Nov 19 2024
48MW facility in Loudoun County now ready for service
On November 18 the company announced that its 48MW data center in Loudoun County was ready for service.
The data center was developed in partnership with JK Land Holdings, LLC.
Having broken ground on the facility in 2022, the first phase is now operational at what will eventually be a two-building campus with 96MW of IT capacity. Power for the building was switched on in December 2023.
A further 240MW is planned at a parcel adjacent to the site which will be part of the same Yondr campus. In total, Yondr’s Loudoun County campus will reach 336MW of IT capacity.
The data center uses a closed-loop cooling design to reduce reliance on local water supplies which will help Yondr meet its goal of achieving net zero scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030.
Works are ongoing at the second building on the campus, having broken ground in February 2024.
Chad Stanley, senior construction director for the Americas said: “Northern Virginia is a critical data center hub, not just for America but globally. With this handover, we have delivered the first tranche of capacity for phase one of our 96MW two-building campus.
“We have also proved that delivering capacity quickly and sustainably is not just possible, but fundamental to our project design and delivery process. We are specialists in hyperscale data center projects, providing environmentally progressive built assets in strategic locations to deliver reliable, resilient, and urgently needed capacity for our clients.”
“We are not just delivering data center capacity here in Northern Virginia” added Dana Nelson, Yondr’s VP of Data Center Operations, Americas, “but a legacy for the local area too, with job creation, talent development, and sustainability all embedded in the project. Yondr is proud to support this community, ensuring Northern Virginia continues to thrive as a hub of innovation and opportunity.”
Yondr is also teaming up with the NOVA Educational Foundation and Northern Virginia Community College to create five scholarships for NOVA students enrolled in Engineering Technology or Data Center Operations programs.
This year has also seen Yondr complete its 100MW+ data center campus in London, with a second building currently under construction and a third approved by local planning authorities. The company is also developing data centers in Frankfurt, Germany, and Johor, Malaysia.
In October 2024, DigitalBridge Group announced it would be acquiring Yondr through one of its managed investment funds. The deal is expected to close in early 2025.
Yondr is headquartered in London and is currently owned by single-family investment office Cathexis, Apollo Global Management, and Mubadala.
Source: datacenterdynamics.com
