# Aligned IAD-02

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/aligned-iad-02

Aligned IAD-02 is a building data center in Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA. Aligned is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. It is identified as part of Aligned Ashburn Campus. Spatial service-territory evidence associates the site with Dominion Energy Virginia; 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: 21821 Uunet Drive, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Operator: Aligned (exact asset) — https://aligneddc.com
- Owner: Aligned (exact asset) — https://aligneddc.com

## Power and grid context

- Utility service: 120 MW · operating · exact asset — Power capacity
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: Dominion Energy Virginia

## Development

- Site status: completed
- Site area: 26 acres
- Gross floor area: 438,460 square feet
- Buildings: 1
- Construction: Construction of Aligned IAD-02 began shortly after the completion of IAD-01 in 2019 and the 438,460 sq ft building was completed in 2020. The facility is a 120 MW hyperscale data center on a 26‑acre campus.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, colocation, cloud, ai_hpc, enterprise
- Workloads: AI / HPC, cloud, real‑time applications, enterprise IT, hyperscale
- Critical IT load: 120 MW
- Operating context: Aligned IAD-02 is the second building on Aligned's 26‑acre Ashburn campus. The building is designed to Tier III standards, offers 100% uptime SLA, supports mixed and high densities (air cooling plus provisions for liquid cooling), uses N+1 block redundant electrical topology with on‑site backup (3 MW generators, 2 MW UPS line‑ups reported), 415V A/B rack distribution, and targets sustainability measures including 100% renewable power and near‑zero WUE via closed‑loop chilled water.

## Sources

- [http://aligneddc.com/blog/aligned-tops-out-its-second-ashburn-va-hyperscale-data-center](http://aligneddc.com/blog/aligned-tops-out-its-second-ashburn-va-hyperscale-data-center)
- [Aligned Ashburn Data Center](http://baxtel.com/data-center/aligned-ashburn)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/21571-beaumeade-circle-llc-d395ad70](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/21571-beaumeade-circle-llc-d395ad70)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](http://deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [http://eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electric_overview/balancing_authority/PJM](http://eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electric_overview/balancing_authority/PJM)
- [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=-77.5578909,38.7774374&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=-77.5578909,38.7774374&geometryType=esriGeometryPoint&inSR=4326&outFields=Provider,Utility&returnGeometry=false&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&where=1=1)
- [http://usdatamap.com/facility/aligned-iad-02-ashburn-va-algn-5](http://usdatamap.com/facility/aligned-iad-02-ashburn-va-algn-5)
- [Aligned Data Centers: Adaptive Data Centers for Growth](https://aligneddc.com/)
- [Aligned Tops Out Its Second Ashburn, VA Hyperscale Data ...](https://aligneddc.com/blog/aligned-tops-out-its-second-ashburn-va-hyperscale-data-center/)
- [Advanced Data Center Cooling](https://aligneddc.com/cooling-innovation/)
- [Fully Adaptive, AI-Ready Data Centers in Northern Virginia](https://aligneddc.com/northern-virginia-data-centers/)
- [Sustainability as a Priority](https://aligneddc.com/sustainability/)
- [Aligned Ashburn Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/aligned-ashburn)
- [Aligned IAD02 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/aligned-iad02)
- [Aligned Data Centers IAD02 | 21821 Uunet Drive, Northern Virginia - datacenterHawk](https://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/aligned-data-centers/21821-uunet-drive/iad02)
- [Aligned Ashburn (IAD-02)](https://datacenterplanet.com/listings/aligned-ashburn-iad-02)
- [Aligned IAD-02 Data Center, Ashburn, Virginia - GoDataCenters](https://godatacenters.com/data-centers/virginia/ashburn/aligned-iad-02-a21e861d)
- [Aligned IAD-02 Ashburn — Aligned Data Center, Ashburn VA | USDataMap](https://usdatamap.com/facility/aligned-iad-02-ashburn-va-algn-5)
- [How Amazon is making its data centers more water-efficient](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-data-center-water-usage)
- [Aligned IAD-02 Data Center in Ashburn | 21821 Uunet Drive](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/aligned-iad-02/)
- [Water Permits | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/water/water-permits)

## Data quality

- No news articles, community groups, petitions, public hearings, or litigation references specific to Aligned IAD-02 were found in the searched sources.
- 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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