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Aligned Data Centers IAD-06 Frederick

Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland · All 22 Aligned Data Centers sites

Under constructionNo reception on recordAI likelyRecord updated August 26, 2026

Aligned Data Centers IAD-06 Frederick is a data center under construction in Frederick, Maryland (Frederick County), operated by Aligned Data Centers. The public record puts it at announced October 2025, 72 MW planned.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Aligned Data Centers
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
5601 Manor Woods Road, Frederick, Frederick County, MD, 21703
Coordinates
39.3417, -77.5089 (approximate)
Power capacity
72 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
October 2025
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Hybrid
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. October 2025
    Under construction
    Construction began October 2025 as the second building on Aligned's Quantum Frederick campus; the structure topped out March 9, 2026, fewer than five months after groundbreaking. Source: Turner Construction Company

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Aligned Data Centers IAD-06 Frederick in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Power and water

Turner Construction describes a high-efficiency hybrid cooling solution integrating liquid- and air-cooled technologies.

Notes on the record

Two-story, 450,000 sq ft, 72 MW building, the second of four planned on Aligned's 75-acre, roughly 264 MW campus inside Quantum Frederick. About 345 skilled workers were on site at topping out with more than 80,000 craft hours logged.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Aligned Data Centers IAD-06 Frederick data center in Frederick?

Nothing on record as of August 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Aligned Data Centers IAD-06 Frederick in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Aligned Data Centers IAD-06 Frederick data center?

No lawsuit over Aligned Data Centers IAD-06 Frederick appears in the record we track as of August 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Aligned Data Centers IAD-06 Frederick use?

No water withdrawal figure for Aligned Data Centers IAD-06 Frederick is on record here. Cooling is recorded as hybrid, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Aligned Data Centers IAD-06 Frederick, and how big is it?

Aligned Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 22 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 72 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Aligned Data Centers IAD-06 Frederick," updated August 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/aligned-iad-06-frederick-md.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/aligned-iad-06-frederick-md, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.Turner Celebrates Topping Out of Aligned IAD-06 Data Center in Frederick, Maryland · Turner Construction Company · retrieved August 26, 2026
  2. 2.Quantum Frederick, Frederick County, MD: Maryland Data Center Series, Pt. 3 · Nature Forward · retrieved August 26, 2026
  3. 3.Adaptive Data Centers in Frederick County, Maryland · Aligned Data Centers · retrieved August 26, 2026

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