AWS Northern Virginia Cluster

Operated by Amazon Web Services · Ashburn, VA, US1 srcupdated 2d ago

Loudoun County / 'Data Center Alley' — the world's densest concentration of cloud capacity.

Compared to peers

Compared with 117 peer facilities in US.

Capacity (MW)
3,0005×+ above median
median 32 · p95 1,510
Supplier coverage
5no peers
median 0 · p75 0
Announce → online lag
in progress
no completions yet

Bands describe deviation from peer median; not a judgment.

Ownership chain (Amazon Web Services)

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Public subsidies & incentives

Total disclosed
$929.0M
Claimed jobs
$/job claimed
  • Virginia — Data Center Sales & Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code 58.1-609.3(18))US-VA · tax-abatement
    $929.0M
    announced 2010.7.01 · 25y term ·

Permits

  • grid interconnectPJM Interconnection
    pending
    applied 2022.2.01 ·
  • zoningLoudoun County Board of Supervisors
    granted
    applied 2022.5.01 · issued 2023.12.12 · 590d lag
  • environmentalVirginia DEQ
    granted
    issued 2024.3.15
  • zoningLoudoun County (specific denial not confirmed)
    denied
Status
operational
Current capacity
3000 MW
Planned capacity
Power source
grid-mixed
Cooling
Water draw
PUE
Capex

Location

City
Ashburn
Region
VA
Country
US
Coordinates
39.0438, -77.4874
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Timeline

Announced
Groundbreak
Online
Full capacity

Power

Primary source
grid-mixed
Utility
PUE pledged

Suppliers (5)

  • Vertiv1 src
    cooling · Power and thermal infrastructure
  • Dominion Energy1 src
    electrical · Primary electric utility · local
  • NOVEC (Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative)1 src
    electrical · Co-op utility serving parts of campus · local
  • Holder Construction1 src
    gc · GC on multiple AWS NoVa buildings
  • Clune Construction1 src
    gc · GC on Loudoun builds

Sources (1)

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