# Amazon IAD79

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/amazon-iad79

Amazon IAD79 is a building data center in Ashburn, 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: 44858 Interconnection Plaza, Ashburn, Loudoun County, VA
- Owner: Amazon Data Services, Inc. (exact asset)
- Operator: Amazon Web Services (exact asset)
- Developer: Amazon Data Services, Inc. (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- Utility service: 50 MW · reported · exact asset — Reported power capacity
- Utility service: 405 MW · reported · exact asset — Power capacity
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: Dominion Virginia Power

## Development

- Site status: operational

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, cloud
- Critical IT load: 0 MW
- Operating context: Data center operated by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Ashburn, VA, part of the AWS US East (N. Virginia) cloud region

## Sources

- [Reducing water usage in AWS data centers](http://aboutamazon.com/news/aws/reducing-water-usage-in-aws-data-centers)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [AWS Cloud - Amazon Sustainability](http://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/products-services/aws-cloud)
- [Data Center Investors Face Growing Risk From Local Opposition - Capstone DC](https://capstonedc.com/insights/data-center-investors-face-growing-risk-from-local-opposition/)
- [Amazon IAD79 — Ashburn, VA, US Data Center | PJM grid | DC Hub](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/amazon-web-services-amazon-iad79-95c633e7)
- [Amazon IAD79 — Ashburn, VA Data Center | DC Hub](https://dchub.cloud/facility/1246)
- [Amazon IAD79 Map - Building - Loudoun County, Virginia, USA](https://mapcarta.com/W463571876)
- [NIVO Substation | Smith Midland Corporation](https://smithmidland.com/projects/nivo-substation/)
- [Amazon data center campus plan for Ashburn hits Loudoun opposition - Virginia Business](https://virginiabusiness.com/amazon-data-centers-gwu-ashburn/)
- [The Cloud Is Not a Cloud · Flowers Sold Here](https://www.1-666-flowers.com/blog/the-cloud-was-never-a-cloud)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD 50 IAD 60 IAD-71 IAD-78 IAD-79 IAD-80 — Loudoun County, VA | Groundwork](https://www.canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-50-iad-60-iad-71-iad-78-iad-79-iad-80-loudoun/)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD 50 IAD 60 IAD-71 IAD-78 ...](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-50-iad-60-iad-71-iad--8aa2285d)
- [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
Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/