Northern Virginia – Sterling VIII Data Center

Sterling, Virginia

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Located at 45905 Maries Road, CyrusOne’s Sterling Vlll is a 154,230 square feet data center built with 95,467 square feet of raised white floor, 5,210 square feet of office space and has 15,327 square feet of support.

The facility is about 7 miles away from Dulles International Airport and 0.5 miles from the CyrusOne Sterling facility.

45905 Maries Road
Sterling, VA 20166

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Northern Virginia – Sterling VIII – Highlights

  • Overview
  • Power
  • Cooling
  • Security
  • Sustainability

  • 100,341 square feet of raised white floor
  • 24MW critical IT capacity
  • CCTV camera system 24×7
  • Biometric & photo badge access
  • Excellent fiber connectivity
  • Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA) system; sampling air in parts per million coupled with a zonal dual-action interlocking dry-pipe pre-action system
  • Double interlock pre-action sprinklers in all critical areas and circulation corridors
  • Seven miles from the airport
  • Half a mile to other CyrusOne sites in the metro area
  • Close proximity to Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, Homewood Suites, Holiday Inn, Embassy Suites
  • Many restaurant options in Sterling and Ashburn

  • 10,000-ton air cooled chiller plant, N+2 configuration
  • 225-ton CRAH units, N+2 configuration

  • Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus (VESDA) system; sampling air in parts per million coupled with a zonal dual-action interlocking dry-pipe pre-action system
  • Double interlock pre-action sprinklers in all critical areas and circulation corridors
  • 24MW critical IT capacity
  • 34.5kV incoming feed
  • One utility feeder currently planned, possibly three long term
  • 20 transformers on site plus 1.5MW house
  • 4.5MW and 7.5MW block redundant designs
  • 45MW of generator power plus 1.5MW house

  • Anti-scale fence and electronic gates
  • Secure entry into space via security office with guards
  • Electronic surveillance, card reader access control to building and space

  • Seven miles from the airport
  • Half a mile to other CyrusOne sites in the metro area
  • Close proximity to Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, Homewood Suites, Holiday Inn, Embassy Suites
  • Many restaurant options in Sterling and Ashburn

  • CyrusOne Zero Water Consumption Cooling: No water is consumed to cool this facility (such as water towers or evaporative cooling).  Minimal amounts of water are used for humidification and facility maintenance. This facility uses highly efficiency chillers, variable frequency drives, and energy-efficient CRAH units to achieve high-efficiency air-cooled chilling.  An average US data center of the same size typically consumes over 4.1 million gallons of water per month to cool them.

 

  • Regional Water Stress: The Northern Virginia area faces a medium-to-high risk of water supply disruption, which is expected to continue in the future.  Unlike many other data centers, CyrusOne’s Northern Virginia – Sterling IV facility does not use water for cooling and is therefore insulated from regional water risk, both current and future.
Water Risk and Use Now 2030 Projection 2040 Projection
Regional Water Stress Low Medium to High Medium to High
CyrusOne Water Use Zero Consumption Zero Consumption Zero Consumption

(Risk assessment and projections based on WRI Aqueduct Tool)

 

  • Regional Grid Greenhouse Gases: How much greenhouse gas does this facility’s local electrical grid emit while generating electricity?  (Useful for Location-based greenhouse gas reporting)
Greenhouse Gases 2004 2007 2012 2016 2018
MTCO2/MWh 0.520 0.507 0.423 0.365 0.337

The carbon-intensity of the grid has improved about 2.7% points per year over the last 14 years of published data.  Reported by the US EPA eGRID for the SERC Virginia/Carolina subregion (SRVC).

 

  • Regional Grid Renewables: What percentage of this facility’s local electrical grid is from renewable sources (wind, solar, biomass, hydro, and geothermal)?
Grid Renewables 2004 2007 2012 2016 2018
Percent from renewable sources 3.7% 2.7% 3.4% 5.6% 7.7%

This has been increasing about 0.6% points per year over the last 14 years of published data.  Based on US EPA eGRID data for the SERC Virginia/Carolina subregion (SRVC).

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With CyrusOne’s National IX, customers can configure a virtual on-net platform from a multitude of carriers and providers, allowing optimal flexibility and interconnection with anyone at any connected facility and to the cloud.

As part of CyrusOne’s National IX platform, this Sterling data center provides interconnection to other CyrusOne data centers.

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