District of Columbia
DataCentersExposed tracks 1 AI data center in District of Columbia — 1 operating and 0 in the pipeline — across 1 county, drawing 5 MW of reported power demand from 1 tracked corporate operator.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
DataCentersExposed tracks 1 data center in District of Columbia — 1 operating. The 1 District of Columbia facilities with disclosed electrical capacity account for 5 MW of demand on the grid — power that competes with homes and businesses for the same generation and transmission.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
District of Columbia at a glance
The largest footprint in District of Columbia belongs to American Tower Corporation, behind 1 tracked facility. Many of these sites are filed under shell or project names rather than the parent's — our operator column resolves them back to the real corporate parent wherever the chain is documented.
Geographically, the buildout clusters: District of Columbia County leads District of Columbia with 1 facility and a composite risk score of 4/100. Our county risk score weights project exposure (40%), power demand (30%), water draw (15%), and land footprint (15%); the full breakdown is shown on each county page.
Most of the District of Columbia fleet we track is already operating, which shifts the public conversation from "should this be built" to scrutiny of the deals already struck — the tax abatements granted, the water permits issued, and the rate impacts now showing up on bills.
We also surface the accountability trail: 6 recent news items are tracked for District of Columbia below, pulled from LegiScan and GDELT and refreshed automatically. Legislation is linked to the counties and operators it names; news is classified by community sentiment.
Top operators in District of Columbia
County risk leaderboard
| County | Facilities | Pipeline | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia County | 1 | — | 4 |
All tracked facilities
| Facility | Operator | Status | County | MW |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoreSite DC1 | American Tower Corporation | District of Columbia | — |