Data center · Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
Data center at 22588 Relocation Drive, Sterling
Data center at 22588 Relocation Drive, Sterling is a data center in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, with 66.8 MW of backup generators, operated by Digital Realty Trust. It is in an area of low water stress.
Power and water
Water stress here is low: withdrawals take 5.6% of the renewable water supply of its sub-basin (WRI Aqueduct 4.0, baseline, score 0.2 of 5).
Distances run between the points of the records. How the grid and plants nearby are found; water stress from WRI Aqueduct 4.0.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | Digital Realty - Sterling Premiere LLC | Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits · record · Public records · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Loudoun County, Virginia | Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits · Public records · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 22588 Relocation Drive, Sterling, VA 20166 | Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits · record · Public records · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Permit date | 20 Sept 2024 (permit 74264-2, Article 6 - mNSR) | Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits · record · Public records · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Digital Realty Trust | Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits · record · Public records · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Backup generators | 66.8 MW (23 generator sets, 66 MW of them for non-emergency use, permit 74264-2) | Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits · record · Public records · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water stress | Low (under 10%) (score 0.2 of 5, withdrawals 5.6% of renewable supply) | WRI Aqueduct 4.0 · CC BY 4.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 38.9934, -77.4357 | US Census Bureau Geocoder · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this data center and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its power supply, grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the operator.
Request researchHow its operator compares
Digital Realty Trust operates 90 of the 1,336 data centers in the United States in our data with a named owner; 1 owner has more. Counts cover the data centers in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United States | Rank | Data centers | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | 1st | 149 | 11% |
| Digital Realty Trust | 2nd | 90 | 6.7% |
| Microsoft | 3rd | 66 | 4.9% |
| Amazon Data Services Inc. | 4th | 60 | 4.5% |
| 5th | 58 | 4.3% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this data center from its sources, oldest first.
- Air permit to build issued (minor new source review), no. 74264-2
- Digital Realty Trust on record as operator
Nearby
Within 50 km of this data center: 3 power plants (1 operating, 812 MW) and 2 mines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dulles Solar and Storage | Power plant | 150 MW | Under construction | 7.4 km |
| Chantilly Crushed Stone Incorporated | Mine | — | Operating | 9.4 km |
| Potomac Energy Center, LLC | Power plant | 812 MW | Operating | 12 km |
| Dickerson | Power plant | 588 MW | Closed | 24 km |
| Amrize Millville Quarry | Mine | — | Operating | 45 km |
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Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Texas Comptroller qualifying data centers. Texas Comptroller qualifying data centers, Public domain.
- US Census Bureau Geocoder. US Census Bureau Geocoder, Public domain.
- Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits. Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits, Public records.
- Kuzma, S., M.F.P. Bierkens, S. Lakshman, T. Luo, L. Saccoccia, E. H. Sutanudjaja, and R. Van Beek. 2023. Aqueduct 4.0: Updated Decision-Relevant Global Water Risk Indicators. Technical Note. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute. doi.org/10.46830/writn.23.00061. WRI Aqueduct 4.0, CC BY 4.0.