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Digital Realty VA3

OperatingEst.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. As of Oct 12, 2026.ColocationBuildingReston, Fairfax County, Virginia

Digital Realty VA3 is an operating colocation in Reston, Virginia. Operated or owned by Digital Realty. Power capacity has not been disclosed or collected yet. Verification: verified operating. 7 cited sources.

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24 claims from 8 sources
Last verified against sources: Oct 12, 2026
Newest dated evidence: Oct 12, 2026
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Datacenter Source. “Digital Realty VA3.” /facilities/digital-realty-va3-reston-va. Data as of 2026-10-12. Accessed 2026-10-12.
BibTeX
@misc{datacentersource_digital_realty_va3_reston_va_2026,
  title = {{Digital Realty VA3}},
  author = {{Datacenter Source}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{/facilities/digital-realty-va3-reston-va}},
  note = {Data as of 2026-10-12; accessed 2026-10-12. Compiled from cited sources, including OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)},
}

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Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
Not yet sourced
Floor area
482,000 sq ft[1]
Est.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. As of Oct 12, 2026.Unverifiedestimated
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
High confidence
Project verification
Verified operating
Operation documented by government record.
Current stage
Operational
Furthest stage with documented evidence
Utility · ISO
Dominion Energy · PJM
Substation: Subset Hills 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 acquiredSep 30, 1986
    Government record
    • Sep 30, 1986 · Land acquisition / deed recorded[7]
    • Sep 30, 1986 · Deed/transfer recorded for parcel 0183 08 0009A: $76,080,000.[7]
    • May 13, 1999 · Deed/transfer recorded for parcel 0183 08 0009A (no sale price disclosed).[7]
    • Mar 10, 2000 · Deed/transfer recorded for parcel 0183 08 0009A: $8,436,886.[7]
  3. Planning / zoningimplied by a later stage
  4. Permittingimplied by a later stage
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. OperationalOct 12, 2026
    Community map · Government record
    • Oct 12, 2026 · Reported status: operating[1]
    • Oct 12, 2026 · County land use: Land use code 190[7]

● 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: Government record, Community map.

Grid path

  1. facility
    Digital Realty VA3
  2. substation
    Subset Hills Substation (230 kV)[1]
    Proximity onlyUnverified
    Nearest mapped substation, 0.08 km away. Proximity does not establish that it serves the site.
  3. transmission
    230 kV line[1]
    Proximity onlyUnverified
    Highest-voltage line mapped within 2 km (0.07 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.

LOCAL IMPACT

Water · generation · incentives · regulation · rates

Water & cooling

Not yet collected: we haven't found a source for water use or the cooling type at this site. Know one? Add a source

On-site generation & air permits

Not yet collected: we haven't found a source for on-site generation or an air permit for this site. Know one? Add a source

Incentives

Not yet collected: we haven't found a source for tax abatements, PILOTs or other incentives for this project. Know one? Add a source

Regulatory events

Not yet collected: we haven't found a source for hearings, rezonings, permits or commission proceedings. Know one? Add a source

Utility & rates1

  • GS-5 rate class for customers demanding 25 MW or more[8]ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record. As of Nov 25, 2025.Nov 25, 2025
    Dominion Energy · Virginia State Corporation Commission · Docket PUR-2025-00058 · Final order issued · effective Jan 1, 2027

    “the new GS-5 rate class will comprise customers demanding 25 megawatts or more. The new rate class will be effective beginning January 1, 2027.”

    Applies to Dominion Energy Virginia's service territory; the facility's utility is the most likely retail provider by location unless a source names it.

Location & imagery

Mapped outline
Coordinates
38.94846, -77.32751
Address
1780 Business Center Drive, Reston, VA 20190[1]Est.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. As of Oct 12, 2026.Likely
County
Fairfax 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
    Digital Realty[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]Est.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.Likelyderived

Location falls inside this ISO/RTO footprint.

Balancing authority
PJM[2]Est.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure.Likelyderived

Control area of the containing utility territory.

