How much power does AWS Spotsylvania Campus use?

AWS Spotsylvania Campus has a reported power capacity of 550 MW.

Has AWS Spotsylvania Campus had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for AWS Spotsylvania Campus.

Where is AWS Spotsylvania Campus located?

AWS Spotsylvania Campus is in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, VA.

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AWS Spotsylvania Campus

Q: Who owns AWS Spotsylvania Campus?

AWS Spotsylvania Campus is operated by Amazon Data Services, Inc. and ultimately owned by Amazon.com, Inc..

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Virginia?

Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, VA

Source: Primary source

AWS Spotsylvania Campus is a under construction data center in Spotsylvania County, VA, operated by Amazon Data Services, Inc. and ultimately owned by Amazon.com, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 550 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 21, 2026

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Spotsylvania, Virginia

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Power & your bill

550 MW of new demand — roughly a city of 440,000 homes.

Large new loads can raise transmission and capacity costs that land on every ratepayer. Residential power in VA is 17.4¢/kWh, up 13.7% year-over-year. (MW→homes is a rough ~800/MW planning figure.)

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Water

~3,493 gallons/day — about 12 households' worth.

Evaporative cooling can consume drinking water in volumes that strain local supply, especially in drought. Ask whether closed-loop / non-potable cooling is required.

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Process

Demand a full, public review — not a rubber stamp.

Ask for an independent noise study, a water-and-power impact assessment, enforceable conditions (setbacks, hours, cooling type), and that the record stays open for written comment. Procedural shortcuts have voided approvals elsewhere.

Public comment (editable)

Dear members of the board,

I am a resident of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, VA and I am writing about the proposed AWS Spotsylvania Campus (Amazon Data Services, Inc.).

According to public records compiled by DataCentersExposed, it would add roughly 550 MW of electricity demand; it is associated with about 3,493 gallons/day of water use.

I am concerned about the impact on our electricity bills, our water, noise and air quality near homes and schools, and whether the public benefits justify any tax incentives. I respectfully ask that you deny this application, or at minimum impose binding conditions, and that you keep the record open for public comment.

Specifically, I ask the board to require: an independent noise study at the property line; a water- and power-impact assessment; enforceable conditions on cooling type, operating hours, and setbacks; and clawback provisions if commitments aren't met.

Thank you for your service and for considering this comment.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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Records / FOIA request

Public Records Request

To the records custodian for Spotsylvania County, VA,

Under the applicable public-records law, I request copies of the following records concerning the data-center project known as "AWS Spotsylvania Campus":

1. The complete application, including any rezoning, special-use/conditional-use permit, or site-plan submissions and all exhibits.
2. All staff reports, analyses, and recommendations.
3. Any traffic, noise, water-use, stormwater, or utility/load studies submitted or commissioned.
4. Any development agreement, proffers, or tax-incentive/abatement agreements and their term sheets.
5. All correspondence between the applicant (or its agents) and county/city staff or elected officials regarding this project.
6. Notices of public hearings and proof of required public notice.

I request these in electronic form where available. If any portion is withheld, please cite the specific exemption. If fees will exceed $25, please contact me first.

Thank you,
[Your name]
[Your email / address]

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Real parent

Amazon.com, Inc.

Operator

Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Power

550 MW

Water

3.5K gpd

Utility

Dominion Energy Virginia

Grid

PJM

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

The AWS Spotsylvania Campus is a hyperscale data center under construction in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, operated by Amazon Data Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. The project carries a reported power capacity of 550 MW, drawing electricity from Dominion Energy Virginia within the PJM grid.

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
Amazon.com, Inc.
Files as
Amazon Data Services, Inc.
This facility
AWS Spotsylvania Campus

Grid & water — why here

source: HIFLD · EPA

Nearest substation

3.6 mi

Unknown116474 · 115 kV

Transmission line

3.6 mi

115 kV line

Municipal water

No service area

self-supplied or unmapped

The closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

source · All Virginia subsidies →

Water use

Reported withdrawal3.5K gpd
2024 · surface · reported as “SPOTSYLVANIA QUARRY” · source

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

What this site costs the grid

source: PJM RPM auction reports

Dominion (Virginia / NC) · 2027/28 auction

$333 /MW-day

Peaked at $444/MW-day in 2025/26 — 1.65× the rest of PJM

PJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site sits in PJM's DOM pricing zone, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →

This site's capacity-market cost

$66.8M/yr

550 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price.

Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$93.9K

People of color

17%

Below poverty

12%

Tract population

3,320

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Spotsylvania High in Spotsylvania, is 1.4 mi from this site (1,388 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.

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