Status: Operational | Location: 9905 Godwin Drive, Manassas, Virginia 20110, USA
Digital Realty Manassas IAD53 Data Center is a custom-built, build-to-suit hyperscale facility located at 9905 Godwin Drive in Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia, United States. Developed by Digital Realty through a reported US$475 million joint venture partnership with Realty Income Corporation, the project represents a significant investment in Northern Virginia's expanding digital infrastructure market. Designed as a dedicated single-tenant facility, IAD53 is intended to provide specialized infrastructure for mission-critical computing operations, enterprise cloud platforms and high-density artificial intelligence workloads. Its build-to-suit approach allows the facility to be configured around the specific technical and operational requirements of its intended customer, supporting customized deployment of computing, storage and network infrastructure. The project is aligned with growing demand for hyperscale capacity as cloud providers and large enterprises expand their digital operations and adopt increasingly compute-intensive AI applications. Its infrastructure is expected to support workloads such as AI model training, GPU-accelerated processing, high-performance computing and large-scale enterprise cloud services. The Manassas location places the facility within Prince William County's growing data center ecosystem, extending the development activity of Northern Virginia beyond the established Ashburn corridor. This regional market provides access to a mature telecommunications and connectivity environment, supporting organizations that require reliable digital infrastructure and access to major enterprise markets. The partnership between Digital Realty and Realty Income also reflects the growing role of institutional investment in large-scale data center development. Through IAD53, Digital Realty is expanding its hyperscale portfolio with a purpose-built facility designed around dedicated customer requirements. The project highlights the continued demand for specialized, high-capacity infrastructure to support AI, cloud computing and mission-critical enterprise services.
| Field | Value |
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| Project Name | Digital Realty Manassas IAD53 Data Center Virginia |
| Location | 9905 Godwin Drive, Manassas, Virginia 20110, USA |
| Status | Operational |
| Project Type | Purpose-Built Single-Story Hyperscale Build-to-Suit Data Center |
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| City Name | Manassas |
| Population | 45,000 |
| Urban Agglomeration | Part of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area (~6.5 million population) |
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