# Amazon IAD-168

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/amazon-iad-168

Amazon IAD-168 is a facility data center in Herndon, Fairfax, 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: facility
- Location: 13610 EDS Drive, Herndon, Fairfax County, VA
- Owner: Project SPV (exact asset)
- Operator: Amazon Web Services (exact asset)
- Developer: Amazon Data Services, Inc. (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- Utility service: 500 MW · operating · exact asset — around 500MW of capacity
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: Dominion Virginia Power

## Development

- Site status: operational
- Gross floor area: 307,498 square feet
- Construction: Construction on the massive 307,498 sq. ft., two‑story data center (acquired in June 2023) kicked off in late 2025.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale
- Operating context: Amazon IAD-168 is a hyperscale cloud data center operated by Amazon Web Services.

## Sources

- [Reducing water usage in AWS data centers](http://aboutamazon.com/news/aws/reducing-water-usage-in-aws-data-centers)
- [deq.virginia.gov](http://deq.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/26008/638633956319870000)
- [Data Center Requests | Virginia | Dominion Energy](http://dominionenergy.com/en/Virginia/Large-Business-Services/Data-Center-Requests)
- [Report: Amazon to run planned data centers in Herndon area | FFXnow](http://ffxnow.com/2024/09/27/report-amazon-to-run-planned-data-centers-in-herndon-area)
- [http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities](http://loudoun.gov/2674/Utilities)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [Amazon and Dominion Virginia Power Reach Breakthrough Renewable Energy Agreement - RMI](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: IAD-168 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/amazon-iad-168)
- [Fairfax County Economic Development Authority](https://fairfaxcountyeda.org/)
- [JLARC: Data centers received $2.7B in state tax cuts](https://virginiabusiness.com/virginia-data-centers-tax-exemption-2-7-billion/)
- [How Amazon is making its data centers more water-efficient](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-data-center-water-usage)
- [AWS buys more data center land, this time in Fairfax County](https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2021/01/25/aws-buys-land-in-fairfax-county.html)
- [Amazon Data Services Inc - IAD-165/166/167/168/613 — Fairfax County, VA | Groundwork](https://www.canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-165-166-167-168-613-fairfax/)
- [Amazon Data Services Inc - IAD-165/166/167/168/613 - Herndon, VA | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-165-166-167-168-613-12f542c1)
- [Amazon named as end customer for Starwood data centers in Herndon, Virginia - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amazon-named-as-end-customer-for-starwood-data-centers-in-herndon-virginia/)
- [Report: Amazon to run planned data centers in Herndon area | FFXnow](https://www.ffxnow.com/2024/09/27/report-amazon-to-run-planned-data-centers-in-herndon-area/)
- [Amazon IAD-168 — Data Centre | OverWatts](https://www.overwatts.com/asset/osm-way-1426663252)
- [Data Center Retail Sales & Use Tax Exemption](https://www.vedp.org/incentive/data-center-retail-sales-use-tax-exemption)
- [As data centers proliferate, conflict with local communities follows - VPM](https://www.vpm.org/news/2024-12-05/data-centers-northern-virginia-local-impact/)

## 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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