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Data centers in District of Columbia
- 3 Records
- 3 Running
- 0 Proposed
- 0 MW disclosed
- 3 Located to a site
- 2 Rule rows, 2 rated
- 1 Sources read
District of Columbia has 3 data center sites, 0 buildings where disclosed on the record: 3 running.
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Every District of Columbia record 3 records · blank cell: not disclosed · sort by any column
| Facility and county | Stage | Operator | Power (MW) | Latest entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoreSite Washington DC1 Data Center Washington, District of Columbia | Running | CoreSite | ||
| CoreSite Washington DC2 Data Center Washington, District of Columbia | Running | CoreSite | ||
| Zayo Washington DC Colocation Facility (2100 M Street NW) Washington, District of Columbia | Running | Zayo Group |
A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file. Power is the developer's figure or a permit's, each linked on the record. All 3 District of Columbia projects.
| Record | Place | Stage | Operator | MW | Basis | Located | Tier | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoreSite Washington DC1 Data Center | Washington, District of Columbia | Running | CoreSite | site | 2 | 2026-10-28 | ||
| CoreSite Washington DC2 Data Center | Washington, District of Columbia | Running | CoreSite | site | 2 | 2026-10-28 | ||
| Zayo Washington DC Colocation Facility (2100 M Street NW) | Washington, District of Columbia | Running | Zayo Group | site | 3 | 2026-10-28 |
Tier 1: an official or company source. Tier 2: a news report resolving to the outlet's own page. Located: a site coordinate from a permit, a parcel or an address, or the county or town centroid. Verified: the last day a person read the source. A blank cell means not disclosed by any source on file.
Every District of Columbia county (1)
| County | Census GEOID | Projects | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 11001 | 1 |
A county without a record is listed, not linked.
The rules in District of Columbia 2 rows · rating rests only on a binding act in force
What the state and its counties and cities have decided. Each row is rated by what it has decided, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never by whether that is good or bad.
| Body | Level | Rating | In force until | Latest act | Acts | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | state | The Council of the District of Columbia and district agencies review commercial colocation siting, utility substation load, and zoning rules on a case by case basis. dccouncil.gov (opens in a new tab) primary source Jun 15, 2026 | 2026-10-28 | |||
| Washington | city | In Washington, District of Columbia (DC), Washington City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session. youtube.com (opens in a new tab) query feed Jun 15, 20261 act on this rowEvery act on the Washington row
| 1 | 2026-10-28 |
A rating rests only on a binding act in force; "not rated" means no person has set one. A blank cell means the record holds nothing for it.
June 15, 2026 Washington, DC Montgomery County passes 18 month pause on data center development | NBC4 Washington
In Washington, District of Columbia (DC), Washington City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.
- Washington City Council Applicant and Economic Development Presentation Developer Representative auto captions, unchecked
"And it passed unanimously. >> The Montgomery County Council banning new data center development for the next year and a half. >> Nothing will happen until we answer all the questions our community deserves. There are a lot of questions about what happens to the water in the Potomac River, what happens to our utility"
- Washington City Council Official Deliberation Elected Official auto captions, unchecked
">> The vote was a compromise after some council members pushed for a longer moratorium to give the county time to figure out a comprehensive way to deal with hyperscale data centers in the future. >> What we did was personally merge them. And uh we compromised, and we went from 6 months to 2 years, and the compromise was 18 months. >> No data center, no data data center."
- Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
"is doing a comprehensive study on the impacts of data centers. That report is due sometime in September. >> There was a time when data centers received tax incentives to come. Now we're we want to make sure because of the energy usage uh that there's adequate public benefit in addition to protecting our community, and we need to work with the state uh and with this body to make sure that that happens."
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Bills and laws in District of Columbia
none on the record yet
No statute, commission order, tariff, tax rule, moratorium or bill on data centers at the state level is on the record for District of Columbia yet. The District of Columbia laws page is where one appears when a person publishes it.
0 bills tracked in District of Columbia. No automated check of the legislature has run yet; the bill watch is switched off until its key is set, and every bill here was read by a person.
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What happened
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What was said
Experts say infrastructure is not keeping pace with data center expansion
On the November 3, 2026 ballot in District of Columbia: U.S. Senate (2), U.S. House, at large (5); 0 of 7 candidates with a statement on data centers on the record. Every candidate.
Already running in District of Columbia
3 sites are serving load, 3 of them in District of Columbia.
See the 3 running sites
- CoreSite Washington DC1 Data Center Washington, District of Columbia Running · Operational since 2007 (19 years)
- CoreSite Washington DC2 Data Center Washington, District of Columbia Running · Operational since 2016 (10 years)
- Zayo Washington DC Colocation Facility (2100 M Street NW) Washington, District of Columbia Running · Operational since 2014 (12 years)
Questions about District of Columbia data centers
How many data center projects are on the record in District of Columbia?
