# Amazon AWS IAD60

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/amazon-aws-iad60

Amazon AWS IAD60 is a building data center in Ashburn, Loudoun, VA. Amazon Web Services is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. Spatial service-territory evidence associates the site with Dominion Virginia Power; the profile assigns the asset to PJM through that documented market role. Reported development, power, and commercial facts retain their source-specific facility, campus, building, or phase scope; the page does not collapse those values into a single implied load.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: operating
- Asset scope: building
- Location: 21267 Smith Switch Road, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Owner: Amazon Data Services, Inc. (exact asset)
- Operator: Amazon Web Services (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: Dominion Virginia Power

## Development

- Site status: operational
- Gross floor area: 109,997 square feet
- Construction: Amazon AWS IAD60 was built in 2016 and is currently operational. A permit for IAD-60 was issued on 2024-05-08, indicating continued regulatory activity.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale
- Operating context: Operational hyperscale data center, operational since May 2024

## Sources

- [http://aboutamazon.com/news/aws/reducing-water-usage-in-aws-data-centers](http://aboutamazon.com/news/aws/reducing-water-usage-in-aws-data-centers)
- [http://baxtel.com/data-center/aligned-ashburn](http://baxtel.com/data-center/aligned-ashburn)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-50-iad-60-iad-71-iad--8aa2285d](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-50-iad-60-iad-71-iad--8aa2285d)
- [http://deq.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/25801/638628713136870000](http://deq.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/25801/638628713136870000)
- [http://deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers](http://deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities](http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [http://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2026/RD40/PDF](http://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2026/RD40/PDF)
- [http://rmi.org/resources/amazon-dominion-virginia-power-reach-breakthrough-renewable-energy-agreement](http://rmi.org/resources/amazon-dominion-virginia-power-reach-breakthrough-renewable-energy-agreement)
- [http://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/products-services/aws-cloud](http://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/products-services/aws-cloud)
- [Amazon IAD60 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/amazon-iad60)
- [Amazon IAD60 Data Center News](https://baxtel.com/news/data-centers/amazon-iad60)
- [Amazon (AWS) and Microsoft Data Centers in Virginia](https://dgtlinfra.com/amazon-aws-microsoft-data-centers-virginia/)
- [Loudoun County will fight to keep Amazon data center off just-sold GW campus in Ashburn – WTOP News](https://wtop.com/virginia/2026/03/loudoun-county-will-fight-to-keep-amazon-data-center-off-just-sold-gw-campus-in-ashburn/)
- [Petition · Stop the data center development in Ashburn Village - Ashburn, United States · Change.org](https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-data-center-development-in-ashburn-village)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD 50 IAD 60 IAD-71 IAD-78 ...](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-50-iad-60-iad-71-iad--8aa2285d)
- [Amazon AWS IAD - 21267 Smith - Specs](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/amazon-aws-iad-21267-smith/specs/)
- [Amazon AWS Data Center in Ashburn Virginia](https://www.datacenters.com/amazon-aws-iad60-ashburn)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [AWS at Scale: Inside the Largest Private Infrastructure Buildout the World Has Ever Seen](https://www.mmcginvest.com/post/aws-at-scale-inside-the-largest-private-infrastructure-buildout-the-world-has-ever-seen)

## Data quality

- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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Profile generated: 2026-09-04T14:28:32.838652Z
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