# Amazon IAD15

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/amazon-iad15

Amazon IAD15 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: 22631 Dulles Summit Ct, Sterling, Loudoun County, VA
- Operator: Amazon Web Services (exact asset)
- Owner: Amazon Data Services, Inc. (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- Utility service: 50 MW · reported · exact asset — Reported power capacity
- Contracted power: 30 MW · reported · exact asset — Contracted power capacity
- Energized power: 300.5 MW · operating · campus — Operational capacity for campus (IAD-12, IAD-15, IAD-16, IAD-76, IAD-230)
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM
- Electric utility: Dominion Virginia Power

## Development

- Site status: operational
- Site area: 7.6 acres
- Gross floor area: 260,000 square feet
- Construction: Amazon IAD15 data center, located at 22631 Dulles Summit Ct, Sterling, VA, was built in 2012, has a total building size of 260000 sqft on 7.6 acres, a data hall of 99000 sqft, a power capacity of 50 MW, and is currently operational.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale
- Operating context: Amazon IAD15 is an operational data center operated by Amazon Web Services in Sterling, VA, USA, with a reported power capacity of 50.0 MW, located on the PJM grid.

## 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://aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-data-center-water-usage](http://aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-data-center-water-usage)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD-12 IAD-15 IAD-16 IAD-76 IAD-230 - Sterling, VA | datacenter.fyi](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-12-iad-15-iad-16-iad--dad0396f)
- [http://datacenters.com/providers/amazon-aws/locations/united-states/virginia/sterling](http://datacenters.com/providers/amazon-aws/locations/united-states/virginia/sterling)
- [http://dcmap.us/markets/northern-virginia](http://dcmap.us/markets/northern-virginia)
- [http://deq.virginia.gov/water/water-permits](http://deq.virginia.gov/water/water-permits)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [http://overwatts.com/asset/osm-way-299929061](http://overwatts.com/asset/osm-way-299929061)
- [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://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)
- [http://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/products-services/aws-cloud](http://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/products-services/aws-cloud)
- [Amazon IAD15 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/amazon-iad15)
- [Amazon IAD15 — Sterling Data Center](https://dchub.cloud/facility/1224)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD-12 IAD-15 IAD-16 IAD-76 Data Center, Virginia | PoweredByWho](https://poweredbywho.com/projects/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-12-iad-15-iad-16-iad-76-33547e02)
- [Agency OKs data center water permit -](https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2026/03/srbc-amazon-data-center-water-permit-oks/)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD-12 IAD-15 IAD-16 IAD-76 IAD-230 — Loudoun County, VA | Groundwork](https://www.canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-12-iad-15-iad-16-iad-76-iad-230-loudoun/)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD-12 IAD-15 IAD-16 IAD-76 IAD-230 - Sterling, VA | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-12-iad-15-iad-16-iad--dad0396f)
- [Amazon AWS Data Center in Sterling Virginia](https://www.datacenters.com/amazon-aws-iad15-sterling)
- [DEQ announces joint public hearing on Amazon data center ...](https://www.deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2026/07/21/reminder-deq-announces-joint-public-hearing-amazon-data-center-and-duke-energy-air-quality-permits)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [Robert Duvall joins protests against Amazon data center | Fox Business](https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/robert-duvall-joins-protests-amazon-data-center)

## Data quality

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

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