# Equinix Ashburn DC12

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/equinix-ashburn-dc12

Equinix Ashburn DC12 is a facility data center in Ashburn, Loudoun, VA. Equinix is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. It is identified as part of Equinix Ashburn. Spatial service-territory evidence associates the site with Dominion Energy; 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: 44790 Performance Circle, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Operator: Equinix (exact asset) — https://www.equinix.com
- Owner: Equinix (exact asset) — https://www.equinix.com
- Developer: Equinix (exact asset) — https://www.equinix.com
- Utility: Dominion Energy (exact asset) — https://www.dominionenergy.com/en/About/Delivering-Energy/Electric-Transmission-Access

## Power and grid context

- ISO/RTO: PJM Interconnection
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: Dominion Energy

## Development

- Site status: Commissioned
- Gross floor area: 182,800 square feet
- Construction: Washington DC DC12 Located on our Ashburn Campus in Virginia, DC12 offers customers access to one of the top three peering exchange markets and the largest peering exchange in the US east coast.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, ai_hpc
- Workloads: AI, high-density
- Operating context: Carrier‑neutral colocation facility with N+1 power and cooling redundancy, supporting AI and high‑density workloads.

## Sources

- [http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities](http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities)
- [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)
- [Equinix Data Center - DC12, location on the map](https://cx.maptons.com/p/14639701243)
- [Equinix DC12 | 44790 Performance Circle, Northern Virginia - datacenterHawk](https://datacenterhawk.com/marketplace/providers/equinix/44790-performance-circle/dc12)
- [Ashburn Equinix 021 (DC12) · 12 MW live - DC Atlas](https://dcatlas.io/en/explore/facilities/equinix-dc12-ashburn-data-center-ashburn)
- [Ashburn, Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashburn,_Virginia)
- [Report Highlights Community Pushback Stalling $64 ...](https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19052025/virginia-data-center-development-community-pushback/)
- [Equinix Expands in Washington, D.C. Area with New ...](https://investor.equinix.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/252/equinix-expands-in-washington-d-c-area-with-new-flagship) — Equinix, Inc. · 2017-10-26
- [Equinix Extends the Digital Edge for Companies with Five New Data ...](https://newsroom.equinix.com/2017-04-03-Equinix-Extends-the-Digital-Edge-for-Companies-with-Five-New-Data-Centers-and-14-Expansions-Opening-in-2017)
- [Equinix DC12 Ashburn: 4 MW, Loudoun County, Virginia](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/equinix-dc12-ashburn-va/)
- [NIVO Substation | Smith Midland Corporation](https://smithmidland.com/projects/nivo-substation/)
- [Petition · Stop building more data centers in Ashburn](https://www.change.org/p/stop-building-more-data-centers-in-ashburn)
- [Data Center Tours: Equinix DC12, Ashburn, Virginia](https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/colocation/article/55125540/data-center-tours-equinix-dc12-ashburn-virginia) — Data Center Frontier · 2024-07-15
- [DC12](https://www.equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/washington-dc-data-centers/dc12)
- [Loudoun County, VA - Official Website | Official Website](https://www.loudoun.gov/)

## 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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