pcrehomes.com/blog/virginia-data-center-boom-community-opposition-real-estate-2026/)
- [Aligned Ashburn (IAD-01)](https://www.peeringdb.com/fac/7861)

## Data quality

- The evidence consists primarily of corporate and directory listings, with limited local news coverage or explicit community benefit statements for Aligned IAD-01.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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Profile generated: 2026-09-04T13:46:27.532767Z
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