Land sale comes on the heels of Moore’s signing
of the Critical Infrastructure Act of 2024 enabling the use of
backup generators for data center operations
Quantum Loophole, Inc., the developer of the first
multi-gigawatt scale master-planned data center community,
announces the sale of 150 acres at Quantum Frederick. The closed
agreement comes on the heels of Governor Moore’s signing of the
Critical Infrastructure Streamlining Act of 2024 (CISA), which
clarifies guidance for the use of back-up generators for critical
infrastructure developments including data centers.
“We are excited to welcome a new customer to the Quantum
Ecoscale campus,” comments Josh Snowhorn, Founder and CEO of
Quantum Loophole. “Our site in Frederick, Maryland is unlike any
other data center siting opportunity currently available. Our
approach to delivering land, power, water and connectivity while
designing in partnership with nature is changing the way industrial
developments work in concert with the environment. We look forward
to ongoing collaborations with our customers to bring above and
beyond value to residents of Frederick and the entire state of
Maryland.”
In 2021, Quantum Loophole announced its acquisition of 2,100+
acres of land in Frederick, Maryland, located just 20 miles north
of the internet ecosystem of Northern Virginia. Quantum Frederick
is the company’s landmark site, revolutionizing the site selection
process for large-scale data center developers, ensuring a holistic
and comprehensive approach to data center developments that
considers community, the environment and government in its
process.
Quantum Loophole is also constructing the world’s largest fiber
optic network ring, QLoop. QLoop is a massive 40± mile hyperscale
fiber ring connecting Quantum Frederick’s 2,100+ acre data center
development site in Maryland to Northern Virginia’s Data Center
Ecosystem. At full capacity, the 34 conduits will hold more than
235,000 strands of fiber to transmit data between the two hubs in
under one millisecond Round Trip Time (RTT). Service on QLoop is
expected to be ready in the first half of 2025.
Setting an example for the industry, in April 2024 Quantum
Frederick announced its 600-acre Nature Reserve. Designed in
partnership with the University of Maryland, the reserve will use
over one million plantings, purposely designed to act as a
carbon-sink, enabling the operation of the first carbon negative
industrial-development of its kind. When complete, the Nature
Reserve, which is part of Maryland’s wildlife corridor network,
will be open to the public to enjoy scenic walking trails. The
Nature Reserve is also designed to act as a buffer between human
and industrial environments. This buffer ensures the health of the
viewscape, soundscape, and the community by using berms, trees, and
public trails to create benefits beyond traditional data center
development.
For more information about Quantum Loophole visit:
www.quantumloophole.com.
About Quantum Loophole
Quantum Loophole disrupts data center site selection offering a
rapid platform delivery for land, power, connectivity, and scale.
The company’s first-of-its-kind multi gigawatt-scale, master
planned data center development uniquely addresses the scalability,
connectivity, and cost-efficiency challenges of today’s large-scale
deployments. Powered by innovative energy systems, hundreds of
thousands of strands of fiber from multiple carriers, and
mass-scale entitled land, Quantum Loophole’s master planned
communities take the guesswork out of adding needed data center
capacity, allowing hyperscalers, enterprises, and colocation
providers speed with go-to-market capabilities. Incorporating
renewable energy, land and water improvements, Quantum Loophole
offers an environmentally sound approach that reduces the overall
carbon footprint while fully enabling powered land with the highest
level of connectivity, reliability, and security.
For more information, please visit www.quantumloophole.com or
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