# Amazon IAD92

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/amazon-iad92

Amazon IAD92 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 Energy Virginia; 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: 45950 Pathfinder Plaza, Sterling, Loudoun County, VA
- Operator: Amazon Web Services (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

- Contracted power: 147.5 MW · operating · exact asset · as of 2024-11-06 — Power Capacity 147.5 MW
- Contracted power: 150 MW · operating · exact asset · as of 2026-04-27 — 150 MW capacity
- ISO/RTO: PJM
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: Dominion Energy Virginia

## Development

- Site status: under construction
- Site area: 9.4 acres
- Gross floor area: 210,500 square feet
- Construction: Construction of Amazon IAD92 is slated to start in 2024 and complete in 2026/2027, with a planned power capacity of 30 MW and a building footprint of approximately 210,500 sq ft. The site is a 9.4‑acre parcel at 45950 Pathfinder Plaza, Sterling, VA. As of the latest reports, the facility is under construction and not yet operational.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, cloud
- Operating context: The site comprises three one‑story data center buildings totaling ~442,000 sq ft, leased to a global cloud computing platform, indicating a hyperscale cloud operation for 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/data-centers](http://aws.amazon.com/sustainability/data-centers)
- [http://datacentersexposed.com/facilities/pwc-amazon-mason-king-court](http://datacentersexposed.com/facilities/pwc-amazon-mason-king-court)
- [http://dcpulse.com/project/aws-iad-7505-mason-data-center-manassas](http://dcpulse.com/project/aws-iad-7505-mason-data-center-manassas)
- [http://deq.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/25795/638628698040000000](http://deq.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/25795/638628698040000000)
- [http://deq.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/35472/639105417622300000](http://deq.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/35472/639105417622300000)
- [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://princewilliamwater.org/our-water](http://princewilliamwater.org/our-water)
- [http://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2026/RD40/PDF](http://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2026/RD40/PDF)
- [http://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/products-services/aws-cloud](http://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/products-services/aws-cloud)
- [Amazon: IAD-92 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/amazon-iad-92)
- [Amazon Pays $135.8Mln for Data Center Complex in Sterling, Va. – Commercial Real Estate Direct](https://crenews.com/2024/07/24/amazon-pays-135-8mln-for-data-center-complex-in-sterling-va/)
- [Amazon IAD92 — Sterling, VA Data Center | DC Hub](https://dchub.cloud/facility/1382)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD-90 IAD-91 IAD-92](https://poweredbywho.com/projects/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-90-iad-91-iad-92-2a8032b4)
- [Amazon and Dominion Virginia Power Reach Breakthrough Renewable Energy Agreement - RMI](https://rmi.org/resources/amazon-dominion-virginia-power-reach-breakthrough-renewable-energy-agreement/)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD-90 IAD-91 IAD-92 - Sterling, VA | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-90-iad-91-iad-92-d3c8ee4d)
- [Amazon acquires three data centers in Sterling, Virginia - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amazon-acquires-three-data-centers-in-sterling-virginia/) — Data Center Dynamics · 2024-07-22
- [Amazon AWS Data Center in Sterling Virginia](https://www.datacenters.com/amazon-aws-45950-pathfinder-plz)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [Virginia's Data Center Tax Breaks Cost the State $1 Billion](https://www.governing.com/infrastructure/virginias-data-center-tax-breaks-cost-the-state-1-billion)
- [Loudoun County, VA - Official Website | Official Website](https://www.loudoun.gov/)
- [10-121 | Virginia Tax](https://www.tax.virginia.gov/laws-rules-decisions/rulings-tax-commissioner/10-121)

## Data quality

- Removed uncited provider news result: Amazon Pays $136M for Data Center Complex in Sterling, VA
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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