Equinix DC7
7990 Quantum Drive · Fairfax County, VA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Equinix DC7 is an operating data center in Fairfax County, VA, operated by Equinix, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 2 MW of reported power capacity and a 79,709 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkEquinix DC7 is an operating colocation data center in Fairfax County, Virginia, run by Equinix, Inc. Its reported footprint is 79,709 square feet. The site draws power from Virginia Electric & Power Co inside the PJM grid.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentEquinix, Inc.
- Files asEquinix, Inc.
- This facilityEquinix DC7
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- Read Equinix's Internal Report About 5,200-Gallon Fuel Spill Into Secaucus CreekPatch· Oct 13, 2026
- Data centre water use misunderstood, says Equinix as Cape Town debate growsCape Business News· Oct 12, 2026
- Equinix finalizing incident report after fuel spill at NY2 data center in New JerseyW.Media· Oct 12, 2026
- Appeal against Equinix data centre to be heard behind closed doorsBusiness Day· Oct 11, 2026
- Local communities and media shut out of Equinix data centre appeal hearing as campaigners call on Mayor to decide before the electionsfoxglove.org.uk· Oct 9, 2026
- Equinix advances AI with high performance data center in SingaporeSingapore Economic Development Board (EDB)· Oct 7, 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 public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Environmental permits
source: Permit register- Clean Air Act permitted sourceVA0000005110774189NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: No Violation Identified
- VA DEQ air permit (minor NSR)74189Diesel backup-generator air permit. Program: mNSR. Reg. 74189.
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 →
2 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, Kilmer Middle in Vienna, is 0.4 mi from this site (1,148 students). 6 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
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.