Amazon Birchwood (King George)
AI data center in Sealston, VA, United States: permitted.
- Location: Sealston, VA, United States
- Developer: Amazon Web Services
- Tenant: AWS
- Status: permitted
Amazon Birchwood (King George) is a AI data center project located in Sealston, VA, United States, currently permitted. It is being built by Amazon Web Services for tenant AWS. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across VA, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
Amazon Data Services is in court trying to establish vested rights in the 893-acre former Birchwood Power Plant site for a 7M-sq-ft data center campus. The 2024 board pulled out of the performance agreement and discussed rezoning the land back to agricultural. Trial is set for Sept 28 to 29, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Amazon Birchwood (King George)?
- Amazon Birchwood (King George) is an AI data center project in Sealston, Virginia tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is permitted.
- Where is Amazon Birchwood (King George)?
- Amazon Birchwood (King George) is in Sealston, Virginia. Every tracked Virginia campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/virginia.
- Who is building Amazon Birchwood (King George)?
- Amazon Web Services is developing Amazon Birchwood (King George), with AWS named as the tenant.
Sources
- Motions Filed This Week in Amazon Data Services v. King George County (fxbgadvance.com · press · 2026-05-06)
- Fredericksburg Free Press (fredericksburgfreepress.com · press · 2025-05-06)