Amazon IAD-500 is a data center operated by Amazon Web Services in Herndon, VA. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the Herndon data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 32.0-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 Herndon — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Herndon — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Herndon's data center footprint is nascent and heavily fragmented across 22 tracked facilities with zero reported MW capacity, reflecting either early-stage buildout or measurement gaps that obscure true market size. AWS and an unnamed operator each control five facilities, while Cogent Communications and EQUINIX DC 97 hold single-asset positions, indicating no dominant player has consolidated the market. The absence of recent M&A activity in the tracked dataset suggests limited institutional attention or deal velocity, contrasting sharply with adjacent Northern Virginia submarkets where consolidation has accelerated. This operator dispersion—five separate entities among just 22 facilities—points to a fragmented, possibly immature market lacking the scale and operational cohesion that attract large-scale capital. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is decisive for acquisition-focused investors:…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Comparable facilities in Herndon tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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