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Equinix Ashburn DC18

OperatingColocationSiteAshburn, Loudoun County, Virginia

Part of Equinix — Ashburn, VA campus

30% profile completeness
25 claims from 7 sources
Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
Not yet sourced
Floor area
Not yet sourced
Buildings (planned)
Not yet sourced
Capital cost / investment
Not yet sourced
First operational
Not yet sourced

POWER & GRID

Time-to-power · verification · interconnection
Time to power
Energized — operating
Medium confidence
Project verification
Documented development
Permitting documented by permit / site plan.
Current stage
Operational
Furthest stage with documented evidence
Utility · ISO
Dominion Energy · PJM
Substation: Beaumeade Substation (230 kV) (nearest, unverified)

Power reality

Announced
No record
Interconnection request
No record
Contracted / approved
No record
Under construction
No record
Operational
No record
AI evidence brief
Summarizes only the evidence on this page. Answers citing anything else are rejected automatically.

Project verification

Development
  1. Announcedimplied by a later stage
  2. Land acquiredimplied by a later stage
  3. Planning / zoningSep 27, 2026
    Permit / site plan
    • Sep 27, 2026 · Permit / case ZRTD-2015-0003[7]
  4. Permitting2024
    Permit / site plan
    • 2024 · Permit date[7]
    • 2024 · Loudoun County site plan EPLAN-2024-0193 — Approved, 161,950 sq ft proposed.[7]
    • 2025 · Loudoun County site plan LEGI-2025-0027 — Active, 183,925 sq ft proposed.[7]
    • Sep 27, 2026 · Site plan EPLAN-2024-0193: Approved[7]
    • Sep 27, 2026 · Permit / case EPLAN-2024-0193[7]
    • Sep 27, 2026 · Site plan LEGI-2025-0027: Active[7]
    • Sep 27, 2026 · Permit / case LEGI-2025-0027[7]
Grid interconnection
  1. Interconnection application
  2. Feasibility study
  3. System impact study
  4. Facilities study
  5. Interconnection agreement / service contract
Build & energization
  1. Financing
  2. Under constructionimplied by a later stage
  3. Energizationimplied by a later stage
  4. OperationalSep 27, 2026
    Community map
    • Sep 27, 2026 · Reported status: operating[1]

● documented · ◌ implied by a later stage · ○ no evidence found. Dates are those of the earliest dated evidence, which can be later than when a stage actually began. Evidence classes: Permit / site plan, Community map.

Grid path

  1. facility
    Equinix Ashburn DC18
  2. substation
    Beaumeade Substation (230 kV)[1]
    Proximity onlyUnverified
    Nearest mapped substation, 0.19 km away. Proximity does not establish that it serves the site.
  3. transmission
    2143 (230 kV)[1]
    Proximity onlyUnverified
    Highest-voltage line mapped within 2 km (0.1 km away). Not confirmed as the supply path.
  4. utility
    Dominion Energy[2]
    Service territoryLikely
    Retail service territory containing the site
  5. ISO / RTO
    PJM[3]
    Service territoryLikely
    Balancing authority: PJM
Substation capacity:
not published
Required upgrades:
not yet sourced
Congestion:
not yet sourced (no nodal price data)

Dashed boxes are based on proximity only and do not establish which asset serves the site.

Interconnection records

No interconnection-queue record is linked to this site. Of the ISOs we ingest, only NYISO publishes large-load requests; PJM, ERCOT, MISO, SPP and CAISO queues list generation only.

On-site & dedicated generation

No on-site, behind-the-meter or dedicated generation found in sources.

Location & imagery

Street address
Coordinates
39.02546, -77.45428
Address
44690 Performance Circle, Ashburn, 20147[1]Likely
County
Loudoun County
Photographs

No openly licensed ground-level photos matched to this site yet.

Ownership, operation & customers

  1. 1. Property owner of record
    Not identified
  2. 2. Owner / developer
    Not identified
  3. 3. Operator
    Equinix[1]Likely
  4. 4. Tenant / cloud
    Not identified
  5. 5. End customer / workload
    Not identified
Power supply
Utility:
Dominion Energy[2]Likely

Each link is sourced separately. The property owner of record is often a special-purpose entity; the same company appearing in two roles is shown only when sources say so.

