Amazon IAD80 is a data center operated by Amazon Web Services in Ashburn, VA, US. It carries a reported power capacity of 50.0 MW and is currently operational. It sits in the Ashburn data-center market on the PJM grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates AVOID, with an estimated 24.2-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 Ashburn — the market this facility sits in.
Full DCPI breakdown →DC Hub analyst read on Ashburn — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).
Ashburn hosts 303 tracked facilities totaling 8,662 MW of operational capacity, making it one of the most densely built data center markets in North America. Digital Realty maintains the largest operator footprint with 35 facilities, followed by Equinix 19, Amazon Web Services 17, and smaller players. The market has absorbed significant capital deployment, most notably Amazon's $427 million acquisition in the region, signaling continued strategic interest despite underlying capacity constraints. The DCPI verdict of AVOID reflects a market in structural tension: excess-power scores 46/100 below median stability, while constraint reaches 60/100—indicating that power infrastructure bottlenecks are the limiting factor, not supply surplus. For acquisition-focused investors and operators, this combination means capital deployed today will face immediate headroom restrictions that limit…
Published DC Hub data for this location.
DC Hub tracks 72 operating generating units totalling 1,621 MW within about 50 km of Ashburn, 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.
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