Amazon IAD98 is a data center operated by Amazon Web Services in Sterling, VA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 50.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Sterling data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 39.0-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 Sterling — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Sterling — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Sterling hosts 155 tracked facilities representing 2,766 MW of operational capacity, positioning it as a significant regional hub. AWS maintains the largest operator footprint with 46 facilities, followed by two operators each controlling 16 MW of capacity. The market has attracted institutional capital, evidenced by TA Realty's recent 10-acre land acquisition at $6.1 million per acre, signaling continued confidence in Sterling's long-term development potential despite near-term constraints. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is driven by a critical mismatch between supply and demand fundamentals: excess power rates 45/100 indicating tight availability while infrastructure constraints score 53/100 moderate-to-severe limitations. This dual-constraint profile eliminates traditional acquisition strategies that depend on unutilized power capacity or expandable grid connections. Unlike Washington,…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Amazon IAD98 in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.
Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.
DC Hub tracks 76 operating generating units totalling 1,916 MW within about 50 km of Sterling, 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 Sterling tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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