3 projects are on the record in District of Columbia: 3 running. Each is listed under Projects with its status history and sources. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows aboveWhere in District of Columbia are they?
The county is not disclosed for the 3 records on file. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows aboveHow much power is disclosed for data centers in District of Columbia?
Not disclosed. None of the 3 records on file for District of Columbia states a power figure. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows aboveHow much water do data centers in District of Columbia say they will use?
Not disclosed. None of the 3 records on file for District of Columbia states a water figure. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows aboveWho is building data centers in District of Columbia?
2 developers are named on the record: CoreSite (2 records) and Zayo Group. Each name opens the record, where the developer's source is listed. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows aboveWhich counties and cities in District of Columbia have rules about data centers?
1 county or city row is on the record: Washington is rated case by case: In Washington, District of Columbia (DC), Washington City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session, source (opens in a new tab). The state's own row is rated case by case, with 0 dated acts listed under the scorecard. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows aboveWhat is proposed or being built near me in District of Columbia, by county?
Nothing on the record in District of Columbia is proposed, waiting on permits, approved or being built; every record is running or cancelled. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows aboveWhat has the state of District of Columbia itself decided?
No statute, commission order, tariff, tax rule, moratorium or bill on data centers at the state level is on the record for District of Columbia yet; the laws page is where one appears when a person publishes it. The state's own scorecard row carries no dated act yet. Resources: the questions people ask about data centers
answered from the rows above Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 3 records
summed only where a record disclosed the figure
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Without a figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 0 | 3 | ||
| Water, stated per day | 0 | 3 | ||
| Water, stated per year | 0 | 3 | ||
| Permanent jobs | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tax each year | 0 | 3 |
A blank cell means no record in District of Columbia disclosed the figure. Third party figures on the same metrics are listed apart below; a figure a project disclosed about itself is never mixed with them.
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Without a figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 0 | 3 | ||
| Water, stated per day | 0 | 3 | ||
| Water, stated per year | 0 | 3 | ||
| Permanent jobs | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tax each year | 0 | 3 |
A blank total means no record disclosed the figure; the count without one says how many.
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
The disclosed totals are in the table above.
No source on file states what any of the 3 tracked facilities in District of Columbia are for.
What each use disclosed
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No stated use | 3 |
A blank cell means no record with that use disclosed the figure.
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
No source on file states how any of the 3 tracked facilities in District of Columbia are cooled.
Sources read for District of Columbia
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Regional power markets covering District of Columbia
- RFC East (RFCE): 5.1 percent (+$1.81 per MWh, 2024 to 2025), modeled wholesale price effect, Dallas Fed WP 2606r1, third party estimate. Projected 2028: 13.3 percent (+$4.61 per MWh, 2028 projected), modeled wholesale price effect, Dallas Fed WP 2606r1, third party estimate.
- PJM Interconnection (PJM): 7.6 percent (+$2.66 per MWh, 2024 to 2025), modeled wholesale price effect, Dallas Fed WP 2606r1, third party estimate. Projected 2028: 17.5 percent (+$6.02 per MWh, 2028 projected), modeled wholesale price effect, Dallas Fed WP 2606r1, third party estimate.
What researchers have found
These studies measure different things. Some model wholesale market prices. Some measure what households actually paid. Some model what would happen under a policy change. The record shows each one as the authors stated it and does not rank them.
These studies measure different things. Some model wholesale market prices. Some measure what households actually paid. Some model what would happen under a policy change. The record shows each one as the authors stated it and does not rank them.
