Amazon IAD87 is a data center operated by AWS. The facility 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 23.4-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 footprint comprises 154 tracked facilities totaling 2,766 MW, concentrated among three dominant operators: Amazon Web Services leads with 46 MW, while CyrusOne and a second AWS entity each control 16 MW, with Unknown and one unidentified operator holding 13 MW and 11 MW respectively. The market exhibits moderate fragmentation, with the top five operators accounting for a substantial but not overwhelming share of deployed capacity. Power infrastructure remains the critical constraint: the market scores 46/100 on excess-power availability and 59/100 on power constraint severity, indicating structural undersupply relative to growth demand. The DCPI verdict of AVOID carries direct implications for acquisition-stage investors. An excess-power score of 46/100 signals that available power capacity—both from grid supply and facility-level reserves—sits below market median…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 81 operating generating units totalling 3,416 MW within about 50 km of this location. 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.
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