Richmond, Virginia Data Center

Address

6000 Technology Blvd Sandston, VA 23150 

Building Specifications

• 1.3 million sq. ft. campus; multiple distinct data center buildings
• Current planned build-out to total over 500,000 sq. ft. of raised floor
• Data center rooms to range in size from 5,000 to over 100,000 sq. ft.  
• Adjacent QTS-owned property available for additional expansion of up to 1.4 million sq. ft. of raised floor based on initial greenfield development drafts  
• Substantial Class A office space available
• 210-acre campus
• 5 miles from Richmond airport; 98 miles from DC
• Easy access from I-95 and I-64
• Outside of the fifty mile blast zones for Washington, DC

Connectivity

• Carrier-neutral facility providing access to a broad range of global and national providers for local, fiber and Internet connectivity; in-building carriers include Verizon, Level 3, Windstream and Comcast, and many other leading providers  
• Regional fiber connectivity provides two distinct and diverse paths out of facility and creates fully protected diverse routes to Culpeper and Northern Virginia

Security

• 500 foot setback to all buildings surrounded by an energized fence protecting the campus perimeter
• K-12 rated fencing at all vehicle entrances
• Hardened visitor screening facility rated National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Ballistic Level 3
• Metal detection devices and x-ray scanning instruments screen all visitors
• Central command center with 24x7x365 security staff with roving armed security officers
• Video surveillance and security monitoring
• Card access, biometric fingerprint and iris scan identification systems throughout the facility

Power

• Two (2) dedicated on-site substations currently delivers 110MVA to facility; upgradeable to 220MVA
• Fed from two (2) transmission lines from two (2) independent Dominion substations
• Two (2) 55MVA transformers in completely redundant configurations distribute power to the site
• Generators with static UPS provide back-up power
• On-site diesel fuel with multiple refueling contracts

Cooling

• Redundant cooling
• On-site fuel storage
• Currently 25,000 tons of chiller capacity with the ability to scale