All parties with evidence
Operator
Utility
Dominion Energy[2]Likely

Location falls inside this utility's retail service territory.

No tenants or end users identified in our sources yet.

Power (all fields)

Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
Not yet sourced

Capacity figures are nameplate or contracted; annual consumption is a labeled model estimate, not metered data.

Grid & electricity

ISO / RTO
PJM[3]Likelyderived

Location falls inside this ISO/RTO footprint.

Balancing authority
PJM[2]Likelyderived

Control area of the containing utility territory.

Nearest mapped substation
Beaumeade Substation (230 kV)[1]Likelyderived

Nearest substation mapped in OpenStreetMap; proximity does not establish which substation serves the site.

Distance to substation
0.2 km[1]Likelyderived
Highest-voltage line nearby
230 kV[1]Likelyderived

Highest-voltage transmission line mapped within 2 km.

State avg. industrial price
10.07¢/kWh[5]Confirmed

Virginia statewide average, July 2026.

State avg. commercial price
11.68¢/kWh[5]Confirmed

Virginia statewide average, July 2026.

Generation within 50 km
1.64 GW[6]Confirmedderived

60 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.

Generation queued in county
1.04 GW[4]Confirmedderived

11 active generation interconnection requests in Loudoun County: Storage 940 MW, Solar 100 MW. Queued projects often don't get built.

Interconnection status
Not yet sourced
Contracted / committed power
Not yet sourced
Nearby infrastructureTypeDistanceVoltage / capacitySource
2143Transmission line0.1 km230 kV[1]
230 kV lineTransmission line0.12 km230 kV[1]
2152;2081 · Dominion EnergyTransmission line0.13 km230 kV[1]
227;274 · Dominion EnergyTransmission line0.35 km230 kV[1]
2081 · Dominion EnergyTransmission line0.74 km230 kV[1]
2152 · Virginia Electric & Power CompanyTransmission line0.74 km230 kV[1]
Potomac Energy Center, LLC · Potomac Energy Center LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)8.6 km766 MW[6]
Montgomery County Resource Recovery · Covanta Montgomery, Inc.Power plant (Biomass)19.5 km54 MW[6]
Dickerson Power · Dickerson Power, LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)20.5 km299 MW[6]
Nih Cogeneration Facility · National Institutes of HealthPower plant (Natural Gas)31.3 km28 MW[6]
Covanta Alexandria/Arlington Energy · Covanta Alexandria/ArlingtonPower plant (Biomass)37.6 km29 MW[6]
Central Utility Plant At White Oak · GSA Metropolitan Service CenterPower plant (Natural Gas)40.8 km54 MW[6]
Covanta Fairfax Energy · Covanta Fairfax IncPower plant (Biomass)41.1 km98 MW[6]
Blake Solar Plant · Horus West Virginia 1, LLCPower plant (Solar)42.1 km80 MW[6]
Beaumeade Substation · Virginia Electric & Power CompanySubstation0.19 km230 kV[1]
NIVO Substation · Dominion EnergySubstation0.63 km230 kV[1]
Interconnection Substation · Dominion EnergySubstation0.75 km230 kV[1]
Beco Substation · Dominion EnergySubstation1.46 km230 kV[1]
Paragon Park SubstationSubstation1.47 km230 kV[1]
Nimbus SubstationSubstation1.68 km230 kV[1]
Largest queued generation in this countyFuelQueue statusMWSource
Loudoun 230 kVPJM AG2-285StorageIn study · proposed 2023-12150 MW[4]
Beaumeade 230 kVPJM AG2-287StorageIn study · proposed 2023-12150 MW[4]
New Road StoragePJM AE2-019StorageIA signed · proposed 2026-12120 MW[4]
Dulles SolarPJM AF1-147SolarIA signed · proposed 2023-12100 MW[4]
Roundtable 230 kVPJM AG2-307StorageIn study · proposed 2023-12100 MW[4]
Shelhorn 230 kVPJM AG2-323StorageIn study · proposed 2023-12100 MW[4]

Utility, ISO and nearby assets are derived from the site's location. Proximity to a substation or line doesn't establish the interconnection; that needs a utility filing or interconnection-queue record. Queue requests are applications, not commitments — most never reach operation.

