# Amazon IAD174

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/amazon-iad174

Amazon IAD174 is a building data center in Sterling, 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: 21215 Atlantic Boulevard, Sterling, VA
- Operator: Amazon Web Services (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- Utility service: 50 MW · reported · exact asset — Reported power capacity
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: Dominion Virginia Power

## Development

- Site status: operating
- Buildings: 3
- Construction: Construction for Amazon IAD174 began in 2024, with a three‑building expansion expected to complete by 2026/2027. The facility became operational in June 2024, with a reported capacity of 50 MW and is currently operating.

## Compute and operations

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

## 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://aws.amazon.com/sustainability](http://aws.amazon.com/sustainability)
- [http://aws.amazon.com/sustainability/data-centers](http://aws.amazon.com/sustainability/data-centers)
- [http://datacenter.fyi/facility/amazon-iad-12-iad-15-iad-16-iad-76-iad-230-va-6b3528b1](http://datacenter.fyi/facility/amazon-iad-12-iad-15-iad-16-iad-76-iad-230-va-6b3528b1)
- [Amazon Data Services Inc - IAD-163/164/174 - Sterling, VA | datacenter.fyi](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-163-164-174-b5656cce)
- [http://datacenters.com/providers/amazon-aws/locations/united-states/virginia/sterling](http://datacenters.com/providers/amazon-aws/locations/united-states/virginia/sterling)
- [http://dchub.cloud/facility/1533](http://dchub.cloud/facility/1533)
- [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)
- [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)
- [http://usdatamap.com/facility/centersquare-iad2-sterling-va-csq-22](http://usdatamap.com/facility/centersquare-iad2-sterling-va-csq-22)
- [Data Center Retail Sales & Use Tax Exemption | Virginia Economic Development Partnership](http://vedp.org/incentive/data-center-retail-sales-use-tax-exemption)
- [Amazon: IAD-174 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/amazon-iad-174)
- [Amazon: IAD-174 Data Center News](https://baxtel.com/news/data-centers/amazon-iad-174?page=17)
- [Amazon IAD174 — Dulles Data Center](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/amazon-web-services-amazon-iad174-9950cb83)
- [Amazon IAD174 — Dulles, VA Data Center | DC Hub](https://dchub.cloud/facility/1533)
- [Amazon changes course on water use for Virginia data ...](https://marylandmatters.org/2026/08/30/amazon-changes-course-on-water-use-for-virginia-data-center-campus/)
- [Reducing water usage in AWS data centers](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/reducing-water-usage-in-aws-data-centers)
- [Agency OKs data center water permit -](https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2026/03/agency-oks-data-center-water-permit/)
- [Amazon Data Services Inc - IAD-163/164/174 — Loudoun County, VA](https://www.canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-163-164-174-loudoun/)
- [Amazon Data Services Inc - IAD-163/164/174 - Sterling, VA](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-163-164-174-b5656cce)
- [Sterling Data Centers - 88 Facilities from 4 Operators](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/sterling/)
- [Amazon AWS IAD - 21215 Atlantic Blvd in Sterling](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/virginia/sterling/aws-iad-21215-atlantic-blvd/)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [Reclaimed Water Program](https://www.loudounwater.org/commercial-customers/reclaimed-water-program)
- [Amazon cloud outage at North Virginia data center largely resolved | Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-cloud-unit-says-data-center-overheating-north-virginia-disrupts-services-2026-05-08/)

## Data quality

- Removed uncited provider news result: Amazon to demolish 9 Virginia office buildings to make way for data centers
- 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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