Why Tech Giants Chose Ashburn

Several factors converged to turn Ashburn from farmland into a digital super-hub:

• Fiber-rich geography: The internet’s early arteries were laid through northern Virginia, and fiber attracts more fiber.
• Proximity to Washington, D.C.: Ideal for government agencies, contractors, and organizations demanding top-tier connectivity.
• Affordable and reliable energy: Essential for powering thousands of servers at all hours.
• Business-friendly development policies: Loudoun County streamlined processes to support tech expansion.
• Highly skilled workforce: Engineering, cybersecurity, and cloud operations talent thrives here.

The result? Datacenter Alley is now the largest concentration of data centers in the world.