QTS Ashburn 2

QTS Ashburn 2 is a mapped colocation data center in Sterling, Loudoun County, Virginia, operated by QTS Realty Trust, LLC, which runs it under its Quality Technology Services data center brand. The site draws power from Virginia Electric & Power Co inside the PJM grid.

• QTS Data Centers CEO is stepping down after 20 years

  The Business Journals· Mar 26, 2025
• Data-center operator QTS acquires hundreds of acres in York County for $11M

  The Business Journals· Jul 26, 2023
• QTS Realty gets $800m data center refinancing deal

  Data Center Dynamics· May 23, 2023
• Data center giant owned by Blackstone eyes major expansion in Phoenix metro

  The Business Journals· Jul 11, 2022
• Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT): QTS, Data Center JVs

  Dgtl Infra· Mar 14, 2022
• Blackstone’s $10B Deal to Buy Data Center Giant QTS: The Context

  Data Center Knowledge· Jun 8, 2021

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

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.

No reported violations as of last sync.

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 →

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 →

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Northern Virginia), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

The nearest public school, Guilford Elementary in Sterling, is 1.8 mi from this site (541 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).

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.