Amazon Web Services Ashburn (US-EAST-1)
BNorthern Virginia · US · Amazon Web Services (Amazon.com Inc.)
OperationalAI-Capable HyperscaleVerified
Environment
Water Stress
mediumB
WRI Aqueduct 4.0, 2023, 2023
Aquifer Stress
Not DisclosedND
Grid Carbon Intensity
283 gCO₂/kWhA
EPA eGrid 2022, PJM subregion, 2022
Grid RegionPJM
Drought Risk
low
NOAA Palmer Drought Severity Index, 2023
Environmental Review
approved
Loudoun County, Virginia permit records
Facility
CategoryAI-Capable Hyperscale
StatusOperational
Year Opened2006
Capacity
600 MWD
Capacity estimated from Loudoun County permit records and satellite analysis across multiple campus buildings; Amazon does not disclose facility-level figures. AWS us-east-1 is the world's highest-traffic cloud region.
Location
39.0437, -77.4875 · US
RegionNorthern Virginia
Research statusVerified
Last verified2025-05-01
Evidence (2 sources)
Journalism2022-06-01Washington Post
Confirms scale, location, and operational status of Amazon's Northern Virginia campus.
AWS US-East-1 in Ashburn, Virginia spans dozens of buildings across Loudoun County and is the world's highest-traffic cloud region.
Government2023-01-01Loudoun County, Virginia
Establishes scale and ongoing expansion of the AWS Ashburn campus from public permit records.
Multiple building permits issued for new campus expansion buildings; Loudoun County is the world's largest data center concentration by installed capacity.
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