Ashburn: The Data Center Capital of the World
Ashburn is an unincorporated area of Loudoun County that has become the most concentrated cluster of data center capacity anywhere on earth. Roughly 70 percent of the world's internet traffic passes through servers in Loudoun County, and most of that capacity sits within Ashburn. The Equinix DC1 through DC15 campus, Digital Realty's cluster, and installations by Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Oracle collectively use enough electricity to require dedicated high-voltage transmission lines.
The concentration here began when AOL was headquartered in Ashburn during the 1990s and the company's demand for fiber attracted network peering points. MAE-East, one of the early major internet exchange points, operated nearby. Ashburn now anchors Virginia's position as the largest data center market in the world by installed capacity, measured in gigawatts.
Beyond the data centers, Ashburn contains the One Loudoun and Brambleton master-planned communities, the Ashburn Village neighborhood developed in the 1980s, and the Silver Line Metro terminus at Ashburn station, which opened in November 2022. The Washington Redskins (now Commanders) maintain their practice facility, Inova Sports Performance Center at Commanders Park, in Ashburn.
Escort websites offering service in Ashburn are reviewed and listed on Escortservice.com. The directory is a listing service and nothing more. It does not facilitate meetings or verify any party. Users must be 21 years old or older.
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Ashburn is an unincorporated area of Loudoun County that has become the most concentrated cluster of data center capacity anywhere on earth. Roughly 70 percent of the world's internet traffic passes through servers in Loudoun County, and most of that capacity sits within Ashburn. The Equinix DC1 through DC15 campus, Digital Realty's cluster, and installations by Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Oracle collectively use enough electricity to require dedicated high-voltage transmission lines.
The concentration here began when AOL was headquartered in Ashburn during the 1990s and the company's demand for fiber attracted network peering points. MAE-East, one of the early major internet exchange points, operated nearby. Ashburn now anchors Virginia's position as the largest data center market in the world by installed capacity, measured in gigawatts.
Beyond the data centers, Ashburn contains the One Loudoun and Brambleton master-planned communities, the Ashburn Village neighborhood developed in the 1980s, and the Silver Line Metro terminus at Ashburn station, which opened in November 2022. The Washington Redskins (now Commanders) maintain their practice facility, Inova Sports Performance Center at Commanders Park, in Ashburn.
Escort websites offering service in Ashburn are reviewed and listed on Escortservice.com. The directory is a listing service and nothing more. It does not facilitate meetings or verify any party. Users must be 21 years old or older.
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