Status: Approved / Phase 1 Construction & Site Infrastructure Development | Location: Kentucky Springs Rd & Haley Dr (Lake Anna Tech Campus) & Technology Overlay District, Louisa County, VA 23117, United States
Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Louisa County multi-campus development represents a transformative $11+ billion digital infrastructure investment in Central Virginia’s Technology Overlay District, designed to expand cloud computing capacity and address growing demand across the Northern Virginia data center market. The large-scale initiative is anchored by the 153-acre Lake Anna Tech Campus (IAD-550), which includes seven primary data center buildings strategically located near the North Anna Nuclear Power Station, providing access to reliable energy resources for future expansion. In addition to the Lake Anna campus, the development includes additional sites at Desper Creek and Northeast Creek, creating a multi-campus ecosystem engineered to support hyperscale cloud operations, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. Designed to relieve regional capacity constraints in one of the world’s largest data center markets, the facilities incorporate advanced infrastructure capable of supporting large-scale cloud orchestration and next-generation AI applications. The campuses are powered through high-voltage utility connections from Dominion Energy and Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, ensuring reliable and scalable energy delivery for intensive computing environments. To support increasing AI workload densities, AWS is deploying advanced cooling architectures, including liquid cooling solutions designed for high-performance GPU clusters and future compute requirements. The development also benefits from low-latency dark-fiber connectivity routes linking directly into AWS US-East-1, enabling efficient data transfer, workload management, and cloud service delivery. Combining strategic location, energy resilience, advanced networking, and hyperscale-ready design, AWS’s Louisa County expansion strengthens Virginia’s position as a global cloud infrastructure hub while providing the foundation for future AI-driven digital services.
| Field | Value |
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| Project Name | AWS Louisa County Virginia: $11B+ Multi-Campus Hyperscale Expansion |
| Location | Kentucky Springs Rd & Haley Dr (Lake Anna Tech Campus) & Technology Overlay District, Louisa County, VA 23117, United States |
| Status | Approved / Phase 1 Construction & Site Infrastructure Development |
| Project Type | Purpose-Built Greenfield Hyperscale, Public Cloud & High-Density AI Data Center Campuses |
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| City Name | Virginia |
| Population | ≈ 1.77 million |
| Urban Agglomeration | ≈ 1.05 million (Charleston–Huntington–Parkersburg combined urban influence) |
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