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Aligned Data Centers IAD-04 Frederick

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

Under constructionOpposedAI mixed useRecord updated August 26, 2026

Aligned Data Centers IAD-04 Frederick is a data center under construction in Adamstown, Maryland (Frederick County), operated by Aligned Data Centers. The public record puts it at announced February 2025, 72 MW planned, 75 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Aligned Data Centers
Facility type
Data center, AI use mixed
Location
5601 Manor Woods Road, Adamstown, Frederick County, MD, 21703
Coordinates
39.2630, -77.3870
Power capacity
72 MW planned
Land
75 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
February 2025
Utility
Potomac Edison / FirstEnergy
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Hybrid
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Maryland Data Center Sales & Use Tax Exemption, 10-year exemption on qualified data-center personal property (extendable to 20 years for $250M+ investment). Aligned's CEO cited "attractive tax exemptions" for choosing Frederick; statutory eligibility only, no project-specific certification confirmed., Maryland, 2020
Community reception
Opposed
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. February 2025
    Under construction
    Groundbreaking February 5, 2025 after Maryland amended generator regulations. 450,000 sq ft, two-story facility; Turner Construction GC. Structural topping-out milestone completed. Source: Data Center Dynamics
  2. January 2022
    Proposed
    Aligned announced campus at Quantum Frederick; Maryland regulations on backup generators initially delayed groundbreaking Source: Data Center Dynamics

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Aligned Data Centers IAD-04 Frederick in Adamstown, Frederick County, Maryland is documented in the public record. Frederick County Data Center Referendum Committee collected 21,000+ signatures opposing overlay zone expansion.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

Frederick County Data Center Referendum Committee collected 21,000+ signatures opposing overlay zone expansion. Maryland Supreme Court scheduled to hear referendum appeal. Frederick County Council created Critical Digital Infrastructure Overlay Zone in January 2026.

Source: Data Center Frontier

Power and water

Utility-served (FirstEnergy / Potomac Edison, multi-gigawatt scale per Frederick Chamber). Aligned commits to "100% renewable power" (procurement, not dedicated generation). 172 emergency diesel generators (508 MW combined) MDE-approved (Jan 2025) for backup only.

Aligned describes "Delta³ air cooling arrays" plus "DeltaFlow liquid cooling" within a "closed-loop chilled water system" and markets "near-zero water consumption"; no facility MGD disclosed. Cooling spec is campus-level and may not be IAD-04-specific.

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
Maryland Data Center Sales & Use Tax Exemption, 10-year exemption on qualified data-center personal property (extendable to 20 years for $250M+ investment). Aligned's CEO cited "attractive tax exemptions" for choosing Frederick; statutory eligibility only, no project-specific certification confirmed.Not establishedMaryland2020

Notes on the record

Part of TPG Real Estate / Catellus Development's 2,100-acre Quantum Frederick campus on former Alcoa Eastalco aluminum plant (closed 2010, demolished 2017) in Frederick County MD. Coordinates are approximate for campus area near Buckeystown/Adamstown. Location.city set to Adamstown per the more recent, project-specific Frederick News-Post coverage (2025-11-11, via Yahoo Finance); the 2021 Maryland Dept. of Commerce announcement had said "near Buckeystown", recorded here so the choice is auditable rather than looking arbitrary.

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.

  • Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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-04 Frederick data center in Adamstown?

Yes. Organized local opposition to Aligned Data Centers IAD-04 Frederick in Adamstown, Frederick County, Maryland is documented in the public record. Frederick County Data Center Referendum Committee collected 21,000+ signatures opposing overlay zone expansion.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Aligned Data Centers IAD-04 Frederick data center?

The reception note on this record refers to a court proceeding. Read it in full under opposition and litigation above, and check the sources at the foot of the page for the filing itself.

How much water does Aligned Data Centers IAD-04 Frederick use?

No water withdrawal figure for Aligned Data Centers IAD-04 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-04 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. The site is recorded at 75 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Aligned Data Centers IAD-04 Frederick," updated August 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/aligned-quantum-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-quantum-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.Aligned breaks ground on 72MW Maryland data center in Quantum Frederick Park · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.What Now for Quantum Loophole and the Quantum Frederick Data Center Campus? · Data Center Frontier · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Aligned Maryland Campus IAD04 · Baxtel · retrieved July 6, 2026
  4. 4.Aligned Maryland Data Centers · Aligned Data Centers · retrieved July 6, 2026
  5. 5.Maryland Data Center Sales & Use Tax Exemption Program · Maryland Dept. of Commerce · retrieved July 6, 2026
  6. 6.Quantum Frederick data center campus · Frederick News-Post via Yahoo Finance · retrieved August 8, 2026 · original offline, archived copy from December 10, 2025
  7. 7.Adaptive Data Centers in Frederick County, Maryland, IAD-04 · Aligned Data Centers · retrieved August 26, 2026
  8. 8.Quantum Frederick, Frederick County, MD: Maryland Data Center Series, Pt. 3 · Nature Forward · retrieved August 26, 2026

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