Data Center Atlas
Quantum Frederick data center park
Under construction
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Master-planned data center park of about 2,100 acres on the former Alcoa Eastalco Works site near Frederick, Maryland. Quantum Loophole bought the land in 2021 with backing from a joint venture with TPG Real Estate, planned to start with 1 GW of transmission capacity, and announced in June 2022 that it had broken ground on shared power, water and fiber infrastructure. TPG took full control at the end of 2024 of a project reported at USD 5 billion. Aligned Data Centers plans four buildings totaling 264 MW in the park, including a 72 MW building reported topped out in March 2026, and Rowan Digital Infrastructure is developing 11 buildings on three sites.
Source record as of 2026-03-12 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Quantum Frederick data center park
Under construction last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, US. Coordinates are the Wikipedia centroid of the city of Frederick (s5). Baxtel's listing beside the 2021 article (s1) gives a Manor Woods Road, Frederick address for the former Eastalco site, which lies outside the city; the park was not geocoded. Baxtel; Wikipedia
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | 1,000 MW | Planned · Campus · Grid connection | 2021-06-28 | The 2021 announcement said the park would start with 1 GW of transmission power capacity. | Baxtel |
| Power capacity | 264 MW | Planned · Phase · Unspecified · Aligned Data Centers parcel (four buildings) | 2026-03-12 | Baxtel | |
| Power capacity | 72 MW | Under construction · Phase · Unspecified · Aligned IAD-06 building | 2026-03-12 | Two-story, 450,000 sq ft building whose structural phase was completed in March 2026. | Baxtel |
| Investment | 5,000,000,000 USD | Reported · Campus | 2024-12-27 | Trade press refers to the park as a USD 5 billion project when TPG took full control. | Baxtel |
| Land area | about 2,100 acres | Acquired · Campus | 2021-06-28 | Baxtel; Cabling Installation & Maintenance; Baxtel; Baxtel | |
| Land area | about 75 acres | Reported · Phase · Aligned IAD-06 site | 2026-03-12 | Campus on which the IAD-06 building sits; the source does not say whether it covers all four planned Aligned buildings. | Baxtel |
| Floor area | about 3,300,000 sq_ft | Planned · Phase · Aligned Data Centers parcel (four buildings) | 2026-03-12 | Aligned's original plan for the park, as reported in March 2026. | Baxtel |
| Buildings | 4 count | Planned · Phase · Aligned Data Centers parcel (four buildings) | 2026-03-12 | Baxtel | |
| Buildings | 11 count | Planned · Phase · Rowan Digital Infrastructure sites | 2026-03-12 | Baxtel |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| TPG Real Estate | Owner | TPG Real Estate Partners joined Quantum Loophole in a 2021 joint venture whose investment helped fund the site purchase; it took full control in December 2024 and trade press now calls the park TPG's. | Baxtel; Baxtel; Baxtel |
| TPG Real Estate | Developer | Described as the park's sole developer by March 2026. | Baxtel; Baxtel |
| Quantum Loophole | Developer | Original developer and manager of the master-planned park; after TPG sought a court order in 2024 to remove it as manager, it ended any active involvement in December 2024. | Baxtel; Cabling Installation & Maintenance; Baxtel |
| Aligned Data Centers | Developer | Develops its own buildings within the park; named as a first mover in 2022. It paused development in mid-2023 over Maryland's backup generator rules and said in May 2024 that it would resume. | Cabling Installation & Maintenance; Baxtel |
| Rowan Digital Infrastructure | Developer | Reported to be developing 11 buildings across three sites within the park. | Baxtel |
| Turner Construction Company | Builder | Builder of Aligned's IAD-06 building. | Baxtel |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Site acquired | Actual | Quantum Loophole had recently closed the purchase of the former Alcoa plant site when it announced the TPG Real Estate Partners joint venture in June 2021. | Baxtel |
| 2022-06 | Construction started | Actual | Quantum Loophole announced on 22 June 2022 that it had broken ground on park infrastructure: power distribution, water and sewer, fiber ducts and roads. | Cabling Installation & Maintenance |
| 2024-12 | Other | Actual | TPG Real Estate took full control and Quantum Loophole ended its active involvement. | Baxtel |
| 2025 | Other | Actual | Aligned broke ground on its IAD-04 building in the park. | Baxtel |
| 2026-Q1 | Other | Actual | Turner and Aligned completed the structural phase of the 72 MW IAD-06 building, as reported on 12 March 2026. | Baxtel |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | The park was planned around 1 GW of transmission power capacity, with power distribution and underground ducts among the first infrastructure works. | Baxtel; Cabling Installation & Maintenance |
This record covers the whole park; buildings by Aligned, Rowan and other developers inside it are tracked here as phases rather than separate records. The site was bought in 2021 but qualifies through the June 2022 infrastructure groundbreaking and later construction. No source found states that any data center building in the park is operating, so status stays under construction. No campus-wide MW total beyond the 2021 transmission figure was found.