Nearest mapped substation
Subset Hills Substation (230 kV)[1]Est.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. As of Sep 28, 2026.Likelyderived

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

Distance to substation
0.1 km[1]Est.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. As of Sep 28, 2026.Likelyderived
Highest-voltage line nearby
230 kV[1]Est.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. As of Sep 28, 2026.Likelyderived

Highest-voltage transmission line mapped within 2 km.

State avg. industrial price
10.07¢/kWh[5]ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record. As of Jul 2026.Confirmed

Virginia statewide average, July 2026.

State avg. commercial price
11.68¢/kWh[5]ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record. As of Jul 2026.Confirmed

Virginia statewide average, July 2026.

Generation within 50 km
2.21 GW[6]Est.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. As of Jan 1, 202502.Confirmedderived

73 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.

Generation queued in county
348 MW[4]Est.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. As of Oct 12, 2026.Confirmedderived

3 active generation interconnection requests in Fairfax County: Storage 250 MW, Other 98 MW. Queued projects often don't get built.

Interconnection status
Not yet sourced
Contracted / committed power
Not yet sourced
Nearby infrastructureTypeDistanceVoltage / capacitySource
230 kV lineTransmission line0.07 km230 kV[1]
Reston - Hunter 230kV transmission line · Dominion EnergyTransmission line0.14 km230 kV[1]
230kV transmission line · Dominion EnergyTransmission line1.67 km230 kV[1]
Reston - Dulles 230kV · Virginia Electric & Power CompanyTransmission line1.7 km230 kV[1]
Nih Cogeneration Facility · National Institutes of HealthPower plant (Natural Gas)21 km28 MW[6]
Potomac Energy Center, LLC · Potomac Energy Center LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)22.4 km766 MW[6]
Covanta Alexandria/Arlington Energy · Covanta Alexandria/ArlingtonPower plant (Biomass)23.7 km29 MW[6]
Covanta Fairfax Energy · Covanta Fairfax IncPower plant (Biomass)29.2 km98 MW[6]
Montgomery County Resource Recovery · Covanta Montgomery, Inc.Power plant (Biomass)30.1 km54 MW[6]
Dickerson Power · Dickerson Power, LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)31.4 km299 MW[6]
Central Utility Plant At White Oak · GSA Metropolitan Service CenterPower plant (Natural Gas)31.5 km54 MW[6]
Possum Point · Virginia Electric & Power CoPower plant (Natural Gas)46 km645 MW[6]
Subset Hills SubstationSubstation0.08 km230 kV[1]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority substation · Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthoritySubstation0.96 km34.5 kV[1]
N06 Wiehle Ave TPSS11 · Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthoritySubstation1.2 km34.5 kV[1]
Reston Substation · Dominion EnergySubstation1.64 km230 kV[1]
N94 TPSS9 Hunter Mill Road · Washington Metropolitan Area Transit AuthoritySubstation1.89 km34.5 kV[1]
Hunter Substation · Dominion EnergySubstation2.77 km230 kV[1]
Largest queued generation in this countyFuelQueue statusMWSource
Clifton 230 kVPJM AG2-286StorageIn study · proposed 2023-12150 MW[4]
Reston 230 kVPJM AG2-326StorageIn study · proposed 2023-12100 MW[4]
Occoquan 230kVPJM AH1-197OtherIn study · proposed 2021-0898 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
    Sep 30, 1986[7]
  3. Permitting
    —
  4. Construction start
    —
  5. First operational
    —
  6. Expected completion
    —

Real estate

Official assessments
Assessor's value for a tax year
  • $120M[7]
    Assessed value · tax year 2026 · parcel 0183 08 0009A
  • $14.1M[7]
    Assessed value — land · tax year 2026 · parcel 0183 08 0009A
  • $105.9M[7]
    Assessed value — improvements · tax year 2026 · parcel 0183 08 0009A
  • $121.4M[7]
    Assessed value · tax year 2025 · parcel 0183 08 0009A
Recorded transactions
Sale prices from recorded deeds
  • $8.4M[7]
    Recorded sale (valid and verified multi-parcel sale) · Mar 10, 2000 · parcel 0183 08 0009A
  • $76.1M[7]
    Recorded sale (price includes more than value of r.e) · Sep 30, 1986 · parcel 0183 08 0009A
Model estimates
Our model — not an appraisal

