About Ashburn Data Center
H5 Data Centers' Ashburn Data Center is a Powered Shell Adjacent to Capitol of Northern Virginia Peering Center
H5 Data Centers' Ashburn data center is a 70,000 square-foot powered shell located on a 5-acre parcel of land adjacent to one of the world's largest data center clusters. The Ashburn data center represents a unique opportunity to build up to 20 MWs of critical load next to the world's largest Internet peering hubs.
The 70,000 SF powered shell is easily expandable to 108,000 SF and has immediate access of 8.5 MVA from Dominion Power. Access to such power allows a faster time to market. The Ashburn data center ceiling heights are more than 20 feet and floor loads can exceed 200 lbs. per SF. H5 Data Centers' Ashburn's data center offers the ability to customize security, data center layouts, and mechanical designs all next to one of the most densely interconnected locations in the world.
H5 Data Centers offers the unique opportunity to enter into a capital lease for the entire Ashburn data center for self-performed construction and management or engage with us for a wholesale turn-key data center. Capital leases enable increased EBITDA and lower upfront cash payments.
Conveniently located in Ashburn's data center cluster, H5 Data Centers' Ashburn data center is in close proximity to Dulles International Airport and highways. Join the growing list of companies that choose an H5 Data Centers' managed powered shell that provides design and operations flexibility as well as the ability to reduce operating expenses and depreciate a capital investment.
Unique aspects of the Ashburn data center include:- 70,000 SF expandable to over 108,000 SF
- Ability to support up to 20 MWs of critical load
- Customized, private data center suite opportunities
- Faster time to market than greenfield construction
- Available office, staging, storage and conference room space
- Single-story structure with ample on-site parking
- 20-foot ceiling heights with spacious columns
- Over 200 lbs./SF floor loading
- Loading dock access for 18-wheelers
- Capital lease options
- Self-perform construction or build-to-suit
- Ability to support more than 2,000 cabinets
- Corporate branding opportunities on Beaumeade Circle
Power
Dominion Power can provide the Ashburn data center with up to 30 MWs of reliable and affordable power (average annual costs per kWh of less than $0.065). Utility power can be delivered diverse substations.
8.5 MVA from Dominion Power is available immediately. In addition to aggressive Virginia state tax incentives, H5 Data Centers qualifies for new entrant power pricing discounts from Dominion Power that can significantly reduce power bills.
Electrical and mechanical highlights include:- Utility feeds from Dominion Power's high capacity, modern power grid
- Flexible tier design build data center infrastructure according to specific uptime requirements
- Ability for customer customization of temperature and humidity controls, including 100% outside air capability
- Less than $0.065/kwh avg. annual power pricing from Dominion Power
Security
The Ashburn data center can be built-out to the strictest security parameters to ensure regulatory compliance.
The data center offers the ability to construct the following security benefits:- Mantraps
- Biometric and key card access controls
- Perimeter fencing
- Dedicated fire suppression system
- Early smoke detection system
- Annual Type 2 SOC 1 audits (pending)
- Annual ISO 27001 certification (pending)
- Easy PCI compliance
Network
H5 Data Centers' Ashburn data center offers carrier-neutral data center services, providing customers with access to a variety of different regional, national and international telecommunications carriers and fiber providers. Nearly every facilities-based fiber provider in Northern Virginia has routes directly adjacent to the data center on Beaumeade Circle, en route to the Equinix Ashburn data center campus. Carriers can access the Ashburn data center via multiple, diverse manholes.
Highlights of H5 Data Centers' Ashburn network-neutral data center include:- Access to the region's top metro fiber and communications providers
- Over 15 metro fiber providers have fiber next to the data center
- Diverse fiber points of entry
- Close proximity to the largest peering hub in the world
Features
Ashburn is the largest data center market in the United States. The area is proximate to major population centers on the East Coast and is very unlikely to be affected by tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, or flooding. For nearly two decades, Ashburn has been one of the top points of interconnection in the world, as MAE-East initially started in the Northern Virginia area.
Why Locate a Data Center in Ashburn?- Lower-cost real estate than New York City, Philadelphia, Northern New Jersey, Washington, DC, Boston and other major Northeast metro areas
- Affordable power - some of the lowest-cost power on the East Coast
- Power supply mix from diverse sources, including a growing renewable energy portfolio
- Access to an extensive breadth of long haul networks and international Internet peers
- Attractive climate for efficient or "free-cooling" designs
- Proximate location to enterprise headquarters and East Coast "eyeballs"
- Highly skilled labor force
- Strong municipal and state support for data centers
- Aggressive state tax incentives for data centers
- Turn-key wholesale data center space
- Private data center suites
- Powered shell build-outs
- Office and storage space
