Amazon Web Services IAD116 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 54.6-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's data center market comprises 151 tracked facilities delivering 2,902 MW across a concentrated operator landscape dominated by Amazon Web Services with 45 facilities, followed by CyrusOne and a second AWS entity each operating 16 sites. The market exhibits structural imbalance: excess-power capacity stands at 46/100 while infrastructure constraint severity reaches 59/100, creating a divergent risk profile where available electricity masks binding bottlenecks in interconnection, cooling, or real estate. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries direct implications for acquisition-focused investors. The constraint score of 59/100 signals that infrastructure limitations—not power availability—will constrain returns on newly acquired or leased capacity. Buyers entering Sterling will face binding operational bottlenecks regardless of available MW. The excess-power reading of 46/100…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
Comparable facilities in Sterling tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.
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