# Digital Realty ACC5

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/digital-realty-acc5

Digital Realty ACC5 is a building data center in Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA. Digital Realty is identified as the operator. It is identified as part of Ashburn Corporate Center. 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: unknown
- Asset scope: building
- Location: 44521 Hastings Drive, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Owner: Digital Realty (exact asset) — https://www.digitalrealty.com
- Operator: Digital Realty (exact asset) — https://www.digitalrealty.com
- Developer: Digital Realty (exact asset) — https://www.digitalrealty.com
- Utility: Dominion Energy (exact asset) — https://www.dominionenergy.com

## Power and grid context

- Critical it load: 36.4 MW · reported · exact asset — building critical power
- ISO/RTO: PJM Interconnection
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: Dominion Energy Virginia

## Development

- Site status: operational
- Site area: 17 acres
- Gross floor area: 360,000 square feet
- Buildings: 1
- Construction: ACC5 was built in 2009 and is currently operational; a new expansion phase was announced to start construction in 2024 and complete in 2026/2027.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation
- Operating context: Data center operated by Digital Realty, serving the Northern Virginia market, and classified as a Tier 3 Equivalent facility.

## Sources

- [http://baxtel.com/data-center/aligned-ashburn](http://baxtel.com/data-center/aligned-ashburn)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/facility/qts-ashburn-lockridge-va-7cc84a39](http://datacenter.fyi/facility/qts-ashburn-lockridge-va-7cc84a39)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/centersquare-2fd0713b](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/centersquare-2fd0713b)
- [http://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/digital-realty/44521-hastings-drive/acc-5](http://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/digital-realty/44521-hastings-drive/acc-5)
- [http://datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/43791-devin-shafron-drive](http://datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/43791-devin-shafron-drive)
- [http://datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/44521-hastings-drive](http://datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/44521-hastings-drive)
- [http://deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers](http://deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [http://digitalrealty.com/data-centers/americas/northern-virginia](http://digitalrealty.com/data-centers/americas/northern-virginia)
- [http://digitalrealty.com/data-centers/americas/northern-virginia/acc5](http://digitalrealty.com/data-centers/americas/northern-virginia/acc5)
- [http://docs.broadcom.com/docs/12398408](http://docs.broadcom.com/docs/12398408)
- [http://eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electric_overview/balancing_authority/PJM](http://eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electric_overview/balancing_authority/PJM)
- [http://go2.digitalrealty.com/rs/087-YZJ-646/images/DS_Digital_Realty_2311_ACC5_Property_Factsheet_EN.pdf](http://go2.digitalrealty.com/rs/087-YZJ-646/images/DS_Digital_Realty_2311_ACC5_Property_Factsheet_EN.pdf)
- [http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities](http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities)
- [http://marketplace.upstack.com/data-centers/digital-realty-dft-data-center-ashburn-acc5](http://marketplace.upstack.com/data-centers/digital-realty-dft-data-center-ashburn-acc5)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [http://smithmidland.com/projects/nivo-substation](http://smithmidland.com/projects/nivo-substation)
- [http://vedp.org/incentive/data-center-retail-sales-use-tax-exemption](http://vedp.org/incentive/data-center-retail-sales-use-tax-exemption)
- [44521 Hastings (ACC5) Digital Realty Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/44521-hastings-acc5-digital-realty)
- [44521 Hastings (ACC5) Digital Realty Data Center News - Baxtel](https://baxtel.com/news/data-centers/44521-hastings-acc5-digital-realty?page=1)
- [ACC5 Property Factsheet](https://go2.digitalrealty.com/rs/087-YZJ-646/images/DS_Digital_Realty_2311_ACC5_Property_Factsheet_EN.pdf)
- [Digital Realty Ashburn ACC5 - US Data Center Map 2026](https://usdatamap.com/facility/digital-realty-ashburn-acc5-va-dlr-2-a)
- [Virginia Data Centers — 127 Facilities | USDataMap](https://usdatamap.com/state/VA)
- [Digital Realty Northern Virginia ACC5 · Compute Atlas](https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/digital-realty-northern-virginia-acc5-va)
- [News | TPG, Digital Realty Line Up Financing for $1.5 Billion Data Center Recapitalization](https://www.costar.com/article/847703017/tpg-digital-realty-line-up-financing-for-15-billion-data-center-recapitalization) — CoStar · 2023-08-17
- [Digital Realty IAD (44521 Hastings) Data Center in Alexandria | DataCenterJournal](https://www.datacenterjournal.com/data-centers/virginia/alexandria/digital-realty-iad-44521-hastings/) — DataCenterJournal
- [Digital Realty Data Center in Ashburn VA](https://www.datacenters.com/digital-realty-northern-virginia-acc5)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [Northern Virginia ACC5 - 44521 Hastings Drive](https://www.digitalrealty.com/data-centers/americas/northern-virginia/acc5)
- [69kV Substation Equipment Technical Data | PDF](https://www.scribd.com/document/782345973/Technical-Data-Sheet-Schedule)

## Data quality

- Sources include operator marketing pages (Digital Realty) and a subscription-only CoStar news article; benefits are described by the operator and may not reflect independent assessment.
- 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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