# Amazon IAD-179

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/amazon-iad-179

Amazon IAD-179 is a building 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 none. 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: building
- Location: 21310 Beaumeade Circle, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Operator: Amazon Web Services (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

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

## Development

- Site status: operational
- Construction: Amazon IAD-179 is an operational hyperscale data center located at 21310 Beaumeade Circle, Ashburn, VA. It is part of the IAD-169/179 complex, which has a reported power capacity of 140 MW. The site received an air permit on 2024-08-27 and is currently operational.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, cloud
- Workloads: cloud
- Operating context: Amazon IAD-179 is an operational hyperscale data center operated by Amazon Web Services in Ashburn, VA, providing cloud services and part of the PJM grid.

## Sources

- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-169-179-84134100](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-169-179-84134100)
- [http://gisweb.pwcva.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Planning/Build_Out_Analysis/MapServer/9/query?f=pjson&outFields=*&outSR=4326&returnGeometry=true&where=BuildingName='Amazon AWS IAD-106'](http://gisweb.pwcva.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Planning/Build_Out_Analysis/MapServer/9/query?f=pjson&outFields=*&outSR=4326&returnGeometry=true&where=BuildingName='Amazon AWS IAD-106')
- [http://loudoun.gov/6222/Phase-2-Data-Center-Standards-Locations](http://loudoun.gov/6222/Phase-2-Data-Center-Standards-Locations)
- [http://mapcarta.com/W1088203907](http://mapcarta.com/W1088203907)
- [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 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-179 — Data Center](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/amazon-web-services-amazon-iad-179-b42fd870)
- [loudoun.granicus.com](https://loudoun.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=86&event_id=3380&meta_id=220764) — Loudoun County Board of Supervisors · 2022-12-08
- [Amazon IAD-179 Map - Loudoun County, Virginia, USA](https://mapcarta.com/W1088203907)
- [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/)
- [Petition · Stop building more data centers in Ashburn](https://www.change.org/p/stop-building-more-data-centers-in-ashburn)
- [Amazon Data Services IAD-169/179 — Ashburn, VA | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/facility/amazon-data-services-iad-169-179-va-619600ab)
- [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)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [Were Ashburn neighbors offered $4M each to sell for data center development? – NBC4 Washington](https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/were-ashburn-neighbors-offered-4m-each-to-sell-for-data-center-development/4080800/)
- [Amazon IAD-179 — Data Centre · Amazon Web Services | OverWatts](https://www.overwatts.com/asset/osm-way-1088203907)
- [Loudoun Proposes Changes to Get a Handle On Data ...](https://www.pecva.org/region/loudoun/loudoun-proposes-changes-to-get-a-handle-on-data-center-development/)

## Data quality

- No explicit community benefit statements found for Amazon IAD-179.
- 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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