id: cloudhq-ashburn-loudoun
name: CloudHQ LC Campus (Ashburn)
operator: cloudhq
status: operational
location:
  country: US
  state: VA
  county: Loudoun
  locality: Ashburn
metrics:
  capacity_mw: 160
  capacity_mw_basis: it-load
  land_acres: 97
  building_sqft: 8500000
  buildings: 14
operational_date: "2019"
first_seen: "2026-07-05"
last_updated: "2026-07-05"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/cloudhq-seeks-14-billion-in-abs-funding/
    title: "CloudHQ seeks $1.4 billion in ABS funding"
    publisher: Data Center Dynamics
    date: "2026-04-13"
    note: "14 buildings at full build-out; LC1A 88MW + LC2 72MW = 160MW leased IT load; full build-out 1.7GW; 403,410 sq ft raised floor (LC1A + LC2); LC1A/LC1B/LC2 operational, LC3/LC4 under construction as of April 2026."
  - url: https://baxtel.com/data-center/cloudhq-ashburn-campus
    title: "CloudHQ Ashburn Campus Data Center"
    publisher: Baxtel
    note: "97-acre campus (LC1A/LC1B on a 30-acre parcel); built 2019; 8.5M SF planned at full build (14 buildings). Low confidence."
notes: >-
  Multi-phase campus: LC1A/LC1B/LC2 operational; LC3/LC4 under construction
  as of April 2026 (14 buildings at full build-out). Headline capacity_mw
  is the 160MW currently leased IT load (LC1A 88MW + LC2 72MW, per ABS
  documentation — not utility MW); full build-out is planned at ~1.7GW.
  building_sqft is the 8.5M SF planned full-build figure (Baxtel, low
  confidence); DCD reports 403,410 sq ft of raised floor across LC1A + LC2
  today — different measure, not a conflict. land_acres (97) and
  operational_date (2019) are low-confidence Baxtel figures.
signals:
  - sig-20260705-cloudhq-lc-buildings
  - sig-20260705-cloudhq-lc-capacity-mw
  - sig-20260705-cloudhq-lc-fullbuild-mw
  - sig-20260705-cloudhq-lc-land-acres
  - sig-20260705-cloudhq-lc-operational-date
  - sig-20260705-cloudhq-lc-sqft-planned
  - sig-20260705-cloudhq-lc-sqft-raisedfloor
  - sig-20260705-cloudhq-lc-status