Data center · Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
Microsoft Leesburg Building 2 data center
Microsoft Leesburg Building 2 data center is a data center in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, with a 9,078 m² building, operated by Microsoft. It has 812 MW of power plants within 10 km and is in an area of low water stress.
Power and water
Among the 800 largest US power plants (EIA-860), in operation within 10 km: 812 MW of gas (Potomac Energy Center, LLC).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Loudoun County, Virginia | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | 19525 Compass Creek Parkway, Leesburg, VA 20175 | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Microsoft | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · 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 |
| Building footprint | 9,078 m² (building) | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Large generation within 10 km | 812 MW (gas, 1 plant, nearest 2.5 km away) | Rare Context powered-land sites · ODbL 1.0 · checked 25 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 39.0755, -77.5630 | OpenStreetMap data centers · record · ODbL 1.0 · 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
Microsoft owns 66 of the 1,336 data centers in the United States in our data with a named owner; 2 owners have 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% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this data center: 3 power plants (1 operating, 812 MW) and 3 mines, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potomac Energy Center, LLC | Power plant | 812 MW | Operating | 2.5 km |
| Dulles Solar and Storage | Power plant | 150 MW | Under construction | 15 km |
| Dickerson | Power plant | 588 MW | Closed | 17 km |
| Chantilly Crushed Stone Incorporated | Mine | — | Operating | 18 km |
| Amrize Millville Quarry | Mine | — | Operating | 31 km |
| Winchester Plant | Mine | — | Operating | 49 km |
Operator and place
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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.
- Rare Context. Rare Context powered-land sites, ODbL 1.0.
- Texas Comptroller qualifying data centers. Texas Comptroller qualifying data centers, 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.