AI data center sites in District of Columbia

1 District of Columbia counties scored on transmission, the interconnection queue, power price and tax. Updated October 18, 2026.

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CountyScorePipelinePower price
226 MW21.0¢/kWh

Pipeline: active generation and storage requests in the ISO queue, or EIA planned plants where larger (outside the ISOs). Top kV: highest substation voltage. Power price: the state's industrial average. DCs: GPU colocation, mining sites and AI campuses.

What the data shows

The strongest District of Columbia counties for a large AI load are District of Columbia (22) on the site score. District of Columbia sits in PJM; EIA lists 6 MW of planned generators there, and it has 0 substations at 345 kV and up.

Industrial power averaged 21.0¢/kWh (EIA, July 2026 YTD), against 14.7¢/kWh a year earlier, the 48th lowest of the 50 states and DC. District of Columbia has no data center-specific sales tax exemption. We track 0 AI campuses and 2 GPU-ready colocation facilities here.

Top 1 counties in detail

1. District of ColumbiaPJM

Site score 22 of 100

Transmission
16/25
Generation pipeline
1/20
Industrial power price
1/20
Existing and retiring plants
2/15
Sales tax exemption
0/10
Data center activity
2/10
Market
PJM
Queue (active)
0 MW
Agreement signed
0 MW
Planned plants (EIA)
6 MW
Top substation
230 kV
Substations 230 kV+
4
Operating plants
72 MW
Retired or retiring
0 MW
Industrial power, DC
21.0¢/kWh
Sales tax exemption
None

Substations, 115 kV and up

  • BUZZARD POINT · 7 lines230 kV
  • BENNING (115KV) · 5 lines230 kV
  • ALABAMA AVENUE · 4 lines230 kV
  • BLUE PLAINS · 2 lines230 kV
  • TENTH ST · 4 lines138 kV
  • O ST · 4 lines138 kV
  • SOUTHWEST · 4 lines138 kV
  • VAN NESS · 4 lines138 kV

Data centers, AI campuses and mining sites

  • CoreSite DC1 · GPU colocation, Washington
  • CoreSite DC2 · GPU colocation, Washington

Colocation from our GPU colocation list; mining sites from the miner AI conversion tracker.

Data center tax exemption in District of Columbia

No data center-specific sales tax exemption found.

Source: -. General information, not tax advice; ask your tax advisor.

Large-load requests in PJM

PJM forecasts its summer peak at 222,106 MW in 2036, up 65,733 MW in ten years, with large load adjustments for data center growth in 14 transmission zones, including Dominion (Virginia), AEP, ComEd and PECO. Near-term adjustments now require firm commitments, so they came down from the 2025 forecast. PJM, Jan 14, 2026

How the score works

Six parts out of 100: transmission (25), generation in the queue (20), the state's industrial power price (20), existing and retiring plants (15), sales tax exemption (10) and data center activity (10). The site finder's methodology prints each formula and every source with its date. Markets: PJM (Mid-Atlantic and Midwest).

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