# Aurora AI Factory

> Under construction: a 96 MW data center in Manassas County, Virginia, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (1 source). Sources and dates on every fact.

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Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records

Digital Realty is building a 96 MW data center in Manassas County, Virginia (under construction). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** Digital Realty (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **Reported capacity:** 96 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **Announced:** Oct 28, 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **Construction start reported:** Oct 30, 2025 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **City:** Manassas (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **County:** Manassas (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **State:** Virginia (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Street address reported (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Power source:** Grid power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **AI workload:** Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 9, 2026)
- **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)

## What each source reports

| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Compute Atlas | Aurora AI Factory | Under construction | 96 MW |

## Questions this page answers

### Is Aurora AI Factory under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 9, 2026) reports it as under construction.

### Who is building Aurora AI Factory?

Digital Realty is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### Which carriers serve Aurora AI Factory?

No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does.

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## Latest updates

- **Oct 30, 2025:** [Construction start reported](http://web.archive.org/web/20260215011608/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nvidia-to-deploy-emerald-ais-orchestration-software-at-96mw-aurora-data-center-in-manassas-virginia/)
- **Oct 28, 2025:** [Reported as announced](http://web.archive.org/web/20260215011608/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nvidia-to-deploy-emerald-ais-orchestration-software-at-96mw-aurora-data-center-in-manassas-virginia/)

## Related records

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- [Digital Realty - ATL15/ATL16 (Forest Park)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/digital-realty-atl15-atl16-forest-park-ga-dc_2be97372f93a): Same operator
- [Digital Realty - Garland Campus Expansion](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/digital-realty-garland-campus-expansion-tx-dc_5621ed953b72): Same operator
- [Digital Realty 301 Virginia Street Seattle Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/digital-realty-301-virginia-street-seattle-data-center-wa-dc_2919392cc8f9): Same operator
- [Digital Realty 727 S. Grand Avenue (DTLA)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/digital-realty-727-s-grand-avenue-dtla-ca-dc_29707e40fc78): Same operator
- [58 East Data Campus (Route 58 East Data Center Campus)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/58-east-data-campus-route-58-east-data-center-campus-va-dc_a020dc7f671c): Same state
- [ADP Ladysmith Data Hub](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/adp-ladysmith-data-hub-va-dc_43dc69c1a458): Same state
- [AVAIO Appomattox Data Center Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/avaio-appomattox-data-center-campus-va-dc_25e6af37f2cc): Same state
- [AWS Louisa County Campus 1](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-louisa-county-campus-1-va-dc_b6573c2afe5e): Same state
- [AWS Mattermeade Tech Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-mattermeade-tech-campus-va-dc_a523b34e2e11): Same state

## What this record does not show

- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

## Sources

- [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](http://web.archive.org/web/20260215011608/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nvidia-to-deploy-emerald-ais-orchestration-software-at-96mw-aurora-data-center-in-manassas-virginia/) · as of Sep 9, 2026 · record digital-realty-aurora-ai-factory-manassas-va
- [Data Center Dynamics (via Internet Archive) (cited by Compute Atlas)](http://web.archive.org/web/20260215011608/https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/nvidia-to-deploy-emerald-ais-orchestration-software-at-96mw-aurora-data-center-in-manassas-virginia/) · as of Sep 9, 2026
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/aurora-ai-factory-va) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 5287675391340

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "Aurora AI Factory", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aurora-ai-factory-va-dc_04cf22036d6c, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.