Equinix Ashburn DC15

Operating · Equinix, Inc. · 44780 Performance Circle, Ashburn, VA

Equinix Ashburn DC15 is a building data center in Ashburn, Loudoun, VA. Equinix, Inc. is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. It is identified as part of Equinix 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.

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Overview

Status: Operating
Operating building
Exact-site power: Not disclosed
No exact-site MW figure in cited sources.
Facility size: 115,604 sq ft
1 reported building · Building
Opened: 2020 Q2
DC15

Equinix Ashburn DC15

Operating · Equinix, Inc. · 44780 Performance Circle, Ashburn, VA

Equinix Ashburn DC15 is a building data center in Ashburn, Loudoun, VA. Equinix, Inc. is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. It is identified as part of Equinix 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.

Website Open in grid

Overview

Status: Operating
Operating building
Exact-site power: Not disclosed
No exact-site MW figure in cited sources.
Facility size: 115,604 sq ft
1 reported building · Building
Opened: 2020 Q2
DC15

Compute profile

Colocation

AI · high-density workloads

Cooling design

Reported

air-cooled chillers · closed-loop non-evaporative water system · two-phase liquid cooling for racks

Profile

Project scope: Equinix DC15 opened its $111 million first phase in Q2 2020, providing 1,600 cabinet equivalents and approx. 23,000 sq ft of colocation space within a 2‑story, precast‑concrete building of 115,604 ft², and is currently operating.
Power and grid: No exact-site power capacity has been disclosed. Reported utility context: Dominion Virginia Power.
Compute role: Equinix DC15 is a 2‑story, precast‑concrete data centre in Ashburn, VA, offering carrier‑neutral colocation and interconnection services across approximately 115,604 ft², with N+1 power redundancy and N+20% cooling redundancy.
Cooling and environment: air-cooled chillers. closed-loop non-evaporative water system.
Local reporting: Equinix announces DC15 opened earlier in 2020 and that Equinix invested over $200M in Washington, D.C. area expansions including DC15; describes DC15 first phase cost (~$111M), initial cabinet capacity and mentions renewable energy procurement/CO2 footprint reduction in campus context.

Organizations

Material, source-backed organizations directly involved with this facility or its parent campus. Duplicate legal names and incidental community mentions are excluded.

OrganizationRoleScope

Equinix, Inc.Owner · OperatorExact Asset

Dominion Virginia PowerUtilityExact Asset

Virginia Department of Environmental QualityRegulatorExact Asset

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Nov 17, 2020
Nov 17, 2020
DC15 announced
First phase opened in Q2 2020 with 1,600 cabinet equivalents and approx. 23,000 sq ft colocation space; total building 115,604 ft², 2‑story, precast‑concrete.
Nov 17, 2020
Nov 17, 2020
Equinix adds another data center in Washington, DCLightwave O...
Trade coverage noting Equinix opened DC15 earlier in the year and that DC21 opened later; repeats phase cost and initial capacity numbers for DC15 from corporate announcement.
Nov 17, 2020
Nov 17, 2020
Equinix Invests $200 Million in Washington, D.C. Area Data Center ExpansionsEquinix (in...
Equinix announces DC15 opened earlier in 2020 and that Equinix invested over $200M in Washington, D.C. area expansions including DC15; describes DC15 first phase cost (~$111M), initial cabinet capacity and mentions renewable energy procurement/CO2 footprint reduction in campus context.