Aligned Data Centers IAD-04 Frederick
Aligned is building a 72 MW data center in Frederick County, Maryland (under construction). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 72 MW
- Site
- 75 acres
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other Aligned builds
Operator
Aligned
Utility
Potomac Edison / FirstEnergy
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- Today
Under construction
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- ~2 yr ago
Announced
- ~2 yr ago
Construction start
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2025-02.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2025-02.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2022-01.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 1
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- Aligned
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- Enterprise
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 72 MW
- Site area
- 75 acres
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2025-02
- Construction start reported
- 2025-02
Site
- City
- Adamstown
- County
- Frederick
- State
- Maryland
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
- Community response
- Local opposition reported
Power and cooling
- Utility
- Potomac Edison / FirstEnergy
- Power source
- Grid power
- Cooling
- Hybrid
- AI workload
- Mixed use, AI among other workloads
Permits and public records
- Incentives reported
- Maryland Data Center Sales & Use Tax Exemption — 10-year exemption on qualified data-center personal property (extendable to 20 years for $250M+ investment). Aligned's CEO cited "attractive tax exemptions" for choosing Frederick; statutory eligibility only, no project-specific certification confirmed. (Maryland)
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Aligned Data Centers IAD-04 Frederick | Under construction | 72 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Aug 26, 2026 · Record: aligned-quantum-frederick-md
- CAData Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAData Center Frontier (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CABaxtel (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAAligned Data Centers (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 26, 2026
- CAMaryland Dept. of Commerce (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAFrederick News-Post via Yahoo Finance (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 8, 2026
- CANature Forward (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 26, 2026
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 208315466272653
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. 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.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “Aligned Data Centers IAD-04 Frederick”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aligned-data-centers-iad-04-frederick-md-dc_bd76395e4f8d, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.
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