# Equinix DC13

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Equinix DC13 is a facility data center in Ashburn, VA. Equinix 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.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 21830 Uunet Way, Ashburn, VA
- Owner: Equinix (exact asset) — https://www.equinix.com
- Operator: Equinix (exact asset) — https://www.equinix.com
- Utility: Dominion Virginia Power (Dominion Energy) (campus) — https://www.dominionenergy.com

## Power and grid context

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

## Development

- Site status: operating
- Site area: 9.4 acres
- Gross floor area: 108,336 square feet
- Construction: Equinix DC13 is an operational data center located at 21830 Uunet Way in Ashburn, VA. The facility has a power capacity of 16 MW and a floor area of 108,336 sq ft. The first building of the multi‑phase development was originally scheduled to open in 2023 but came online in 2025.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, ai_hpc
- Workloads: AI workloads, high-density workloads
- Operating context: DC13 is a high‑density colocation data center designed for large deployments, offering AI and high‑performance workloads with N+1 power redundancy and advanced cooling.

## Sources

- [http://cnbc.com/2025/05/01/data-center-boom-in-worlds-largest-market-not-slowing-dominion-says.html](http://cnbc.com/2025/05/01/data-center-boom-in-worlds-largest-market-not-slowing-dominion-says.html)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/d0a489dd](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/d0a489dd)
- [Equinix - Ashburn, VA | datacenter.fyi](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/equinix-4424406b)
- [http://datacenters.com/equinix-dc13-ashburn](http://datacenters.com/equinix-dc13-ashburn)
- [http://equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/washington-dc-data-centers](http://equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/washington-dc-data-centers)
- [http://equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/washington-dc-data-centers/dc13](http://equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/washington-dc-data-centers/dc13)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [http://prnewswire.com/news-releases/equinix-invests-200-million-in-washington-dc-area-data-center-expansions-301174519.html](http://prnewswire.com/news-releases/equinix-invests-200-million-in-washington-dc-area-data-center-expansions-301174519.html)
- [NIVO Substation | Smith Midland Corporation](http://smithmidland.com/projects/nivo-substation)
- [Data Center Retail Sales & Use Tax Exemption | Virginia Economic Development Partnership](http://vedp.org/incentive/data-center-retail-sales-use-tax-exemption)
- [Equinix DC13 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/equinix-dc13)
- [Equinix Completes Acquisition of 29 Data Centers from Verizon :: Equinix, Inc. (EQIX)](https://investor.equinix.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/288/equinix-completes-acquisition-of-29-data-centers-from) — Equinix · 2017-05-01
- [What Virginia Is Spending, What Virginia Is Getting: The Commonwealth Data Center Reference by Tommy Turner :: SSRN](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/6941078.pdf?abstractid=6941078&mirid=1)
- [Equinix LLC - DC 13 — Loudoun County, VA | Groundwork](https://www.canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/equinix-llc-dc-13-loudoun/)
- [Equinix DC13 — Ashburn, VA](https://www.datacenter.fyi/facility/equinix-dc13-va-27888642)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [DC13](https://www.equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/washington-dc-data-centers/dc13)
- [Data Centers in Loudoun: A Primer - The Piedmont Environmental Council](https://www.pecva.org/region/loudoun/data-centers-in-loudoun-a-primer/)

## Data quality

- No community benefit statements specific to Equinix DC13 were identified in the examined sources.
- 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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