QTS Ashburn 2 DC2

OperatingEst.ColocationBuildingSterling, Loudoun County, Virginia

QTS Ashburn 2 DC2 is an operating colocation in Sterling, Virginia. Operated or owned by QTS Data Centers. Power capacity has not been disclosed or collected yet. Verification: verified operating. 7 cited sources.

Part of QTS Data Centers — Loudoun County, VA campus

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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. “QTS Ashburn 2 DC2.” /facilities/qts-ashburn-2-dc2-sterling-va. Data as of 2026-10-12. Accessed 2026-10-12.

BibTeX

@misc{datacentersource_qts_ashburn_2_dc2_sterling_va_2026,
  title = {{QTS Ashburn 2 DC2}},
  author = {{Datacenter Source}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{/facilities/qts-ashburn-2-dc2-sterling-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

274,500 sq ft[2]

ConfirmedConfirmed

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 permit / site plan.

Current stage

Operational

Furthest stage with documented evidence

Utility · ISO

Dominion Energy · PJM

Substation: Lockridge 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

Announcedimplied by a later stage
Land acquiredimplied by a later stage
Planning / zoningimplied by a later stage
PermittingOct 12, 2026
Permit / site plan
- Oct 12, 2026 · Permit / case B20499350100[2]

Grid interconnection

Interconnection application
Feasibility study
System impact study
Facilities study
Interconnection agreement / service contract

Build & energization

Financing
Under constructionimplied by a later stage
Energizationimplied by a later stage
OperationalOct 12, 2026
Community map · Permit / site plan
- Oct 12, 2026 · Reported status: operating[1]
- Oct 12, 2026 · Reported status: operating[2]

● 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

facility
QTS Ashburn 2 DC2
→
substation
Lockridge Substation (230 kV)[1]
Proximity onlyUnverified
Nearest mapped substation, 0.19 km away. Proximity does not establish that it serves the site.
→
transmission
230 kV line[1]
Proximity onlyUnverified
Highest-voltage line mapped within 2 km (0.17 km away). Not confirmed as the supply path.
→
utility
Dominion Energy[3]
Service territoryLikely
Retail service territory containing the site
→
ISO / RTO
PJM[4]
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: 38.99538, -77.45679
Address: 44655 Quality Tech Lane, Sterling, VA 20166[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: Loudoun County

Photographs

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

Ownership, operation & customers

1. Property owner of record
Qts Lockridge Dc2 LLC(unreviewed)[2]
2. Owner / developer
Not identified
3. Operator
QTS Data Centers[1]Likely
4. Tenant / cloud
Not identified
5. End customer / workload
Not identified

Power supply

Utility:

Dominion Energy[3]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

Property owner of record: Qts Lockridge Dc2 LLC(unreviewed)[2]Confirmed
Operator: QTS Data Centers[1]Likely
Utility: Dominion Energy[3]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[4]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[3]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: Lockridge 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: 0.2 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[6]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[6]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: 1.65 GW[7]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
64 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.
Generation queued in county: 1.04 GW[5]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
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 infrastructure	Type	Distance	Voltage / capacity	Source
230 kV line	Transmission line	0.17 km	230 kV	[1]
2031;2188 · Virginia Electric & Power Company	Transmission line	0.94 km	230 kV	[1]
2149;2214 · Virginia Electric & Power Company	Transmission line	1.07 km	230 kV	[1]
2203;2214 · Virginia Electric & Power Company	Transmission line	1.25 km	230 kV	[1]
2149;2203 · Virginia Electric & Power Company	Transmission line	1.27 km	230 kV	[1]
2095;2137 · Virginia Electric & Power Company	Transmission line	1.29 km	230 kV	[1]
Potomac Energy Center, LLC · Potomac Energy Center LLC	Power plant (Natural Gas)	10.3 km	766 MW	[7]
Montgomery County Resource Recovery · Covanta Montgomery, Inc.	Power plant (Biomass)	22.8 km	54 MW	[7]
Dickerson Power · Dickerson Power, LLC	Power plant (Natural Gas)	23.8 km	299 MW	[7]
Nih Cogeneration Facility · National Institutes of Health	Power plant (Natural Gas)	31.4 km	28 MW	[7]
Covanta Alexandria/Arlington Energy · Covanta Alexandria/Arlington	Power plant (Biomass)	35.6 km	29 MW	[7]
Covanta Fairfax Energy · Covanta Fairfax Inc	Power plant (Biomass)	38.3 km	98 MW	[7]
Central Utility Plant At White Oak · GSA Metropolitan Service Center	Power plant (Natural Gas)	41.3 km	54 MW	[7]
Blake Solar Plant · Horus West Virginia 1, LLC	Power plant (Solar)	44.1 km	80 MW	[7]
Lockridge Substation · Virginia Electric & Power Company	Substation	0.19 km	230 kV	[1]
Prentice Substation	Substation	0.39 km	230 kV	[1]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority substation · Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority	Substation	0.77 km	34.5 kV	[1]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority substation · Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority	Substation	1.07 km	34.5 kV	[1]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority substation · Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority	Substation	1.17 km	34.5 kV	[1]
Shellhorn Substation · Virginia Electric & Power Company	Substation	1.34 km	230 kV	[1]

