Aligned Data Centers IAD-04 Frederick
Aligned Data Centers · Adamstown, MD · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- 5601 Manor Woods Road
- Coordinates
- 39.263, -77.387
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Potomac Edison / FirstEnergy
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 72 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-22
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
Aligned announced campus at Quantum Frederick; Maryland regulations on backup generators initially delayed groundbreaking
Underlying source - 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.
Underlying source
Source notes
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.
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.
Sources and provenance
- Aligned breaks ground on 72MW Maryland data center in Quantum Frederick Park · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- What Now for Quantum Loophole and the Quantum Frederick Data Center Campus? · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Aligned Maryland Campus IAD04 · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Aligned Maryland Data Centers · source retrieved 2026-08-26
- Maryland Data Center Sales & Use Tax Exemption Program · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Quantum Frederick data center campus · source retrieved 2026-08-08
- Quantum Frederick, Frederick County, MD: Maryland Data Center Series, Pt. 3 · source retrieved 2026-08-26
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.