Data Center Atlas
AWS Lake Anna Technology Campus
Under construction
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
One of two Amazon Web Services campuses in Louisa County's Technology Overlay District, part of an $11 billion AWS plan for the county by 2040 announced in August 2023. The 153-acre campus at Kentucky Springs Road and Haley Drive, next to the North Anna nuclear station, is planned for seven standard data centers (about 1.7 million sq ft), two smaller specialty data centers and an administration building, with at least 420 MW of capacity fed by two 300 MW substations. Local reporting described permits issued and contractors preparing to break ground. Amazon in 2026 described a cooling water discharge permit for the site.
Source record as of 2026-03-16 · Details and sources
The approved minutes of the Louisa County Board of Supervisors meeting of 3 August 2026 (published 14 September 2026) record that traffic at the Kentucky Springs Road / Haley Drive / Johnson Road intersection had increased significantly because of nearby construction activity, that the intersection carries 'construction traffic associated with the Lake Anna Technology Campus', and that 'ongoing data center construction' was among the reasons the Board sought immediate safety measures from VDOT, Dominion and the campus contractor Clark; the Board also noted the unusually heavy traffic generated during construction. This dated government record establishes that physical construction of the AWS Lake Anna Technology Campus was under way on 3 August 2026. No construction stage, building count, completion, energisation or operation is asserted, and the separate DEQ cooling-water discharge permit mentioned in the same minutes is not treated as development consent. evidence
County of Louisa, Virginia (Board of Supervisors) · published 2026-09-14
Location
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Approximate site reference; the exact facility position is unverified.
Projects (1)
AWS Lake Anna Technology Campus
Under construction last observed as of · Authoritative status update
This record reports announced as of 2026-03-16. Amazon
Location: Louisa County, Virginia, US. The campus sits at Kentucky Springs Road (Route 652) and Haley Drive (Route 700), next to the North Anna Power Station. Geocoding was unavailable, so coordinates are the power station's location from its Wikipedia article; the campus lies beside it. Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa); Louisa County, Virginia
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | at least 420 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2024 | Described as data center capacity; two substations of 300 MW each are planned to serve the site. | Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa) |
| Land area | 153 acres | Planned · Campus | 2024 | Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa) | |
| Buildings | 7 count | Planned · Campus | 2024 | Standard data centers; plans also include two smaller specialty data centers and an administration building. | Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa) |
| Floor area | about 1,700,000 sq_ft | Planned · Campus | 2024 | Combined area of the seven standard data centers. | Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa) |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | Developer | Louisa County, Virginia; Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa); Amazon | |
| Clark Construction | Builder | General contractor; Shirley Construction was named for rough grading. | Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa) |
| Rappahannock Electric Cooperative | Utility | County says it will provide electric service; it owns one of the two planned substations. | Louisa County, Virginia; Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa); Louisa County, Virginia |
| Dominion Energy | Utility | Owns the other planned 300 MW substation serving the site. | Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa) |
| Louisa County | Government | Performance agreement with tax rebates funded from new AWS revenue; the state offered a grant fund and sales and use tax waivers. | Louisa County, Virginia; Louisa County, Virginia |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-30 | Announced | Actual | AWS announced $11 billion for two Louisa County campuses by 2040, part of a $35 billion Virginia plan from January 2023. | Louisa County, Virginia |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Two planned substations of 300 MW each, one owned by Dominion Energy and one by Rappahannock Electric Cooperative; grid upgrades are to be paid by the utilities and/or AWS. | Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa); Louisa County, Virginia |
Amazon's $11 billion Louisa County figure covers this campus and the North Creek Technology Campus together and is not split by campus, so it is not recorded as a campus metric. The county FAQ projects a 15-year build-out and cooling with raw water from Northeast Creek Reservoir. Status stays announced because no opened source confirms construction start: an undated (about mid-2024) local report described issued land-disturbance and stormwater permits and a pending Army Corps permit, and Amazon's March 2026 update discussed a discharge permit without stating build progress. That report also quoted a county estimate that a first data center might come online in late 2025 or early 2026.
Sources for these details
- Amazon Web Services announces plan to invest $11 billion in Louisa County by 2040 — Louisa County, Virginia; 2023-08-30
- Contractors Meet To Discuss Construction Plan At Lake Anna Technology Campus — Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa); publication date not stated · Archived source
- Community Update/Press FAQs: AWS — Louisa County, Virginia; publication date not stated · Archived source
- Amazon data center communities: Here's what's happening near data centers across the US — Amazon; publication date not stated
- Companies
- Developer: Amazon Web Services (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Amazon Web Services (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Amazon Web Services (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: Clark Construction (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: Dominion Energy (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Louisa County (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Louisa County (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Louisa County Board of Supervisors: approved minutes of the regular meeting of 3 August 2026 (CivicClerk file 2337, "BOS Minutes - August 3, 2026") evidence row
County of Louisa, Virginia (Board of Supervisors) · published 2026-09-14 · Government record - Locator
- Approximate site reference · Compiled location reference · approximate_site evidence
- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 85 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 38.06060, -77.78940
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Approximate site reference
- Scope class
- approximate_site
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- The campus sits at Kentucky Springs Road (Route 652) and Haley Drive (Route 700), next to the North Anna Power Station. Geocoding was unavailable, so coordinates are the power station's location from its Wikipedia article; the campus lies beside it.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 76cf51ed
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon data center communities: Here's what's happening near data centers across the US Archived copy | Amazon Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Role: Developer | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Amazon | d6303c3453a1a26186d7947ede269b2cd9ddd81ef95041978de7e1b4372ef538Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Amazon Web Services announces plan to invest $11 billion in Louisa County by 2040 Archived copy | Louisa County, Virginia Government record | Imported: Record, Milestone: Announced, Role: Developer, Role: Government, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | Louisa County, Virginia | 4e10e9fff1bbe99f919771e1c3634e6accc9f0fc6ea59ff4f5ce7b721d0c67c8Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Community Update/Press FAQs: AWS Archived copy | Louisa County, Virginia Government record | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Power Source: Grid, Role: Government, Role: Utility | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Louisa County, Virginia | 4b259913a6a0ad7c66dc23acd3b5d82d4e365bbe01a0468ecbcca8505eb25033Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Contractors Meet To Discuss Construction Plan At Lake Anna Technology Campus Archived copy | Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa) News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Power Source: Grid, Role: Builder, Role: Developer, Role: Utility | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Lake Anna Life (Engage Louisa) | ccc8fd50f52646fff78579d7481b2d85ffa9ff2284fa378f530512f2c004f43fFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Louisa County Board of Supervisors: approved minutes of the regular meeting of 3 August 2026 (CivicClerk file 2337, "BOS Minutes - August 3, 2026") Archived copy | County of Louisa, Virginia (Board of Supervisors) Government record | Physical status | public-record-source-terms | County of Louisa, Virginia | eebed509305f11c061fc7c7703c8f800aa0e7e13b5622045f4f94fbd1e1e3eccRetained source material; see source provenance |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). AWS Lake Anna Technology Campus [site vcc-site-6547aae0762f92e98a07]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-6547aae0762f92e98a07/
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