# Vantage VA12

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/vantage-va12

Vantage VA12 is a facility data center in Sterling, Loudoun, VA. Vantage Data Centers, LLC is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. It is identified as part of Northern Virginia 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: 45194 Vantage Data Plaza, Sterling, Loudoun County, VA
- Operator: Vantage Data Centers, LLC (exact asset) — https://vantage-dc.com
- Developer: Vantage Data Centers, LLC (exact asset) — https://vantage-dc.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: 228,606 square feet
- Buildings: 1
- Construction: Vantage VA12 was announced as the second of five planned facilities on Vantage's Northern Virginia campus. An air permit was issued on 2022-04-20, and the facility became operational in April 2022. The project was developed by Vantage Data Centers, LLC, with a two‑story building designed for 32 MW capacity at full build‑out.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, colocation, cloud, enterprise
- Workloads: AI inference, cloud
- Critical IT load: 16 MW
- Operating context: Operates as a hyperscale data center offering colocation services to hyperscalers, cloud providers, and large enterprises, with a Tier 3 availability design.

## Sources

- [http://emergencyprocedures.pjm.com/ep/pages/regions.jsf](http://emergencyprocedures.pjm.com/ep/pages/regions.jsf)
- [http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities](http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities)
- [The Dark Side of Data Centers – Loudoun Climate Project](http://loudounclimate.org/data-centers)
- [Amid ‘constant’ data center noise, Sterling residents also worry about health impact – NBC4 Washington](http://nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/amid-constant-data-center-noise-sterling-residents-also-worry-about-health-impact/4091393) — NBC4 Washington · 2026-04-15
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [Vantage VA12 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/vantage-va12)
- [Building the High-Density Data Centers of Tomorrow](https://blog.vantage-dc.com/2023/02/08/building-the-high-density-data-centers-of-tomorrow/)
- [Vantage VA12 Data Center, Sterling, Virginia - GoDataCenters](https://godatacenters.com/data-centers/virginia/sterling/vantage-va12-fdc18af4)
- [Vantage Data Centers | Grafik Agency | Case Study](https://grafik.agency/case-study/vantage-data-centers-2/)
- [Case Study: Vantage Data Center | PCI Mid-Atlantic](https://info.pci-ma.org/vantage-data-center)
- [Vantage Data Centers 74162 v5 — Loudoun County, VA](https://mlq.ai/permit-filings/usa/virginia/loudoun-county/74162-v5/)
- [Vantage VA12 Ashburn — Vantage Data Centers Data Center in ...](https://usdatamap.com/facility/vantage-va12-ashburn-va-vnt-7)
- [Vantage Data Centers - Flexible and Scalable Data Centers](https://vantage-dc.com/)
- [Data Center Locations - Vantage Data Centers](https://vantage-dc.com/data-center-locations/)
- [Ashburn I, Virginia Data Center Campus - Vantage Data Centers](https://vantage-dc.com/data-center-locations/north-america/ashburn-i-virginia/)
- [Vantage Data Centers Opens Second Data Center on Expanding 146MW Northern Virginia Mega Campus - Vantage Data Centers](https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-opens-second-data-center-on-expanding-146mw-northern-virginia-mega-campus/)
- [Vantage Data Centers VA11, VA12, VA13, VA14, & VA15 — Loudoun County, VA | Groundwork](https://www.canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/vantage-data-centers-va11-va12-va13-va14-and-va15-loudoun/)
- [Vantage VA12 Data Center | Corgan](https://www.corgan.com/projects/vantage-va12-data-center) — Corgan
- [Vantage Data Centers VA11 VA12 VA13 VA14 VA15 - Sterling, VA](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/vantage-data-centers-va11-va12-va13-va14-va15-1dd825d1)
- [Vantage opens second data center at Northern Virginia ...](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/vantage-opens-second-data-center-at-northern-virginia-campus/)
- [Sterling Data Centers - 88 Facilities from 4 Operators](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/sterling/)
- [Vantage VA12 Data Center in Sterling (32 MW)](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/sterling/vantage-va12/)
- [Sterling Residents Raise Alarms Over Off-Grid Data Center | News | loudounnow.com](https://www.loudounnow.com/news/sterling-residents-raise-alarms-over-off-grid-data-center/article_3481d7fd-11ef-4948-a951-8c4ee6e69f2f.html) — LoudounNow · 2026-04-16
- [Data center generator noise disrupts Va. neighborhood, locals say](https://www.newsnationnow.com/the-hill/virginia-data-center-noise/) — NewsNation · 2026-06-18
- [EMCASCO Insurance Company v. Vantage Data Centers ...](https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/52925481/EMCASCO_Insurance_Company_v_Vantage_Data_Centers_Management_Company,_LLC_et_al)

## Data quality

- Evidence limited to local news and trade sources focusing on noise, health impacts, and community concerns; no benefits reported.
- 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
Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/