# Amazon IAD129

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/amazon-iad129

Amazon IAD129 is a building data center in Sterling, Loudoun County, 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: 21710 Charles View Drive, Sterling, Loudoun County, VA
- Operator: Amazon Web Services (exact asset) — https://aws.amazon.com

## Power and grid context

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

## Development

- Site status: operating
- Construction: IAD-129 is an operational hyperscale data center with 400.5 MW power capacity, developed by Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Sterling, VA, and became operational on August 27 2024.

## Compute and operations

- Operating context: Amazon IAD129 is an operational data center operated by Amazon Web Services in Sterling, VA, located on the PJM grid with a Data Center Power Index rating of AVOID and an estimated time-to-power of 23.3 months.

## Sources

- [Reducing water usage in AWS data centers](http://aboutamazon.com/news/aws/reducing-water-usage-in-aws-data-centers)
- [http://aws.amazon.com/sustainability/data-centers](http://aws.amazon.com/sustainability/data-centers)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-10-iad-32-iad-98-iad--2c17f1bb](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-10-iad-32-iad-98-iad--2c17f1bb)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](http://deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [http://hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/08/virginia-preserves-data-center-tax-incentive](http://hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2026/08/virginia-preserves-data-center-tax-incentive)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [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://services3.arcgis.com/Ww6Zhg5FR2pLMf1C/ArcGIS/rest/services/VA_Electric_2016/FeatureServer/0/query?f=json&geometry=-77.6525395,38.8159745&geometryType=esriGeometryPoint&inSR=4326&outFields=Provider,Utility&returnGeometry=false&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&where=1=1](http://services3.arcgis.com/Ww6Zhg5FR2pLMf1C/ArcGIS/rest/services/VA_Electric_2016/FeatureServer/0/query?f=json&geometry=-77.6525395,38.8159745&geometryType=esriGeometryPoint&inSR=4326&outFields=Provider,Utility&returnGeometry=false&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&where=1=1)
- [Data Center Retail Sales & Use Tax Exemption | Virginia Economic Development Partnership](http://vedp.org/incentive/data-center-retail-sales-use-tax-exemption)
- [21710 Charles View Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/21710-charles-view)
- [Amazon IAD129 — Sterling, VA Data Center | PJM grid | DC Hub](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/amazon-web-services-amazon-iad129-ce7c7bbb)
- [Amazon IAD129 - Loudoun County, Virginia, USA](https://mapcarta.com/W886028872)
- [Agency OKs data center water permit - Altoona Mirror](https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2026/03/srbc-amazon-data-center-water-permit-oks/)
- [Amazon data center proposal approved by Loudoun board - Washington Business Journal](https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/09/02/loudoun-board-approves-amazons-latest-data-center.html)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD-10 IAD-32 IAD-98 IAD-99 IAD-118 IAD-119 IAD-129 - Sterling, VA | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-10-iad-32-iad-98-iad--2c17f1bb) — datacenter.fyi · 2024-08-27
- [Amazon AWS IAD - 21710 Charles View in Sterling](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/sterling/amazon-aws-iad-21710-charles-view/) — datacentermap.com
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)

## 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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