Aligned IAD03
Loudoun County, VA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Aligned IAD03 is an operating data center in Loudoun County, VA, operated by Aligned Energy Holdings, LP. DataCentersExposed has documented 72 MW of reported power capacity and a 79,844 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkAligned IAD03 is an operating colocation data center in Loudoun County, Virginia, run by Aligned Energy Holdings, LP. Public records put its footprint at 79,844 square feet. The site draws power from Virginia Electric & Power Co inside the PJM grid.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentAligned Energy Holdings, LP
- Files asAligned Energy Holdings, LP
- This facilityAligned IAD03
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- An Ohio campus has 154MW available now as Volato signs a merger for AI computingStock Titan· Aug 26, 2026
- Bitzero Holdings Stock Jumps 8% on Vertiv Partnership to Power AI Data Centre Pushkalkine.ca· Aug 20, 2026
- Who benefits as AI data centers create a power shortage? (CEG:NASDAQ)Seeking Alpha· Aug 11, 2026
- WEC Energy Group Q2: New Entry Prices For A Key AI Data Center Power Play (NYSE:WEC)Seeking Alpha· Aug 7, 2026
- MARA Holdings Appoints Craig Hart and Nancy Novak to Board of DirectorsQuiver Quantitative· Aug 4, 2026
- LUXXFOLIO and NU E Power Announce Strategic Collaboration to Evaluate Power Infrastructure for Digital Asset Mining and Data Centre OpportunitiesTMX Newsfile· Jul 30, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 175 MW (interconnection capacity): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate climate) + 0.5 gal/kWh embedded in PJM grid mix. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Environmental permits
source: Permit register- Clean Air Act permitted sourceVA0000005110774247NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: No Violation Identified
- VA DEQ air permit (minor NSR)74220Diesel backup-generator air permit. Program: mNSR. Reg. 74220.
- VA DEQ air permit (minor NSR)74247Diesel backup-generator air permit. Program: mNSR. Reg. 74247.
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM'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 →
72 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price.
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 near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Northern Virginia), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Guilford Elementary in Sterling, is 1.6 mi from this site (541 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).
Hearings timeline
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.