None sourced yet

ParcelRecord ownerAcresZoning / useBuilding sq ftSource
0183 08 0009A
Fairfax County, VA
——Land use code 190—[7]
Land use
Land use code 190[7]ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record. As of Oct 12, 2026.Confirmed
Annual property tax
Not yet sourced
Nearby comparable transactions

Size

Floor area
482,000 sq ft[1]Est.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. As of Oct 12, 2026.Unverifiedestimated

Estimated as footprint × 5 mapped floors; gross, not leasable, area.

Building footprint
96,400 sq ft[1]Est.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. As of Oct 12, 2026.Likelyderived

Computed from the mapped OSM building outline.

Floors
5[1]Est.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. As of Oct 12, 2026.Likely
Parcel / land records
0183 08 0009A (Fairfax County)[7]ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record. As of Oct 12, 2026.Confirmed

What changed (last 3 years)

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No tracked changes yet. Values are recorded on every data refresh, so changes will appear here over time.

Timeline

  1. Mar 10, 2000[7]

    Deed/transfer recorded for parcel 0183 08 0009A: $8,436,886.

  2. Sep 30, 1986[7]

    Deed/transfer recorded for parcel 0183 08 0009A: $76,080,000.

  3. Mar 10, 2000[7]

    Deed/transfer recorded for parcel 0183 08 0009A: $8,436,886.

  4. Sep 30, 1986[7]

    Deed/transfer recorded for parcel 0183 08 0009A: $76,080,000.

  5. Mar 10, 2000[7]

    Deed/transfer recorded for parcel 0183 08 0009A: $8,436,886.

  6. May 13, 1999[7]

    Deed/transfer recorded for parcel 0183 08 0009A (no sale price disclosed).

  7. Mar 31, 2003[7]

    Deed/transfer recorded for parcel 0183 08 0009A (no sale price disclosed).

All claims (provenance audit)

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FieldValueSourceConfidenceAs ofStatus
NameDigital Realty VA3way/79158387 name=Digital Realty VA3[1] Likely2026-10-12Shown
StatusOperating[1] derivedUnverified2026-10-12Shown
Facility typeColocation[1] derivedUnverified2026-10-12Shown
Address1780 Business Center Drive, Reston, VA 20190[1] Likely2026-10-12Shown
OperatorDigital Realtyoperator=Digital Realty[1] Likely2026-10-12Shown
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 substationSubset Hills Substation (230 kV)way/692003687[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Distance to substation0.1 km[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Highest-voltage line nearby230 kV[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Generation queued in county348 MW[4] derivedConfirmed2026-10-12Shown
State avg. industrial price10.07¢/kWh[5] Confirmed2026-07Shown
State avg. commercial price11.68¢/kWh[5] Confirmed2026-07Shown
Generation within 50 km2.21 GW[6] derivedConfirmed202502Shown
Floor area482,000 sq ft[1] estimatedUnverified2026-10-12Shown
Building footprint96,400 sq ft[1] derivedLikely2026-10-12Shown
Floors5building:levels=5[1] Likely2026-10-12Shown
Parcel / land records0183 08 0009A (Fairfax County)[7] Confirmed2026-10-12Shown
Assessed value (official)$120M[7] Confirmed2026Shown
Last recorded sale price$8.4M[7] Confirmed2000-03-10Shown
Last recorded sale dateMar 10, 2000[7] Confirmed2000-03-10Shown
Land useLand use code 190[7] Confirmed2026-10-12Shown
Land acquiredSep 30, 1986[7] derivedConfirmed2026-10-12Shown