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Equinix data center, Sterling

22165 Beaumeade Circle · Sterling, Loudoun County, VA

Source: OpenStreetMap

Equinix data center in Loudoun County, VA is an operating facility, operated by Equinix, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 62,014 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 16, 2026

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Real parent
Equinix, Inc.
Operator
Equinix, Inc.
Est. capacity
~10-25 MW
Footprint
62,014 sq ft
Utility
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Grid
PJM
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

Equinix data center

Operator chain

In the news

source: Google News

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to Equinix, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Dollar value not disclosed for these records.
  • The Climate Change Agreement$0
    HMRC, United Kingdom · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
  • The Climate Change Agreement$0
    HMRC, United Kingdom · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
Statewide cost of this incentive

Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

source · All Virginia subsidies →

Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Environmental permits

source: Permit register
  • VA DEQ air permit (minor NSR)73233
    Diesel backup-generator air permit. Program: mNSR. Reg. 73233.
  • VA DEQ air permit (minor NSR)73199
    Diesel backup-generator air permit. Program: mNSR. Reg. 73199.

What this site costs the grid

source: PJM RPM auction reports
Dominion (Virginia / NC) · 2027/28 auction
$333 /MW-day
Peaked at $444/MW-day in 2025/26 — 1.65× the rest of PJM

PJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's DOM pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →

This site's capacity-market cost (estimated)
$1.2M to $3M/yr

An estimated ~10 to 25 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price. Estimated from the building footprint at 200 to 400 W/ft² (the typical range for modern data centers). A rough order-of-magnitude figure, not a metered or permitted capacity.

Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Discovery Elementary in Ashburn, is 1.3 mi from this site (710 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.