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Aurora AI Factory

Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia · All 54 Digital Realty sites

Under constructionNo reception on recordAI confirmedRecord updated September 9, 2026

Aurora AI Factory is a data center under construction in Manassas, Virginia (Prince William County), operated by Digital Realty. The public record puts it at announced October 28, 2025, 96 MW planned.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Digital Realty
Facility type
Data center, AI use confirmed
Location
Manassas, Prince William County, VA
Coordinates
38.7509, -77.4753 (approximate)
Power capacity
96 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
October 28, 2025
Utility
Not established from a public source
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Not established from a public source
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
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

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 30, 2025
    Under construction
    DCD reported the 96MW Aurora data center as under construction, being built by Digital Realty and slated for operations in the first half of 2026. Source: Data Center Dynamics (via Internet Archive)

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Aurora AI Factory in Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia 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

Designed as a 'power-flexible' grid-connected facility rather than one relying on on-site generation; Emerald AI advisor Tyler Norris framed this explicitly as an alternative to on-site generation or storage.

Notes on the record

Nvidia's 'Aurora AI factory', built by Digital Realty on an existing Digital Realty site near Nokesville Road and Prince William Parkway. Billed as the first facility built to a new industry certification for flexible power, developed by Nvidia with Emerald AI, EPRI and grid operator PJM, and deploying Emerald AI's Emerald Conductor software to shift AI workloads in response to grid conditions. Operator is recorded as Digital Realty (owner/builder); Nvidia is the named tenant. Status is held at under_construction because no source consulted confirms it has entered service, only that operations were 'slated for' the first half of 2026.

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.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • 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
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
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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Our reporting on this site

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 Aurora AI Factory data center in Manassas?

Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Aurora AI Factory in Manassas, Prince William County, Virginia 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 Aurora AI Factory data center?

No lawsuit over Aurora AI Factory appears in the record we track as of September 9, 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 Aurora AI Factory use?

No water withdrawal figure for Aurora AI Factory is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Aurora AI Factory, and how big is it?

Digital Realty is the operator on record. We hold 54 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 96 MW.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Aurora AI Factory," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/digital-realty-aurora-ai-factory-manassas-va.

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/digital-realty-aurora-ai-factory-manassas-va, 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.Nvidia to deploy Emerald AI's orchestration software at 96MW Aurora data center in Manassas, Virginia · Data Center Dynamics (via Internet Archive) · retrieved September 9, 2026

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