Sources for these details
- TPG teams up with Quantum Loophole to redevelop Old Alcoa Plant — Baxtel; 2021-06-28
- Quantum Loophole begins construction on massive Frederick, Md. data center campus — Cabling Installation & Maintenance; 2022-07-05
- TPG Real Estate takes full control of Quantum Frederick Project — Baxtel; 2024-12-27
- Aligned Tops out New Maryland Data Center — Baxtel; 2026-03-12
- Frederick, Maryland — Wikipedia; publication date not stated · Archived source
- Companies
- Owner: TPG Real Estate (unknown scope) evidence
- Owner: TPG Real Estate (unknown scope) evidence
- Owner: TPG Real Estate (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: TPG Real Estate (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: TPG Real Estate (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Quantum Loophole (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Quantum Loophole (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Quantum Loophole (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Aligned Data Centers (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Aligned Data Centers (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Rowan Digital Infrastructure (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: Turner Construction Company (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Aligned Tops out New Maryland Data Center evidence row
Baxtel · published 2026-03-12 · Trade publication - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 229 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 39.43110, -77.39720
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Coordinates are the Wikipedia centroid of the city of Frederick (s5). Baxtel's listing beside the 2021 article (s1) gives a Manor Woods Road, Frederick address for the former Eastalco site, which lies outside the city; the park was not geocoded.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- a690b130
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aligned Tops out New Maryland Data Center Archived copy | Baxtel Trade publication | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Role: Builder, Role: Developer, Owner claim | source-terms-not-recorded | Baxtel | 223fbd4f532812bb1e60c7e8c774624a16f4c5c7c8771c05a2ad953513a6fa45Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Frederick, Maryland Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | a6d84a4ed1d376cbc9f015158652d76ca293723c8c8b112315c138f884ed1fc7Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Quantum Loophole begins construction on massive Frederick, Md. data center campus Archived copy | Cabling Installation & Maintenance Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Construction Started, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Cabling Installation & Maintenance | 50c966319329a8886e0b8acea354d2e1394ff93b57435018fe6a96dc70d99323Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| TPG Real Estate takes full control of Quantum Frederick Project Archived copy | Baxtel Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Other, Role: Developer, Owner claim | source-terms-not-recorded | Baxtel | 663d41f38fdf6e25a656d1eec691202017a2556d9520b6089331037ac24cdf14Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| TPG teams up with Quantum Loophole to redevelop Old Alcoa Plant Archived copy | Baxtel Trade publication | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Site Acquired, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Owner claim | source-terms-not-recorded | Baxtel | c37a09f0da7bfd1b27fc5a695665277389a1a2d6f56814308987cd257bf7d6b7Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Quantum Frederick data center park [site vcc-site-bf298971fe1dec3fc0ac]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-bf298971fe1dec3fc0ac/
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