# Amazon Web Services IAD116

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/amazon-web-services-iad116

Amazon Web Services IAD116 is a building data center in Sterling, Loudoun, 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: 45761 Maries Road, Sterling, Loudoun County, VA
- Operator: Amazon Web Services (exact asset)
- Developer: Amazon Data Services, Inc. (exact asset)

## Power and grid context

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

## Development

- Site status: operational
- Site area: 9.4 acres
- Gross floor area: 244,000 square feet
- Construction: IAD-116 IAD-117 is a hyperscale data center in Sterling, VA, built on a 9.4‑acre site with a two‑story, 244,000 sq ft building, delivering 223.5 MW of power capacity, and became operational on August 8 2025.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale
- Operating context: operational hyperscale data center, operational since Aug 8, 2025

## Sources

- [Agency OKs data center water permit - Altoona Mirror](http://altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2026/03/srbc-amazon-data-center-water-permit-oks)
- [http://aws.amazon.com/sustainability](http://aws.amazon.com/sustainability)
- [http://gisweb.pwcva.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Planning/Build_Out_Analysis/MapServer/9/query?f=json&outFields=*&outSR=4326&returnGeometry=true&where=Address='15445 JOHN MARSHALL HWY'](http://gisweb.pwcva.gov/arcgis/rest/services/Planning/Build_Out_Analysis/MapServer/9/query?f=json&outFields=*&outSR=4326&returnGeometry=true&where=Address='15445 JOHN MARSHALL HWY')
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [http://rmi.org/resources/amazon-dominion-virginia-power-reach-breakthrough-renewable-energy-agreement](http://rmi.org/resources/amazon-dominion-virginia-power-reach-breakthrough-renewable-energy-agreement)
- [http://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/products-services/aws-cloud](http://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/products-services/aws-cloud)
- [Amazon: IAD-116 Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/amazon-iad-116)
- [Connect Data Centers: Sterling, VA](https://baxtel.com/data-center/connect-data-centers-sterling-va)
- [COPT: 45761 Maries Rd Data Center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/copt-45761-maries-rd)
- [AWS Amazon Web Services IAD116 — Sterling Data Center](https://dchub.cloud/facilities/aws-amazon-web-services-iad116-a85ffbb3)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD-116 IAD-117 — Loudoun County ...](https://www.canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-116-iad-117-loudoun/)
- [Petition · Protect Our Community: Enact Strong Regulations ...](https://www.change.org/p/protect-our-community-enact-strong-regulations-and-moratoriums-on-falls-twshp-data-center)
- [Blackstone Venture Adds Five Data Centers in Sector's ...](https://www.costar.com/article/1026569942/blackstone-venture-adds-five-data-centers-in-sectors-largest-us-market)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD-116 IAD-117 - Sterling, VA | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-116-iad-117-ceb841a9)
- [Issued Air Permits for Data Centers | Virginia DEQ](https://www.deq.virginia.gov/news-info/shortcuts/permits/air/issued-air-permits-for-data-centers)
- [Massive data centers invaded Virginia — and Maryland ...](https://www.thebanner.com/economy/data-centers-maryland-virginia-ON7A6KKWVVBYHCCPHPNECOCWBE/)

## 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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