Azure Northern Virginia
1 GW AI data center in Northern Virginia, VA, United States: operational.
- Capacity: 1 GW
- Location: Northern Virginia, VA, United States
- Developer: Microsoft
- Status: operational
- Energy source: Grid (PJM) with renewable PPAs
Azure Northern Virginia is a 1 GW AI data center project located in Northern Virginia, VA, United States, currently operational. It is being built by Microsoft. The site is grid-powered ((PJM) with renewable PPAs). This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across VA, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
Microsoft's Northern Virginia Azure sites are tracked at 1,000 MW and host Azure AI inference and OpenAI API traffic on PJM grid power with renewable PPAs. It has the deepest supplier list in the index, with fourteen public suppliers linked, including Arista, Ciena, Cummins, Eaton, Micron and Quanta.
Public companies linked to Azure Northern Virginia
Developers, tenants, and suppliers tracked by Data Center Index with exposure to this project:
- Microsoft (MSFT), developer · hyperscaler
- Microsoft (MSFT), tenant · hyperscaler
- Eaton (ETN), transformer switchgear · power equipment · high DC exposure
- Hubbell (HUBB), electrical components · power equipment · mid DC exposure
- ABB Ltd (ABBNY), transformer switchgear · power equipment · mid DC exposure
- Johnson Controls (JCI), building systems · cooling · mid DC exposure
- Cummins (CMI), genset · power equipment · mid DC exposure
- Ciena Corp (CIEN), interconnect · networking · high DC exposure
- Quanta Services (PWR), electrical designer · construction · mid DC exposure
- Micron Technology (MU), memory supplier · chip fab · high DC exposure
- SK Hynix (000660.KS), memory supplier · chip fab · high DC exposure
- Arista Networks (ANET), networking · networking · high DC exposure
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- Microsoft Pecos (Reeves County), 2 GW, Pecos, TX, United States · announced
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- Microsoft India AI Infrastructure (Hyderabad / Pune), 600 MW, India · under construction
- Microsoft Azure UK South Region (London), 500 MW, London, United Kingdom · operational
- Microsoft São Paulo AI Infrastructure (Expansion), 500 MW, São Paulo, Brazil · operational
- Microsoft Sweden Central AI Infrastructure, 500 MW, Gävle, Sweden · operational
- Microsoft Azure Poland Central (Warsaw), 500 MW, Warsaw, Poland · operational
- Microsoft Japan AI Data Centers (Tokyo & Osaka), 500 MW, Tokyo, Japan · operational
Frequently asked questions
- What is Azure Northern Virginia?
- Azure Northern Virginia is an AI compute deployment that is not a standalone campus in Northern Virginia, Virginia tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is operational.
- Where is Azure Northern Virginia?
- Azure Northern Virginia is in Northern Virginia, Virginia. Every tracked Virginia campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/virginia.
- How big is Azure Northern Virginia?
- Data Center Index tracks Azure Northern Virginia at 1 GW. That capacity is an estimate. We modeled or inferred it, and no source states it. This entry is not a standalone campus, so it is left out of campus counts and capacity totals.
- Who is building Azure Northern Virginia?
- Microsoft is developing Azure Northern Virginia.
- Which public companies are linked to Azure Northern Virginia?
- Data Center Index links 12 tracked public companies to Azure Northern Virginia: Microsoft (MSFT), Microsoft (MSFT), Eaton (ETN), Hubbell (HUBB), ABB Ltd (ABBNY), and 7 more. Each is a developer, tenant or supplier with a sourced link to the project.
Sources
- AI Data Center Index facility profile: Microsoft Northern Virginia Ai Data Centers (manual · aggregator · 2026-04-29)
- Dgtl Infra (dgtlinfra.com · press · 2026-09-12)