Largest queued generation in this county	Fuel	Queue status	MW	Source
Loudoun 230 kVPJM AG2-285	Storage	In study · proposed 2023-12	150 MW	[5]
Beaumeade 230 kVPJM AG2-287	Storage	In study · proposed 2023-12	150 MW	[5]
New Road StoragePJM AE2-019	Storage	IA signed · proposed 2026-12	120 MW	[5]
Dulles SolarPJM AF1-147	Solar	IA signed · proposed 2023-12	100 MW	[5]
Roundtable 230 kVPJM AG2-307	Storage	In study · proposed 2023-12	100 MW	[5]
Shelhorn 230 kVPJM AG2-323	Storage	In study · proposed 2023-12	100 MW	[5]

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

Announced
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Land acquired
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Permitting
—
Construction start
—
First operational
—
Expected completion
—

Permit / case numbers: B20499350100[2]ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record. As of Oct 12, 2026.Confirmed

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

Parcel	Record owner	Acres	Zoning / use	Building sq ft	Source
063494014000 Loudoun County, VA	QTS LOCKRIDGE DC2 LLC Project: West Dulles Station	9.03	IP (ZRTD-2016-0002) · Data Center	274,450 built	[2]

Site area: 9 acres[2]ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record. As of Oct 12, 2026.Confirmed
Legal acreage of the parcel(s).
Zoning: IP[2]ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record. As of Oct 12, 2026.Confirmed
Land use: Data Center[2]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

Size

Floor area: 274,500 sq ft[2]ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record. As of Oct 12, 2026.Confirmed
Building area on the county's data-center parcel inventory (from building permits).
Building footprint: 135,800 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.
Parcel / land records: MCPI 063494014000 (Loudoun County)[2]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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Timeline

No dated events sourced yet.

Other buildings on this campus

QTS Ashburn MoranOperating · 35,800 sq ft footprint
QTS Ashburn 1 DC1Operating · 164,400 sq ft footprint
QTS Ashburn LockridgeOperating
QTS Ashburn 2 DC1Operating · 153,500 sq ft footprint
QTS Ashburn 1 DC2Under construction · 63,600 sq ft footprint

All claims (provenance audit)

Field	Value	Source	Confidence	As of	Status
Name	QTS Ashburn 2 DC2way/1188680254 name=QTS Ashburn 2 DC2	[1]	Likely	2026-10-12	Shown
Status	Operating	[1] derived	Unverified	2026-10-12	Shown
Status	Operating	[2] derived	Confirmed	2026-10-12	Shown
Facility type	Colocation	[1] derived	Unverified	2026-10-12	Shown
Address	44655 Quality Tech Lane, Sterling, VA 20166	[1]	Likely	2026-10-12	Shown
Property owner of record	Qts Lockridge Dc2 LLCMCPI 063494014000: QTS LOCKRIDGE DC2 LLC	[2]	Confirmed	2026-10-12	Shown
Operator	QTS Data Centersoperator=Quality Technology Services	[1]	Likely	2026-10-12	Shown
Utility	Dominion Energyterritory 19876: VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER CO (INVESTOR OWNED, DOMINION RESOURCE	[3] derived	Likely	2022	Shown
ISO / RTO	PJMPJM INTERCONNECTION, LLC	[4] derived	Likely	—	Shown
Balancing authority	PJM	[3] derived	Likely	—	Shown
Nearest mapped substation	Lockridge Substation (230 kV)way/817632574	[1] derived	Likely	2026-09-28	Shown
Distance to substation	0.2 km	[1] derived	Likely	2026-09-28	Shown
Highest-voltage line nearby	230 kV	[1] derived	Likely	2026-09-28	Shown
Generation queued in county	1.04 GW	[5] derived	Confirmed	2026-10-12	Shown
State avg. industrial price	10.07¢/kWh	[6]	Confirmed	2026-07	Shown
State avg. commercial price	11.68¢/kWh	[6]	Confirmed	2026-07	Shown
Generation within 50 km	1.65 GW	[7] derived	Confirmed	202502	Shown
Permit / case numbers	B20499350100	[2]	Confirmed	2026-10-12	Shown
Floor area	274,500 sq ft	[2]	Confirmed	2026-10-12	Shown
Building footprint	135,800 sq ft	[1] derived	Likely	2026-10-12	Shown
Site area	9 acres	[2]	Confirmed	2026-10-12	Shown
Parcel / land records	MCPI 063494014000 (Loudoun County)	[2]	Confirmed	2026-10-12	Shown
Zoning	IP	[2]	Confirmed	2026-10-12	Shown
Land use	Data Center	[2]	Confirmed	2026-10-12	Shown

Sources

[1]
OpenStreetMap — features tagged telecom=data_center or building=data_center
OpenStreetMap contributors · retrieved 2026-10-12 · ODbL 1.0
[2]
Existing Data Center Parcels
Loudoun County, VA — Department of Planning & Zoning GIS · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Public record
[3]
Electric Retail Service Territories (HIFLD, from EIA-861)
DHS HIFLD / U.S. EIA (via Esri Living Atlas) · retrieved 2026-09-28 · Public domain
[4]
Independent System Operators (HIFLD)
DHS HIFLD (via PNNL ArcGIS) · retrieved 2026-09-28 · Public domain
[5]
PJM New Services Queue (planning queues)
PJM Interconnection · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Public
[6]
Electric Power Monthly, Table 5.6.A — Average price of electricity to ultimate customers by state (July 2026)
U.S. Energy Information Administration · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Public domain
[7]
Power Plants in the U.S. (EIA-860)
U.S. Energy Information Administration · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Public domain
[8]
SCC Issues Order on DEV Biennial Review 2025 (Case No. PUR-2025-00058)
Virginia State Corporation Commission · published 2025-11-25 · retrieved 2026-09-29 · Public record

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