Va3

VA3 is an operating colocation data center in Reston, Fairfax County, Virginia, run by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Public records put its footprint at 96,241 square feet. The site draws power from Virginia Electric & Power Co inside the PJM grid.

• With data center boom heading to Western Pa., Virginia offers roadmap — and warnings

  TribLIVE.com· Mar 28, 2026
• Digital Realty files to expand Digital Dulles campus in Northern Virginia

  Data Center Dynamics· Jan 7, 2026
• CoreSite's Juan Font - the CEO who is 30 seconds from a server

  Data Center Dynamics· Aug 27, 2024
• Digital Realty Acquires AboveNet Centers

  Data Center Knowledge· Jun 1, 2024
• Digital Realty sells 80% stake in Northern Virginia data centers to TPG Real Estate for $1.3bn

  Data Center Dynamics· Jul 28, 2023
• Digital Realty-occupied data center in Ashburn sold to GI Partners

  Data Center Dynamics· Apr 11, 2023

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

• Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
• Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
  State of Texas · granted 2014 · term — yr · source

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, Sunrise Valley Elementary in Reston, is 0.7 mi from this site (543 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.