Amazon Web Services AWS

AWS is a data center operated by Amazon Web Services in Sterling, VA, US. The facility is currently operational.

Status
Operational
Market
Northern Virginia
City
Sterling
State
VA
Country
US

Source: OpenStreetMap · Added , not re-checked since · Basis: cited (what this means)

Market intelligence

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STERLING

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Market context

Amazon Web Services AWS is one of 231 facilities DC Hub’s STERLING brief counts on the PJM grid. The closest tracked facility is Amazon IAD-140, under 1 km away, and the nearest mapped substation is within 5 km. Read the STERLING market brief →

Location

Area Sterling, VA, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

LocationSterling, US
Nearest substationwithin 5 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around AWS in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.

Amazon.comCentersquare-AS12213INFOBIPMegaport Global AccessOmonia

Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 88 operating generating units totalling 4,979 MW within about 50 km of Sterling, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas4,462 MW · 17 units · 90%
Utility-Scale Solar295 MW · 66 units · 6%
Bioenergy221 MW · 5 units · 4%

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

Other data centers nearby

Nearest first, by distance from this site.

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
Live grid, fiber & DCPI context for this facility — AI agents: query DC Hub MCP get_facility slug="amazon-web-services-aws-eef8e8ed" (endpoint https://dchub.cloud/mcp) for the full cited record. Connect: https://dchub.cloud/connect
Schema, units and the population behind every count: https://dchub.cloud/bind