QTS Manassas DC5

Operating · QTS Data Centers · 9301 Freedom Center Boulevard, Manassas, Virginia

QTS Manassas DC5 is an operating colocation facility at 9301 Freedom Center Boulevard in Manassas, Virginia, served by Dominion Energy Virginia within PJM. Prince William County records a completed 308,486-square-foot building constructed in 2023 under finaled permit BLD2021-04300. Public exact-facility directories report 42 MW commissioned, while Virginia DEQ records permitted emergency diesel generation without allocating a facility-specific aggregate rating. No exact interconnection point, named substation, or documented demand-response participation was identified.

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Overview

Status: Operating
Operating; completed and commissioned.
Exact-site power: 42 MW
Energized Power · Energized
Facility size: 308,486 sq ft
1 reported building · Facility
Compute profile: Colocation

QTS Manassas DC5

Operating · QTS Data Centers · 9301 Freedom Center Boulevard, Manassas, Virginia

QTS Manassas DC5 is an operating colocation facility at 9301 Freedom Center Boulevard in Manassas, Virginia, served by Dominion Energy Virginia within PJM. Prince William County records a completed 308,486-square-foot building constructed in 2023 under finaled permit BLD2021-04300. Public exact-facility directories report 42 MW commissioned, while Virginia DEQ records permitted emergency diesel generation without allocating a facility-specific aggregate rating. No exact interconnection point, named substation, or documented demand-response participation was identified.

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Overview

Status: Operating
Operating; completed and commissioned.
Exact-site power: 42 MW
Energized Power · Energized
Facility size: 308,486 sq ft
1 reported building · Facility
Compute profile: Colocation

Cooling design

Air heat rejection with a recirculating water loop.

Closed-loop, non-evaporative cooling with air heat rejection and a recirculating water loop; QTS states that DC5/Manassas requires only a one-time fill and has no ongoing cooling-water demand.

Profile

Project scope: Prince William County records identify QTS Manassas DC5 at 9301 Freedom Center Boulevard as a completed building with a finaled permit, a 2023 year built, and 308,486 square feet of assessed gross floor area. Exact-site facility listings report the building as commissioned with 42 MW of power capacity and no leaseable power under construction.
Power and grid: 42 MW of energized power is reported for the exact facility.
Compute role: QTS Manassas DC5 is an operating, purpose-built, carrier-neutral colocation facility at 9301 Freedom Center Boulevard in Manassas.
Cooling and environment: Closed-loop, non-evaporative cooling with air heat rejection and a recirculating water loop; QTS states that DC5/Manassas requires only a one-time fill and has no ongoing cooling-water demand. Closed-loop cooling avoids ongoing water consumption for cooling after the initial system fill, but total building water use for standard operational needs is not quantified for DC5.
Local reporting: Local reporting identifies the QTS data center at 9301 Freedom Center Boulevard, stating that it was built in 2021 on a 22.7-acre parcel across from George Mason University's Manassas campus.

Organizations

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

OrganizationRoleScope

QTS Data CentersOperatorExact Asset

Timeline and sources

Project milestones and public references behind the asset profile.

Project timeline

Feb 28, 2019
Feb 28, 2019
QTS Partners to Fund Hyperscale Data Centers, in Manassas and BeyondData Center...
This 2019 trade article discusses QTS's Manassas campus and a joint venture to fund a first-phase data center, but it does not identify 9301 Freedom Center Boulevard or DC5. Its project details are therefore treated as campus-level context only.
Oct 22, 2022
Oct 22, 2022
QTS data center at 9301 Freedom Center BoulevardPrince Will...
Local reporting identifies the QTS data center at 9301 Freedom Center Boulevard, stating that it was built in 2021 on a 22.7-acre parcel across from George Mason University's Manassas campus.
2023
2023
DC5 completed facility construction completion scheduled
The exact-site county record identifies DC5 as a completed single building with permit BLD2021-04300 in finaled status. Exact-site facility listings report 42 MW commissioned, with no leaseable power under construction or planned.
Apr 9, 2025
Apr 9, 2025
Major gas leak at QTS data center near Manassas, VirginiaData Center...
The article reports a gas leak at a QTS facility at 9540 Godwin Drive and says traffic was affected on Freedom Center Boulevard. It lists 9301 Freedom Center Boulevard as one of three existing QTS Manassas campus addresses, but does not say that DC5 was the affected facility.

Sources

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api.eia.govSourceGovernment filing

deq.virginia.govdeq.virginia.govGovernment filing

deq.virginia.govIssued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQGovernment filing