Serverfarm Files Plans for Major Data Center Campus in Virginia's Tysons Corner
February 4, 2026
Data center developer and operator Serverfarm has formally entered the competitive Northern Virginia market, filing plans to construct a significant new campus in the strategic suburb of Tysons Corner. This move signals a major expansion for the Manulife Investment Management-backed firm into the world's largest data center hub, driven by relentless demand from cloud and AI workloads.
According to filings first reported by the Washington Business Journal, Serverfarm submitted a rezoning and special exception application this month to redevelop two adjacent properties at 7980 and 7990 Quantum Drive. The site, currently known as the Tysons Technology Center, houses aging 1970s-era office buildings and a parking lot. The proposed "Vienna Cloud" project would replace these structures with two purpose-built data center facilities.
The first phase would see a 95,015-square-foot data center built at 7980 Quantum Drive. A larger, 221,215-square-foot facility is planned for the second phase at 7990 Quantum Drive. The location is historically significant, situated approximately 500 meters from the original MAE-East Internet Exchange Point, underscoring the area's enduring connectivity value. Serverfarm acquired the properties in October 2025 from Legacy Investing and Element Critical.
The expansion marks Serverfarm's strategic entry into a critical market. The company, which operates a portfolio of over 1.5 million square feet of data center space and 625MW of IT capacity across North America, Europe, and Israel, will now establish a foothold in a region dominated by giants like Equinix, which operates its DC7 facility next door at 7790 Quantum Drive.
Analysts view the development as a vote of confidence in the continued growth of the Northern Virginia data center corridor beyond its core in Loudoun County. The Tysons Corner area offers proximity to key network infrastructure and enterprise customers, positioning Serverfarm to capture demand from businesses seeking colocation and hybrid cloud solutions in a densely connected urban edge location.
Source: datacenterdynamics
