# Amazon IAD50

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/amazon-iad50

Amazon IAD50 is a building data center in Ashburn, Loudoun, VA. Amazon Data Services, Inc. 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: 21271 Smith Switch Road, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Owner: Amazon Data Services, Inc. (exact asset)
- Operator: Amazon Data Services, Inc. (exact asset)
- Developer: Amazon Data Services, Inc. (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

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

## Development

- Site status: operational
- Gross floor area: 120,666 square feet
- Buildings: 1
- Construction: The facility became operational in May 2024.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale
- Operating context: operational hyperscale data center

## Sources

- [http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-50-iad-60-iad-71-iad--8aa2285d](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-50-iad-60-iad-71-iad--8aa2285d)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [Amazon IAD50 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/amazon-iad50)
- [Digital Realty: IAD50 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/digital-realty-iad50)
- [‘Concrete jungle’: As Amazon details plans for new Ashburn data centers, some residents are fed up – WTOP News](https://wtop.com/virginia/2026/08/concrete-jungle-as-amazon-details-plans-for-new-ashburn-data-centers-some-residents-are-fed-up/) — WTOP News · 2026-08-04
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD 50 IAD 60 IAD-71 IAD-78 IAD-79 IAD-80 - Ashburn, VA | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-50-iad-60-iad-71-iad--8aa2285d)
- [Amazon AWS Data Center in Ashburn Virginia](https://www.datacenters.com/amazon-aws-iad50-ashburn)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [AWS at Scale: Inside the Largest Private Infrastructure Buildout the World Has Ever Seen](https://www.mmcginvest.com/post/aws-at-scale-inside-the-largest-private-infrastructure-buildout-the-world-has-ever-seen)

## 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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