# Amazon Web Services IAD117

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/amazon-web-services-iad117

Amazon Web Services IAD117 is a facility data center in Sterling, 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 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: facility
- Location: 45781 Maries Road, Sterling, Loudoun County, VA
- Owner: Project SPV (exact asset)
- Operator: Amazon Data Services, Inc. (exact asset) — https://aws.amazon.com
- Developer: Amazon Data Services, Inc. (exact asset) — https://aws.amazon.com
- Utility: Dominion Virginia (exact asset) — https://www.dominionenergy.com

## Power and grid context

- Utility service: 223.5 MW · approved · exact asset · as of 2025-08-08 — Power Capacity 223.5 MW
- ISO/RTO: PJM Interconnection
- Balancing authority: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: Dominion Energy Virginia

## Development

- Site status: operational
- Gross floor area: 200,000 square feet
- Construction: IAD117 is an operational hyperscale data center in Sterling, VA with 223.5 MW power capacity and 200,000 sq ft floor area. An air permit was issued on 08/08/2025.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, cloud
- Operating context: Operational hyperscale cloud 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://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-169-179-84134100](http://datacenter.fyi/public-record/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-169-179-84134100)
- [http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia](http://openei.org/wiki/RAPID/BulkTransmission/Virginia)
- [http://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/products-services/aws-cloud](http://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/products-services/aws-cloud)
- [Amazon: IAD-117 Data Center News](https://baxtel.com/news/data-centers/amazon-iad-117)
- [Amazon Web Services IAD117 — Sterling, VA Data Center | DC Hub](https://dchub.cloud/facility/1420)
- [How Amazon is preparing for the energy needs of the future](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/sustainability/amazon-renewable-energy-updates)
- [Agency OKs data center water permit -](https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2026/03/agency-oks-data-center-water-permit/)
- [IAD 117 AWS Data Center in Sterling, Virginia - Aterio](https://www.aterio.io/insights/us-data-centers/dc/amazon-aws-86931-va)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD-116 IAD-117 — Loudoun County, VA | Groundwork](https://www.canonical.cc/labs/groundwork/site/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-116-iad-117-loudoun/)
- [Amazon Data Services, Inc. IAD-116 IAD-117 — Sterling, VA | datacenter.fyi](https://www.datacenter.fyi/facility/amazon-data-services-inc-iad-116-iad-117-va-4c1160c4)
- [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)
- [DEQ announces joint public hearing on Amazon data center and Duke Energy air quality permits in Richmond County | NC DEQ](https://www.deq.nc.gov/news/press-releases/2026/06/26/deq-announces-joint-public-hearing-amazon-data-center-and-duke-energy-air-quality-permits-richmond)
- [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)
- [Piedmont News: July 31, 2026 - The Piedmont Environmental Council](https://www.pecva.org/issue/piedmont-news-july-31-2026/)

## Data quality

- No specific quality notes were found for the IAD117 site.
- Removed uncited provider news result: For residents of Virginia’s ‘data center alley,’ the industry underpins economy — but with costs
- 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/