Amazon AWS US-East-1 is a data center operated by Amazon AWS in Ashburn, VA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 300.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Ashburn data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 24.2-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.
Data Center Power Index verdict for Ashburn — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Ashburn — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Ashburn hosts 304 tracked facilities totaling 8,662 MW across a highly concentrated operator base, but excess power availability 46/100 and moderate constraint pressure 60/100 combine to signal market saturation. Digital Realty commands the largest footprint with 35 facilities, followed by Equinix 20 and Amazon Web Services 17, establishing a three-player duopoly that controls roughly two-thirds of tracked capacity. The long tail of smaller operators—classified as "Unknown" 10 and one unnamed operator 9—reflects a market where scale advantages have already calcified, leaving limited room for mid-tier entrants. The DCPI verdict of AVOID directly reflects Ashburn's fundamental supply-demand imbalance. An excess-power score of 46/100 indicates that available capacity outpaces near-term tenant demand, pressuring pricing and utilization rates across the market. Combined with a constraint…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 71 operating generating units totalling 1,625 MW within about 50 km of Ashburn, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.
Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.
Comparable facilities in Ashburn tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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