Ashburn data centers and colocation

Main operators in Ashburn

Here, Digital Realty operates 16 buildings and CoreSite operates 5. Equinix DC1-DC15, DC21-DC22 - Ashburn leads on connectivity, holding 523 networks.CoreSite - Reston (VA1) comes next with 84. More networks under one roof means more carrier options, plus cross connects that are cheaper and shorter (a cable joining your rack with another company's).

• Digital Realty16 buildings
• CoreSite5 buildings
• Centersquare5 buildings
• Equinix4 buildings
• NTT Global Data Centers4 buildings
• H5 Data Centers4 buildings
• QTS Data Centers3 buildings
• DataBank2 buildings
• Iron Mountain Data Centers2 buildings
• CyrusOne2 buildings

Internet exchanges serving Ashburn

A shared switch where networks trade traffic directly is called an internet exchange. If you're in a building on the exchange, one port connects you to its members.

• Equinix Ashburn 345 members, 2 buildings here
• NVIX 61 members, 1 building here
• LINX NoVA 57 members, 11 buildings here
• Any2East 50 members, 5 buildings here
• MegaIX Ashburn 45 members, 35 buildings here
• CIX-NoVA 28 members, 6 buildings here
• DACS-IX East 15 members, 3 buildings here
• Digital Realty Ashburn 9 members, 2 buildings here
• Global Peer Exchange 6 members, 4 buildings here
• GNM-IX US 4 members, 1 building here
• Nell-IX NoVA 4 members, 2 buildings here
• CyrusOne IX Sterling 0 members, 2 buildings here

Colocation costs in Ashburn

Add the list price of a rack to the Northern Virginia market rent above. One full rack using 5 to 10 kW comes to roughly $1,420 to $2,790 a month.

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Building locations

Buildings in the Ashburn market sit in Ashburn (34), Sterling (9), Manassas (7), Reston (6), Chantilly (5), Washington (4), Silver Spring (4), Vienna (4), Herndon (3), McLean (2), Rockville (1) and Gainesville (1).