Amazon IAD15
22631 Dulles Summit Court · Sterling, Loudoun County, VA
Source: OpenStreetMap
Amazon IAD15 is an operating data center in Loudoun County, VA, operated by Amazon Data Services, Inc. and ultimately owned by Amazon.com, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 103,452 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 12, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkAmazon Web Services data center
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentAmazon.com, Inc.
- Files asAmazon Data Services, Inc.
- This facilityAmazon IAD15
In the news
source: Google News- Amazon discloses its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025MSN· Jun 12, 2026
- The Compute Coalition: How to Build the Future of AI in the Free WorldCarnegie Endowment for International Peace· Jun 8, 2026
- Hyperscalers Should Put Community Investment First: Here’s HowNRDC· Jun 3, 2026
- See where diesel-powered data center generators are polluting VirginiaThe Washington Post· May 28, 2026
- John Whelan: High electricity costs threaten Irelands data centre and AI expansionIrish Examiner· May 17, 2026
- For residents of Virginia’s ‘data center alley,’ the industry underpins economy — but with costsTribLIVE.com· May 16, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77These tax breaks are recorded to Amazon.com, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
- Long-Term Rural Enterprise Zone (Morrow County School District 1)$16,668,806Morrow County School District 1, OR · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source
Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Environmental permits
source: Permit register- VA DEQ air permit (minor NSR)73860Diesel backup-generator air permit. Program: mNSR. Reg. 73860.
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's DOM pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →
An estimated ~20 to 45 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price. Estimated from the building footprint at 200 to 400 W/ft² (the typical range for modern data centers). A rough order-of-magnitude figure, not a metered or permitted capacity.
Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Guilford Elementary in Sterling, is 1.9 mi from this site (541 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.