# Equinix DC3

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/equinix-dc3

Equinix Ashburn DC3 is an operating carrier-neutral facility at 44470 Chilum Place in Ashburn. Equinix identifies DC3 as part of its Ashburn campus and describes access to the area's peering ecosystem. That network context is not treated as an electrical-demand estimate or evidence of a specific utility interconnection. The page represents DC3 as an exact facility, separate from nearby Equinix buildings, and maps its location to the PJM-serving utility territory.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: facility
- Location: 44470 Chilum Place, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Operator: Equinix (exact asset) — https://www.equinix.com

## Power and grid context

- Utility service: 2.2 MW · operating · exact asset — maximum power capacity
- Utility service: 5 MW · operating · exact asset — access to power
- Utility service: 14 MW · operating · exact asset — power capacity developed by Equinix
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM
- Electric utility: Dominion Virginia Power

## Development

- Site status: operational
- Site area: 9.4 acres
- Gross floor area: 307,498 square feet
- Buildings: 1
- Construction: Equinix DC3 is an operational data center with 67,038 sq ft of colocation space, 1‑story reinforced concrete construction, and 14 MW power capacity. A new two‑story 307,498 sq ft building on the same site was acquired in June 2023 and construction began in late 2025.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: colocation, cloud, ai_hpc
- Workloads: AI/HPC, cloud
- Operating context: Carrier‑neutral colocation data center on the Ashburn Campus offering peering exchange, fiber connectivity, and a range of interconnection services.

## Sources

- [http://baxtel.com/data-center/equinix-ashburn-dc3](http://baxtel.com/data-center/equinix-ashburn-dc3)
- [http://baxtel.com/data-center/ntt-ashburn-campus](http://baxtel.com/data-center/ntt-ashburn-campus)
- [http://canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/equinix-llc-dc-21-dc-22-loudoun](http://canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/equinix-llc-dc-21-dc-22-loudoun)
- [Petition · Stop Building Data Centers in Loudoun County, Virginia - United States · Change.org](http://change.org/p/stop-building-data-centers-in-loudoun-county-virginia)
- [Petition · Stop the data center development in Ashburn Village - Ashburn, United States · Change.org](http://change.org/p/stop-the-data-center-development-in-ashburn-village)
- [http://databank.com/data-centers/northern-virginia/ashburn-campus](http://databank.com/data-centers/northern-virginia/ashburn-campus)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/equinix-llc-dc-21-dc-22-cc2cee9d](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/equinix-llc-dc-21-dc-22-cc2cee9d)
- [http://dominionenergy.com/en/About/Delivering-Energy/Electric-Transmission-Access](http://dominionenergy.com/en/About/Delivering-Energy/Electric-Transmission-Access)
- [http://dominionenergy.com/en/Virginia/Large-Business-Services/Data-Center-Requests](http://dominionenergy.com/en/Virginia/Large-Business-Services/Data-Center-Requests)
- [DC3](http://equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/washington-dc-data-centers/dc3)
- [http://ferc.gov/industries-data/electric/electric-power-markets/pjm](http://ferc.gov/industries-data/electric/electric-power-markets/pjm)
- [http://investor.equinix.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/305/equinix-acquires-34-acres-of-land-in-ashburn-for](http://investor.equinix.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/305/equinix-acquires-34-acres-of-land-in-ashburn-for)
- [Equinix Invests $200 Million in Washington, D.C. Area Data Center Expansions :: Equinix, Inc. (EQIX)](http://investor.equinix.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/80/equinix-invests-200-million-in-washington-d-c-area-data) — Equinix Investor Relations · 2020-11-17
- [http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities](http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities)
- [Loudoun County considers putting pause on data center development – NBC4 Washington](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://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2026/RD40/PDF](http://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2026/RD40/PDF)
- [http://vedp.org/incentive/data-center-retail-sales-use-tax-exemption](http://vedp.org/incentive/data-center-retail-sales-use-tax-exemption)
- [Equinix Ashburn DC3 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/equinix-ashburn-dc3)
- [Equinix - Ashburn Data Center DC3](https://cloudandcolocation.com/datacenters/equinix-ashburn-data-center-dc3/)
- [Equinix DC3 — Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, VA](https://usdatamap.com/facility/equinix-dc3-va-eqx-3)
- [Virginia Data Centers — 127 Facilities | USDataMap](https://usdatamap.com/state/VA)
- [Equinix Ashburn Campus (DC1–DC15) — data center in Ashburn, VA · Compute Atlas](https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/equinix-ashburn-va)
- [Equinix DC3 · Compute Atlas](https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/equinix-dc3-va)
- [Equinix DC3 — Ashburn, VA](https://www.datacenter.fyi/facility/equinix-dc3-va-991e79d9)
- [Equinix Data Center in Ashburn, Virginia](https://www.datacenters.com/equinix-dc3-ashburn)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [DC3](https://www.equinix.com/data-centers/americas-colocation/united-states-colocation/washington-dc-data-centers/dc3)
- [Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 54 (Friday, March 21, 2025)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-21/html/2025-04894.htm) — Federal Register · 2025-03-21

## Data quality

- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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