Amazon Web Services

📍 US
Last updated

Amazon Web Services is a data center in US. The facility is currently operational. It sits in the McLean data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 30.5-month time-to-power. Operators should weigh interconnection risk here — the market screens constrained on grid headroom and time-to-power.

Status
Operational
Country
US

What changed

Changes DC Hub has recorded to this facility’s record, newest first.

Market intelligence

AVOID

Data Center Power Index verdict for McLean — the market this facility sits in.

Full DCPI breakdown →

Market context

DC Hub analyst read on McLean — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

McLean's data center market is undersized and operationally tight, with only 8 tracked facilities totaling 5 MW across a fragmented operator base. DataBank holds the largest footprint with 3 facilities two under its primary entity, one via DataBank, Ltd., while Lumen Technologies and Equinix each operate single assets. The market shows no consolidation momentum—zero recent M&A transactions have been tracked—despite recent activity in adjacent Northern Virginia markets where McLean-focused power infrastructure startups have attracted strategic acquirers at valuations near $232 million. The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects a market pinned between conflicting pressures: an excess-power score of 47/100 signals marginal surplus capacity, while a constraint score of 45/100 indicates moderate but real operational friction. For acquisition-focused investors, this dual score eliminates margin…

Location

Area US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketMcLean
Grid operatorPJM
Data Center Power IndexAVOID
Est. time to power30.5 months
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 81 operating generating units totalling 5,741 MW within about 50 km of US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas5,412 MW · 15 units · 94%
Utility-Scale Solar176 MW · 62 units · 3%
Bioenergy153 MW · 4 units · 3%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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