Data Center

Frederick County, Maryland

Why Frederick County, Maryland?

With industrial zoning, access to significant power capacity, and close proximity to Ashburn’s internet ecosystem, Frederick County, Maryland is an attractive and strategic alternative to Northern Virginia.

Master-planned for four multi-story data center facilities, Aligned’s Frederick County hyperscale campus is part of Quantum Loophole’s 2,100-acre, environmentally friendly “clean cloud community.” The campus offers efficient design for sustainable power and water use, investments in robust fiber connectivity, and ample availability for future development.

Located just 20 miles from the center of Ashburn, Virginia’s interconnection ecosystem in Loudoun County (about the same distance to Manassas), Quantum Loophole’s Frederick County site not only provides the equivalent of Virginia’s sales and use tax exemption associated with data center infrastructure and servers, it also takes advantage of Maryland’s exemption of personal property tax on certain data center infrastructure and servers.

Quantum Loophole’s planned custom fiber build, QLoop, will connect the Frederick County site to Loudoun County, Virginia via an ultra-high count fiber optic cable system, enabling automatic cross connections and fully redundant regional fiber connectivity capable of sub-millisecond latency between the two counties. This aspect could prove significantly beneficial to hyperscale, colocation and enterprise data center owners and operators.

Frederick County, Maryland Data Center

5601 Manor Woods Road, Frederick, MD 21703

Connectivity

Access to QLoop Fiber Network, a 43-mile fiber ring that will connect Quantum Frederick and Ashburn, VA
Network ring will offer capacity for more than 200,000 strands of fiber connecting to the Ashburn Internet ecosystem in under one half millisecond Round Trip Time (RTT)
Diverse meet-me-rooms and fiber entrances

Power

3 MW back-up generators
2 MW UPS line-ups
N+1 block redundant topology
500 KVA PDUs
415V distribution to racks (A+B distribution)

5-layer security approach
24x7x365 physical security staff onsite
Fixed & PTZ cameras covering facility interior and exterior
Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA)
Dual interlocking pre-action zoned fire protection

100% renewable power
Ultra-efficient cooling design
Near-zero Water Utilization Efficiency (WUE) based on closed-loop chilled water system design
eCarbon tracking
Targeting carbon-neutral footprint by 2040
Campus located adjacent to Quantum Frederick nature reserve

Delta³™ air cooling arrays in dedicated mechanical galleries
Secondary loops with valves and taps for DeltaFlow~ liquid cooling to support the highest-density GPU requirements
Minimum N+1 redundancy
Closed-loop chilled water system design
Rooftop chillers

System and Organization Control (SOC) 2 Type 2
SOC 1 Type 2
PCI DSS
HIPAA
HITECH
NIST 800-53
ISO 27001:2013

Campus closely aligned with Livable Frederick Master Plan (LFMP)
Increased tax revenue with incremental growth year-over-year for Frederick Country
Addition of well-paying jobs to the community
Local business partnership opportunities
Commitment to preserving existing historical sites
Commitment to sustainable and environmentally friendly development
Nature-first design aesthetic to protect views and reduce visibility from public roadways

Bays with delivery platform and equipment trap
Dedicated office and workspaces
Shared conference rooms and drop-in office pods
Secure storage
Proximity to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)

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Empowering Frederick County Students

Aligned fosters career pathways in digital infrastructure by collaborating with local schools and organizations, providing internship programs and scholarship support to students. In Frederick County, MD, Aligned made an initial contribution of $25,000 to the Quantum Frederick Scholarship Fund, made possible through the Community Foundation of Frederick County.

The Fund supports local students with financial need in achieving their educational goals. The scholarships are particularly well-suited for students pursuing post-secondary degrees or career training in: Engineering (mechanical, structural, or electrical); Computer Science; and Information Technology. Special consideration is given to students from underserved and under-represented backgrounds; the LYNX program at Frederick High School; and career and technical education programs focusing on the above fields. Learn more here!

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