# Vantage VA2

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Vantage VA2 is a campus data center in Sterling, VA. Vantage Data Centers is identified as the operator, and the facility is under construction. Spatial service-territory evidence associates the site with Dominion Energy; 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: under_construction
- Asset scope: campus
- Location: 22435 Glenn Drive, Sterling, VA
- Operator: Vantage Data Centers (exact asset) — https://vantage-dc.com/
- Owner: Vantage Data Centers (exact asset) — https://vantage-dc.com/
- Developer: Vantage Data Centers (exact asset) — https://vantage-dc.com/
- Utility: Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- Critical it load: 96 MW · reported · exact asset — Critical IT load
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM
- Electric utility: Dominion Energy

## Development

- Site status: under_construction
- Site area: 18 acres
- Gross floor area: 800,000 square feet
- Buildings: 3
- Construction: Vantage VA2 is an 18‑acre campus in Sterling, VA, under construction, comprising three multi‑story data center buildings with a total critical IT capacity of 96 MW and 800,000 sq ft of floor space.

## Compute and operations

- Critical IT load: 96 MW
- Operating context: Ashburn (VA2) Data Center Campus is an 18‑acre site with three multi‑story facilities, 800,000 sq ft of space, 96 MW of critical IT load, and 300 W/sq ft average density, featuring N+1 power redundancy and carrier‑neutral fiber connectivity.

## Sources

- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](http://deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [http://services3.arcgis.com/Ww6Zhg5FR2pLMf1C/ArcGIS/rest/services/VA_Electric_2016/FeatureServer/0/query?f=json&geometry=-77.5578909,38.7774374&geometryType=esriGeometryPoint&inSR=4326&outFields=Provider,Utility&returnGeometry=false&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&where=1=1](http://services3.arcgis.com/Ww6Zhg5FR2pLMf1C/ArcGIS/rest/services/VA_Electric_2016/FeatureServer/0/query?f=json&geometry=-77.5578909,38.7774374&geometryType=esriGeometryPoint&inSR=4326&outFields=Provider,Utility&returnGeometry=false&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&where=1=1)
- [http://vantage-dc.com/data-center-locations/north-america/ashburn-i-virginia](http://vantage-dc.com/data-center-locations/north-america/ashburn-i-virginia)
- [Vantage VA2 - Ashburn II Campus | GoDataCenters](https://godatacenters.com/data-centers/virginia/sterling/f69cd394-d990-4007-8dc4-773046f5d337)
- [Vantage Data Centers - Flexible and Scalable Data Centers](https://vantage-dc.com/)
- [Ashburn II, Virginia Data Center Campus - Vantage Data Centers](https://vantage-dc.com/data-center-locations/north-america/ashburn-ii-virginia/)
- [Data Center Retail Sales & Use Tax Exemption | Virginia Economic Development Partnership](https://vedp.org/incentive/data-center-retail-sales-use-tax-exemption)
- [Vantage Data Centers VA2 LLC — Loudoun County, VA | Groundwork](https://www.canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/vantage-data-centers-va2-llc-loudoun/)
- [Vantage VA2 - Ashburn II Campus Data Center in Sterling](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/sterling/vantage-va2-campus/)
- [Vantage Data Centers: Ashburn II Data Center Campus](https://www.datacenters.com/vantage-ashburn-ii-campus-building-1)
- [Climate group informs residents on data center impact](https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/virginia/loudoun-county/after-virginia-approved-a-gas-powered-data-center-without-public-input-residents-turned-to-a-local-environmental-group-for-answers/) — DC News Now · 2026-06-09
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [Greens threaten lawsuit over two Texas data centers - E&E News by POLITICO](https://www.eenews.net/articles/greens-threaten-lawsuit-over-two-texas-data-centers/)
- [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
- [Join Us for a Q&A on Our New Vantage Data Center Air Quality Study - The Piedmont Environmental Council](https://www.pecva.org/region/loudoun/sterling-air-quality-study-event/) — Piedmont Environmental Council · 2026-04-01
- [Virginia couldn't stop Sterling data center's 24-hour diesel ...](https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/investigations/vantage-data-center-loudoun-county-air-pollution-piedmont-environmental-council/65-ffa00add-bb5a-4b8b-8873-f28b577c6abe)

## Data quality

- 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/