# Digital Realty ACC7

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/digital-realty-acc7

Digital Realty ACC7 is a facility data center in Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA. Digital Realty is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. Spatial service-territory evidence associates the site with Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative; 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: facility
- Location: 21625 Gresham Court, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Operator: Digital Realty (exact asset) — https://www.digitalrealty.com
- Owner: Digital Realty (exact asset) — https://www.digitalrealty.com
- Utility: Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- Critical it load: 41.6 MW · reported · exact asset — Critical power capacity totals
- Interconnection request: 9 MW · reported · exact asset — Phase Power
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative
- Queue IDs: no queue IDs

## Development

- Site status: operating
- Gross floor area: 246,000 square feet
- Construction: Digital Realty ACC7 (21625 Gresham Drive, Ashburn VA) is an operating multi-tenant data center originally developed under the DuPont Fabros identity and since acquired by Digital Realty. Reported critical (leaseable) power capacity is ~41.6 MW and the facility is LEED Gold certified with an annualized PUE reported at 1.15. A 2014 announced expansion/phase described as +9 MW and ~50,000 sq ft was recorded; the site is operating and was part of the DuPont Fabros-to-Digital Realty transaction (acquired September 2017).

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, enterprise
- Workloads: enterprise
- Operating context: ACC7 is a large multi‑tenant colocation facility operated by Digital Realty, providing carrier‑neutral connectivity, power, and space for enterprise customers.

## Sources

- [http://baxtel.com/data-center/21625-gresham-acc7-digital-realty](http://baxtel.com/data-center/21625-gresham-acc7-digital-realty)
- [http://baxtel.com/data-center/44490-chilum-acc2-digital-realty](http://baxtel.com/data-center/44490-chilum-acc2-digital-realty)
- [http://baxtel.com/data-center/8217-linton-hall-va4-digital-realty](http://baxtel.com/data-center/8217-linton-hall-va4-digital-realty)
- [http://blog.gridstatus.io/early-july-2026-heat-wave](http://blog.gridstatus.io/early-july-2026-heat-wave)
- [http://corgan.com/projects/cloudhq-lc-2-data-center](http://corgan.com/projects/cloudhq-lc-2-data-center)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-114-iad-115-19d2cc2c](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-114-iad-115-19d2cc2c)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/centersquare-2fd0713b](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/centersquare-2fd0713b)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/digital-realty-lemur-properties-llc-va3-d9e459fa](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/digital-realty-lemur-properties-llc-va3-d9e459fa)
- [http://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/digital-realty/21625-gresham-drive/acc-7](http://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/digital-realty/21625-gresham-drive/acc-7)
- [http://datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/21625-gresham-drive](http://datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/21625-gresham-drive)
- [http://datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/43791-devin-shafron-drive](http://datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/43791-devin-shafron-drive)
- [http://digitalrealty.com/data-centers/americas/northern-virginia/acc7](http://digitalrealty.com/data-centers/americas/northern-virginia/acc7)
- [http://go2.digitalrealty.com/rs/087-YZJ-646/images/DS_Digital_Realty_2311_ACC6_Property_Factsheet_EN.pdf](http://go2.digitalrealty.com/rs/087-YZJ-646/images/DS_Digital_Realty_2311_ACC6_Property_Factsheet_EN.pdf)
- [http://insideclimatenews.org/news/19052025/virginia-data-center-development-community-pushback](http://insideclimatenews.org/news/19052025/virginia-data-center-development-community-pushback)
- [http://lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/05/10/in-virginia-the-world-s-data-center-capital-faces-mounting-opposition-from-local-residents_6753298_19.html](http://lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2026/05/10/in-virginia-the-world-s-data-center-capital-faces-mounting-opposition-from-local-residents_6753298_19.html)
- [http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities](http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities)
- [http://loudounclimate.org/data-centers](http://loudounclimate.org/data-centers)
- [http://nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/amid-constant-data-center-noise-sterling-residents-also-worry-about-health-impact/4091393](http://nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/amid-constant-data-center-noise-sterling-residents-also-worry-about-health-impact/4091393)
- [http://nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/loudoun-county-considers-putting-pause-on-data-center-development/4134004](http://nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/loudoun-county-considers-putting-pause-on-data-center-development/4134004)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [http://prnewswire.com/news-releases/dupont-fabros-technology-inc-achieves-leed-gold-certification-for-acc7-facility-300059800.html](http://prnewswire.com/news-releases/dupont-fabros-technology-inc-achieves-leed-gold-certification-for-acc7-facility-300059800.html)
- [http://services3.arcgis.com/Ww6Zhg5FR2pLMf1C/ArcGIS/rest/services/VA_Electric_2016/FeatureServer/0/query?f=json&geometry=-77.5949050,38.7780614&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=-77.5949050,38.7780614&geometryType=esriGeometryPoint&inSR=4326&outFields=Provider,Utility&returnGeometry=false&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&where=1=1)
- [http://usdatamap.com/state/VA](http://usdatamap.com/state/VA)
- [21625 Gresham (ACC7) Digital Realty Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/21625-gresham-acc7-digital-realty)
- [Digital Realty: Data Center Locations, History ...](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust)
- [Digital Realty ACC 7 | 21625 Gresham Drive, Northern ...](https://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/digital-realty/21625-gresham-drive/acc-7)
- [Digital Realty ACC7 Data Center, Ashburn, VA, USA](https://marketplace.upstack.com/data-centers/digital-realty-dft-data-center-acc7)
- [Digital Realty](https://platform.tracxn.com/a/d/company/531958eee4b0f7e165f6b894/digital%20realty?utm_source=parallel&utm_medium=ai#a:about)
- [Digital Realty Ashburn ACC7 — Digital Realty Data Center, VA](https://usdatamap.com/facility/digital-realty-ashburn-acc7-va-dlr-4-a)
- [TPG, Digital Realty Line Up Financing for $1.5 Billion Data ...](https://www.costar.com/article/847703017/tpg-digital-realty-line-up-financing-for-15-billion-data-center-recapitalization)
- [Digital Realty Data Center in Ashburn VA](https://www.datacenters.com/digital-realty-northern-virginia-acc7)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [Digital Realty To Merge With DuPont Fabros](https://www.digitalrealty.com/about/newsroom/press-releases/122772/digital-realty-to-merge-with-dupont-fabros)
- [ACC7 Data Center | 21625 Gresham Drive | Digital Realty](https://www.digitalrealty.com/data-centers/americas/northern-virginia/acc7)
- [Virginia Preserves Data Center Tax Incentive, Adds New ...](https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/08/virginia-preserves-data-center-tax-incentive)
- [DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. - DEF 14A](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000130817918000099/ldlr_2018def14a.htm)
- [Data Center Retail Sales & Use Tax Exemption](https://www.vedp.org/incentive/data-center-retail-sales-use-tax-exemption)

## Data quality

- No explicit community benefit information was found in any of the available sources; they primarily discuss opposition, public hearings, and generic data center details.
- 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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