# Ashburn VA5 Data Center

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/ashburn-va5-data-center

Ashburn VA5 Data Center is a building data center in Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA. NTT DATA, Inc. is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. It is identified as part of NTT Ashburn Data Center Campus. Spatial service-territory evidence associates the site with Dominion Virginia Power; 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: 21583 Megawatt Drive, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Owner: NTT DATA, Inc. (exact asset) — https://services.global.ntt/en-us/services-and-products/global-data-centers
- Operator: NTT DATA, Inc. (exact asset) — https://services.global.ntt/en-us/services-and-products/global-data-centers
- Utility: Dominion Virginia Power (exact asset) — https://www.dominionenergy.com/en/About/Delivering-Energy/Electric-Transmission-Access

## Power and grid context

- Critical it load: 32 MW · operating · exact asset — critical IT load
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: Dominion Virginia Power

## Development

- Site status: operational
- Gross floor area: 140,000 square feet
- Construction: VA5 is the fifth of nine planned data centers on NTT’s 224 MW Ashburn campus, offering 32 MW of critical IT load and 140,000 ft² of data floor space; it was slated to open later in 2021 and is currently operational.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation
- Critical IT load: 32 MW
- Operating context: Provides 32MW of critical IT load with N+1 block redundancy, offering cabinets, customizable cages, private suites, and dedicated vaults on a carrier‑neutral campus.

## Sources

- [http://baxtel.com/data-center/ntt-ashburn-campus](http://baxtel.com/data-center/ntt-ashburn-campus)
- [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)
- [Utilities | Loudoun County, VA - Official Website](http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities)
- [The Dark Side of Data Centers – Loudoun Climate Project](http://loudounclimate.org/data-centers)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [http://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2026/RD40/PDF](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=-77.6525395,38.8159745&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=-77.6525395,38.8159745&geometryType=esriGeometryPoint&inSR=4326&outFields=Provider,Utility&returnGeometry=false&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&where=1=1)
- [http://usdatamap.com/state/VA](http://usdatamap.com/state/VA)
- [NTT Ashburn VA5 Data Center - Coloprice](https://coloprice.com/data-centers/usa/ashburn/ntt-ashburn-va5/)
- [Ashburn NTT Global 019 · DC Atlas](https://dcatlas.io/en/explore/facilities/ntt-global-data-centers-va5-ashburn-data-center-ashburn)
- [NTT to Scale Global Data Centers by 300 MW in Next 18 Months](https://dgtlinfra.com/ntt-global-data-centers-300-mw-18-months/)
- [Sabey Data Centers Intergate.Ashburn Data Center](https://marketplace.upstack.com/data-centers/sabey-data-center-intergate-ashburn-building-c)
- [NTT VA5 Ashburn (NTT Global Data Centers)](https://morethanjustparks.com/data-center-tracker/ntt-va5-ashburn-va--ae66d613-9a2d-4c0d-aef2-2f6396af6f22)
- [Ashburn VA5 Data Center](https://services.global.ntt/en-us/services-and-products/global-data-centers/global-locations/americas/ashburn-va-5-data-center)
- [GDC - Ashburn VA5 Data Center | NTT DATA, Inc. (32 MW)](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/ntt-ashburn-va5/)
- [21583 MEGAWATT DR, ASHBURN, VA 20147](https://www.longandfoster.com/realestate/details/63649610/21583-megawatt-drive-ashburn-va-20147)

## 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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