NoVA · Northern Virginia
'Data Center Alley' — the world's largest data-center market and the reference case for interconnection queues, moratoria, and grid-disturbance events.
Current numbers
~20 GWNorthern Virginia market size 2026 (operational + pipeline); ~96% of 2026 scheduled supply already committed, vacancy near zero
~1.5 GWdata-center load dropped over a six-fault, 82 s sequence (NoVA, Jul 2024; NERC Level 3 alert 2026) — the swing go-live first exposes
~1.5 GW in 82 sdata-center load dropped in the six-fault, 82-second July-2024 Northern Virginia disturbance — the failure independent Cx and OE exist to prevent