HorizonIQ: Northern Virginia Data Center

HorizonIQ’s Ashburn facility is located at 21711 Filigree Court, Ashburn, VA 20147, inside the Equinix DC1building at the heart of Northern Virginia’s “Data Center Alley.” This position places customers on one of the world’s most densely interconnected campuses, with direct reach to New York, Chicago, and London routes and access to the largest peering point in North America. The Equinix DC1 building provides the base building infrastructure and interconnection fabric, while HorizonIQ delivers colocation, bare metal, and private cloud services from this address.

⚙️ Facility Highlights

• Building context & amenities: Retail/wholesale-ready, room for expansion; onsite conference room, breakroom, work kiosks, Wi-Fi. 
• Power architecture: UPS 2N topology with N+1 standby generation (3×800 kW + 1×750 kW diesel gensets). 
• Cooling: Air-cooled chillers and CRAC units with N+2 redundancy. 
• Operational reliability: Part of an IBX® platform with a global average uptime track record of >99.999%

🔐 Security & Compliance

• Physical security: 24/7 onsite security officers, mantrap entry, biometric readers, CCTV with 90-day retention, motion detection. 
• Compliance certifications at the building: SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, PCI DSS, HIPAA, NIST 800-53/FISMA High. 
• HorizonIQ posture: HorizonIQ states SOC 2 Type II and PCI DSS 3.0 certifications across its platform, with ISO 27001 pursued, aligning services to HIPAA requirements. 

🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access

• Interconnection & IX: On-campus access to Equinix Internet Exchange® and Equinix Fabric®; AWS Direct Connect and Microsoft Azure connectivity available via the Ashburn campus.
• Carriers in building: Multiple providers including Lumen, Zayo, Crown Castle Fiber, Cox, Telefónica, American Telesis, and M3COM listed at this address.
• Fiber diversity: Marketplace listing notes diverse fiber paths and cross-connect options at 21711 Filigree Court.
• Private cloud on-ramps: HorizonIQ offers private Layer-2 connectivity via Megaport VXCs to major clouds, complementing Equinix Fabric options. 

💼 Who It Serves

• Financial services & trading needing low-latency routes to NYC/Chicago/London and strict controls.
• Enterprises with compliance needs (e.g., PCI DSS, HIPAA) leveraging the building’s audited controls plus HorizonIQ’s certified services. 
• Content, gaming & SaaS platforms seeking dense peering and fast last-mile options.
• HPC, AI/ML & data-intensive workloads that benefit from bare metal and private cloud performance.