# DataBank IAD3

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/databank-iad3

DataBank IAD3 is a building data center in Ashburn, Loudoun, VA. DataBank is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. It is identified as part of DataBank Ashburn 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: 21630 Red Rum Drive, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Owner: DataBank (exact asset) — https://www.databank.com
- Operator: DataBank (exact asset) — https://www.databank.com
- Developer: DataBank (exact asset) — https://www.databank.com
- Utility: Dominion Energy Virginia (exact asset) — https://www.dominionenergy.com

## Power and grid context

- Critical it load: 40 MW · operating · exact asset · as of 2023 — critical IT load capacity
- Backup generation: 3 MW · operating · exact asset · as of 2023 — backup generation capacity from CAT Generators
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: Dominion Virginia Power

## Development

- Site status: operating
- Site area: 18 acres
- Gross floor area: 290,000 square feet
- Construction: DataBank IAD3 (21630 Red Rum Drive, Ashburn, VA) is part of DataBank's Ashburn Campus; it opened in 2023. The facility was developed on the existing campus (GI Partners owns adjacent land/buildings) and expanded campus capacity. Reported facility characteristics across sources: IAD3 expands the Ashburn campus to roughly 18 acres and is reported with IT/raised-floor area figures varying by document (70,000–355,000 sq ft reported across campus-level vs. building-level statements) and reported power capacity figures of 40 MW (building-level) and 70 MW (campus total). Sources describe IAD3 as HPC-capable with N+1 power/cooling design, multiple on-site carriers, renewable energy supply claims, and served by multiple utility feeds from an off-site substation. Public statements also reference an IAD4 phase under development to add additional power and space on the campus. No reliable public evidence was found in the supplied corpus to specify number of buildings on the exact parcel beyond IAD3 itself, nor to reconcile differing square-footage totals where sources attribute figures to either the single building or aggregated campus footprint.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, hyperscale, cloud, enterprise
- Workloads: enterprise, web-scale SaaS, hyperscale cloud
- Critical IT load: 20 MW
- Operating context: Colocation facility offering enterprise, web‑scale SaaS, and hyperscale cloud workloads with maximum uptime assurance.

## Sources

- [http://databank.com/data-centers/northern-virginia/ashburn-campus](http://databank.com/data-centers/northern-virginia/ashburn-campus)
- [http://databank.com/data-centers/northern-virginia/ashburn-campus/iad3](http://databank.com/data-centers/northern-virginia/ashburn-campus/iad3)
- [http://databank.com/resources/blogs/construction-update-databanks-newest-northern-virginia-data-center-iad3](http://databank.com/resources/blogs/construction-update-databanks-newest-northern-virginia-data-center-iad3)
- [http://databank.com/resources/news/databank-expands-ashburn-campus-with-new-leased-data-center](http://databank.com/resources/news/databank-expands-ashburn-campus-with-new-leased-data-center)
- [http://databank.com/resources/press-releases/databank-begins-developing-a-third-data-center-on-its-ashburn-virginia-campus](http://databank.com/resources/press-releases/databank-begins-developing-a-third-data-center-on-its-ashburn-virginia-campus)
- [http://databank.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IAD3-datasheet.pdf](http://databank.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/IAD3-datasheet.pdf)
- [QTS Ashburn-Lockridge — Sterling, VA | datacenter.fyi](http://datacenter.fyi/facility/qts-ashburn-lockridge-va-7cc84a39)
- [http://desimone.com/projects/databank-iad-3](http://desimone.com/projects/databank-iad-3)
- [http://emergencyprocedures.pjm.com/ep/pages/regions.jsf](http://emergencyprocedures.pjm.com/ep/pages/regions.jsf)
- [http://gipartners.com/news/gi-partners-signs-major-lease-with-databank-for-new-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia](http://gipartners.com/news/gi-partners-signs-major-lease-with-databank-for-new-data-center-in-ashburn-virginia)
- [http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities](http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities)
- [http://loudounclimate.org/data-centers](http://loudounclimate.org/data-centers)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [http://pecva.org/region/loudoun/data-centers-in-loudoun-a-primer](http://pecva.org/region/loudoun/data-centers-in-loudoun-a-primer)
- [Data Center Requests | Virginia | Dominion Energy](http://www.dominionenergy.com/en/Virginia/Large-Business-Services/Data-Center-Requests)
- [DataBank Ashburn IAD3 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/databank-ashburn-iad3)
- [Report Highlights Community Pushback Stalling $64 Billion in Data Center Development Nationwide - Inside Climate News](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19052025/virginia-data-center-development-community-pushback/)
- [DataBank Ashburn IAD3 Map - Loudoun County](https://mapcarta.com/W1188691869)
- [Environment | Data Center Evolved](https://www.databank.com/about-databank/corporate-responsibility/environment/)
- [Northern Virginia Data Centers: Next-Level Infrastructure Solutions | DataBank](https://www.databank.com/data-centers/northern-virginia/)
- [Ashburn Campus - DataBank | Data Center Evolved](https://www.databank.com/data-centers/northern-virginia/ashburn-campus/)
- [Ashburn Campus Data Center](https://www.databank.com/data-centers/northern-virginia/ashburn-campus/iad3/) — DataBank
- [DataBank's Newest Northern Virginia Data Center – IAD3](https://www.databank.com/resources/blogs/construction-update-databanks-newest-northern-virginia-data-center-iad3/) — DataBank · 2022-04-18
- [DataBank Announces a Major New Data Center Build in ...](https://www.databank.com/resources/press-releases/databank-announces-a-major-new-data-center-build-in-northern-virginia/)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)

## 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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