Construction & permitting

  1. Announced
    —
  2. Land acquired
    —
  3. Permitting
    2024[7]
  4. Construction start
    —
  5. First operational
    —
  6. Expected completion
    —
Permitting status
Site plan EPLAN-2024-0193: Approved[7]Confirmed
Permit / case numbers
ZRTD-2015-0003, EPLAN-2024-0193, LEGI-2025-0027[7]Confirmed
Planned floor area
162,000 sq ft[7]Confirmed

Building area proposed in the site plan.

Real estate

Official assessments
Assessor's value for a tax year

None sourced yet

Recorded transactions
Sale prices from recorded deeds

None sourced yet

Model estimates
Our model — not an appraisal

None sourced yet

Annual property tax
Not yet sourced

No county parcel or assessor records linked yet. County records are currently ingested for Loudoun County, VA and Maricopa County, AZ.

Size

Planned floor area
162,000 sq ft[7]Confirmed

Building area proposed in the site plan.

Floor area
Not yet sourced

What changed (last 3 years)

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  • Permitting status
    Site plan EPLAN-2024-0193: ApprovedSep 27, 2026[7]→Site plan LEGI-2025-0027: ActiveSep 27, 2026[7]
  • Planned floor area
    162,000 sq ftSep 27, 2026[7]→183,900 sq ftSep 27, 2026[7]

Timeline

  1. 2024[7]

    Loudoun County site plan EPLAN-2024-0193 — Approved, 161,950 sq ft proposed.

  2. 2025[7]

    Loudoun County site plan LEGI-2025-0027 — Active, 183,925 sq ft proposed.

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All claims (provenance audit)

25
FieldValueSourceConfidenceAs ofStatus
NameEquinix Ashburn DC18node/14156477686 name=Equinix Ashburn DC18[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
StatusOperating[1] derivedUnverified2026-09-27Shown
Facility typeColocation[1] derivedUnverified2026-09-27Shown
Address44690 Performance Circle, Ashburn, 20147[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
OperatorEquinixoperator=Equinix[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
UtilityDominion Energyterritory 19876: VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO (INVESTOR OWNED, DOMINION RESOURCE[2] derivedLikely2022Shown
ISO / RTOPJMPJM INTERCONNECTION, LLC[3] derivedLikely—Shown
Balancing authorityPJM[2] derivedLikely—Shown
Nearest mapped substationBeaumeade Substation (230 kV)way/59337974[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Distance to substation0.2 km[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Highest-voltage line nearby230 kV[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Generation queued in county1.04 GW[4] derivedConfirmed2026-09-27Shown
State avg. industrial price10.07¢/kWh[5] Confirmed2026-07Shown
State avg. commercial price11.68¢/kWh[5] Confirmed2026-07Shown
Generation within 50 km1.64 GW[6] derivedConfirmed202502Shown
Permitting statusSite plan EPLAN-2024-0193: ApprovedApplication EPLAN-2024-0193, zoning case ZRTD-2015-0003[7] Confirmed2026-09-27Shown
Permitting statusSite plan LEGI-2025-0027: ActiveApplication LEGI-2025-0027, zoning case ZRTD-2015-0003[7] Confirmed2026-09-27Superseded / alternative
Permit / case numbersEPLAN-2024-0193[7] Confirmed2026-09-27Shown
Permit / case numbersZRTD-2015-0003[7] Confirmed2026-09-27Shown
Permit / case numbersLEGI-2025-0027[7] Confirmed2026-09-27Shown
Permit / case numbersZRTD-2015-0003[7] Confirmed2026-09-27Shown
Planned floor area162,000 sq ft[7] Confirmed2026-09-27Shown
Planned floor area183,900 sq ft[7] Confirmed2026-09-27Superseded / alternative
Permit / site plan filed2024[7] derivedConfirmed2026-09-27Shown
Permit / site plan filed2025[7] derivedConfirmed2026-09-27Superseded / alternative