# Amazon IAD-169

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/amazon-iad-169

Amazon IAD-169 is a facility data center in Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA. Amazon Web Services is identified as the operator, and the facility is operating. It is identified as part of Amazon IAD-169/179. Spatial service-territory evidence associates the site with Dominion Energy Virginia; 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: 21320 Beaumeade Circle, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Owner: Amazon Data Services, Inc. (exact asset)
- Developer: 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 Energy Virginia

## Development

- Site status: operating
- Construction: Amazon IAD-169 is an operational hyperscale data center in Ashburn, VA, developed by Amazon Data Services, Inc. It has a power capacity of 140 MW and received an air permit on 2024‑08‑27. The facility is currently operating.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, cloud
- Workloads: cloud
- Operating context: operational hyperscale data center operated by Amazon Web Services

## Sources

- [Amazon Data Services Inc IAD-169/179 - Ashburn, VA | datacenter.fyi](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-169-179-84134100)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](http://deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [Virginia Tax Exemptions for Data Centers – January 2, 2026](http://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2026/RD40/PDF)
- [Amazon IAD-169 — Ashburn, VA Data Center | PJM grid](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/amazon-web-services-amazon-iad-169-6c743363)
- [Ashburn, Virginia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashburn,_Virginia)
- [Amazon proposes building over 800,000 square feet of data centers on GW’s Virginia campus – The GW Hatchet](https://gwhatchet.com/2026/08/03/amazon-proposes-building-over-800000-square-feet-of-data-centers-on-gws-virginia-campus/) — The GW Hatchet · 2026-08-03
- [Column: GW cannot let Amazon bypass public approval in its data center construction plans – The GW Hatchet](https://gwhatchet.com/2026/08/17/column-gw-cannot-let-amazon-bypass-public-approval-in-its-data-center-construction-plans/) — The GW Hatchet · 2026-08-17
- [Students join local push to block Amazon’s data center in Loudoun County – The GW Hatchet](https://gwhatchet.com/2026/08/31/students-join-local-push-to-block-amazons-data-center-in-loudoun-county/) — The GW Hatchet · 2026-08-31
- [Amazon and Dominion Virginia Power Reach Breakthrough Renewable Energy Agreement - RMI](https://rmi.org/resources/amazon-dominion-virginia-power-reach-breakthrough-renewable-energy-agreement/)
- [AWS Plans 800,000 Sq Ft Data Center Campus in Virginia](https://usdatacenterprojects.com/virginia/aws-plans-800000-sq-ft-data-center-campus-in-ashburn-virginia) — usdatacenterprojects.com · 2026-08-02
- [Amazon data center campus plan for Ashburn hits Loudoun opposition - Virginia Business](https://virginiabusiness.com/amazon-data-centers-gwu-ashburn/) — Virginia Business · 2026-08-03
- [Amazon Data Services Inc IAD-169/179 — Loudoun County, VA | Groundwork](https://www.canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-169-179-loudoun/)
- [Amazon Data Services Inc IAD-169/179 - Ashburn, VA | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-169-179-84134100)
- [$360 Million Project Planned at Prime Site in Ashburn’s Data Center Alley | Data Center Frontier](https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/cloud/article/11428647/360-million-project-planned-at-prime-site-in-ashburn8217s-data-center-alley)
- [Amazon AWS IAD - 21320 Beaumeade Cir in Ashburn](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/ashburn/amazon-aws-iad-21320-beaumeade-cir/)
- [Amazon IAD-169 — Data Centre · Amazon Web Services | OverWatts](https://www.overwatts.com/asset/osm-way-1088203906)

## 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
Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/