AOL HQ Makes Way for Hyperscale Center

The last remaining portion of the former America Online campus in Dulles, Va., is making way for yet another modern symbol of cloud computing—a 1.2-million-sq-ft hyperscale data center complex, which will house critical computer and network infrastructure to support large-scale technology operations.

PowerHouse Data Centers, the developer, declined to disclose the project’s cost.

EE Reed Construction began full-scale demolition of the remaining structures earlier this month, clearing the site for the three-story data center’s first building. The 380,000-sq-ft facility is scheduled to begin its two-year construction phase late next year.

The project joins other data center construction in the Dulles area, which has become known locally as data center alley. Already home to more than 300 data centers that handle an estimated 70% of the world’s Internet traffic, the broader Northern Virginia region is forecast to attract continued growth in this sector. Virginia economic development officials claim that the state has more than 35% of the world’s known hyperscale data centers.

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