Data center campus · Middletown, Frederick, Virginia
Middletown Data Center
Operating
as of Aug. 2023
A hardened 1970s facility on Valley Pike, renovated with its own natural-gas microgrid and marketed to tenants with about 33,000 sq ft of white space and 6.7 MW of IT capacity. Also known as: MDC.
PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Floor area33,000sq ft
IT load6.7MW
Who is behind it
ProjectMiddletown Data CenterAlso: MDC
Developer and teamMiddletown Data Center
Cardinal Energy Corp.
Cardinal Energy Corp.
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.
The record, newest first
The operator said the renovated facility was fully commissioned and open to tenants. It offers about 33,000 sq ft of white space and 6.7 MW of IT capacity, with power from an on-site natural-gas microgrid. (Middletown Data Center, Aug. 11, 2023; DatacenterDynamics, Aug. 2023)
Conflicts and open questions
- Under 50 MW. Kept as an operating site.
- DCD gives the address as 8209 Valley Pike and names Cardinal Energy Corp. as owner. DCD says the building opened in the early 1970s as a hardened financial-processing site and later served as an AT&T microwave station and an Experis data center.
- The release date comes from the PDF filename on the operator's media page (August 11, 2023). The DCD article shows no date.
- Coordinates are approximate, placed from the reported Valley Pike address in Middletown.
The full record
- Status note
- The operator announced the renovated facility as fully commissioned and ready for tenants.
- Power note
- The operator advertises 6.7 MW of IT capacity, so the site is under 50 MW. Total utility load is not stated.
- Evidence
- Primary public records
- Size class
- Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)