| Study | What it measured | Finding | Years covered | Method | Who funded or published it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plante, Carrasco, Miranda Pineda and Patel, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Working Paper 2606r1 (opens in a new tab) | Wholesale electricity price effect and retail electricity rate pass through | Data center demand accounts for an average 6.5 percent increase in wholesale electricity prices across 23 regional markets in 2024 and 2025, reaching 15.0 percent (+$5.22 per MWh) in SERC Virginia and Carolina North and 15.4 percent (+$5.68 per MWh) in the Northwest Power Pool, with wholesale changes passing into retail prices roughly in proportion to the wholesale share of the retail bill over 12 to 24 months. | 2019 to 2025 historical and 2026 to 2028 scenario projections | Synthetic supply stack model across 23 regional power markets combined with reduced form retail pass through regressions | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (government research working paper; views are the authors') |
| Watten, Bistline and Blanford, Electric Power Research Institute (arXiv:2606.19777) (opens in a new tab) | State level retail electricity rate change across all customer classes | Where data centers pay standard industrial rates and improve grid utilization, state average retail rates could fall by roughly 1 percent nationally by 2030 (up to 4 percent in high growth states, or roughly $7 billion per year in fixed cost spreading); outcomes reverse toward higher residential bills if new generation and transmission upgrades outpace load revenues. | 2026 to 2030 | Capacity expansion and utility revenue requirement model allocating fixed transmission and distribution costs across customer classes | Electric Power Research Institute (nonprofit energy research institute funded primarily by member electric utilities) |
| Meeks, Pless, Qi and Wang, MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (opens in a new tab) | Realized utility revenue and customer bill changes from historical data center openings | In the 6 years following data center entry (1998 to 2018), average electric utility revenue rose 8 percent (+$104 million per utility per year), residential bills rose 2 percent (+$30 per household per year) and commercial bills rose 4 percent (+$262 per customer per year), driven by peak coincident demand charges and infrastructure capital additions. | 1998 to 2018 | Difference in differences event study of historical data center openings matched to utility level EIA Form 861 billing and revenue panels | MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (university working paper) |
| Norris, Profeta, Patino Echeverri and Cowie, Duke University Nicholas Institute (NI R 26-04) (opens in a new tab) | Grid headroom and new gigawatts of large load accommodated under minimal peak hour curtailment | Across 22 major US balancing authorities, roughly 76 GW of new data center load can be integrated without building new peaking capacity if facilities curtail load by 0.25 percent of annual operating hours (roughly 22 hours per year), expanding to 98 GW at 0.5 percent annual curtailment and 126 GW at 1.0 percent annual curtailment. | 2025 to 2035 | Hourly balancing authority load duration and reserve margin modeling across 22 US power systems | Duke University Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability (university research institute) |
| Jeremiah Johnson et al., North Carolina State University (Environmental Research Letters) (opens in a new tab) | Wholesale electricity prices, residential bills by state and power sector carbon emissions through 2030 | Projected data center and crypto load growth raises US electricity demand 6 to 12 percent by 2030 and increases residential electricity bills up to 57 percent in the most heavily affected states (including Virginia at roughly $32 per month or $384 per year for an average household) while adding 49 to 125 million metric tons of CO2 per year. | 2024 to 2030 | National capacity expansion and unit commitment dispatch model (TEMOA) across US grid regions | North Carolina State University researchers in Environmental Research Letters (peer reviewed journal) |
| Monitoring Analytics, PJM Independent Market Monitor (Q1 2026 State of the Market Report) (opens in a new tab) | PJM Base Residual Auction capacity market clearing prices and total wholesale capacity bill attributable to data center load | Data center load growth was the primary driver of the PJM 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 capacity market tightness, accounting for $9.3 billion of the $14.7 billion total PJM capacity cost in the 2025/2026 delivery year and driving a 76 percent surge in PJM wholesale power costs in Q1 2026. | 2025 to 2027 delivery years and Q1 2026 | Counterfactual PJM Base Residual Auction clearing runs removing forecast and existing data center peak load additions | Monitoring Analytics, LLC (independent market monitor for PJM Interconnection, mandated by FERC) |
| Union of Concerned Scientists, Billions of Dollars in Unreported Data Center Costs in PJM (opens in a new tab) | Local transmission network upgrade costs triggered by data center interconnections in PJM | In PJM alone, $4.36 billion in transmission upgrades across 150 supplemental transmission projects in 2024 were triggered by data center connections and socialized across regional utility ratepayers under PJM tariff rules. | 2022 to 2024 PJM transmission expansion filings | Project by project audit of PJM Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP) and utility Attachment M-3 supplemental project filings | Union of Concerned Scientists (nonprofit advocacy group study) |
| Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), Understanding the Drivers of Rising Electricity Rates and the Role of Data Centers (opens in a new tab) | Historical drivers of US retail electricity rate increases and utility rate design for large loads | Historical US retail electricity rate increases from 2020 to 2025 were driven primarily by distribution capital spending, wildfire mitigation, natural gas price spikes and inflation rather than data centers, and well designed large load tariffs can keep new data center additions net neutral or beneficial for existing ratepayers. | 2020 to 2025 historical and forward rate design case studies | Decomposition of historical utility revenue requirements and illustrative utility tariff cost of service modeling | Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), industry commissioned consulting report |
| Nicholas Z. Muller, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 35100 (opens in a new tab) | Monetized air pollution and greenhouse gas health and climate damages per megawatt hour of data center electricity use | Marginal air pollution and greenhouse gas damages from fossil fuel generation serving US data centers average $49 to $94 per MWh ($0.049 to $0.094 per kWh), rivaling or exceeding the direct wholesale price of electricity in coal and gas heavy interconnects such as PJM, MISO and SERC. | 2022 to 2025 | Integrated assessment marginal emissions and air quality transport model (AP4T) coupled with EPA CEMS unit level generation data | National Bureau of Economic Research (university working paper by Nicholas Z. Muller, Carnegie Mellon University) |
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