AWS Adamstown (Quantum Frederick)
300 MW AI data center in Adamstown, MD, United States: under construction.
- Capacity: 300 MW
- Location: Adamstown, MD, United States
- Developer: Amazon Web Services
- Status: under construction
AWS Adamstown (Quantum Frederick) is a 300 MW AI data center project located in Adamstown, MD, United States, currently under construction. It is being built by Amazon Web Services. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across MD, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
AWS is developing more than 777,000 sq ft of data center space across four buildings at the Quantum Frederick campus near Adamstown. The construction site was photographed on Aug 27 2026, and permits cover 99 emergency generators totaling more than 258 MW of backup power.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is AWS Adamstown (Quantum Frederick)?
- AWS Adamstown (Quantum Frederick) is a phase of an AI data center campus in Adamstown, Maryland tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is under construction.
- Where is AWS Adamstown (Quantum Frederick)?
- AWS Adamstown (Quantum Frederick) is in Adamstown, Maryland. Every tracked Maryland campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/maryland.
- How big is AWS Adamstown (Quantum Frederick)?
- Data Center Index tracks AWS Adamstown (Quantum Frederick) at 300 MW. The developer or the press states that capacity. That figure covers one phase of the campus, not the whole site.
- Who is building AWS Adamstown (Quantum Frederick)?
- Amazon Web Services is developing AWS Adamstown (Quantum Frederick).
Sources
- Gov. Wes Moore evolves on data centers as Amazon project surges ahead (foxbaltimore.com · press · 2026-09-01)
- Education Week (edweek.org · press · 2026-09-10)
- Nature Forward (natureforward.org · press · 2026-06-26)
- Amazon identified as tenant of Bauxite I data center project on former Alcoa Eastalco site (yahoo.com · press · 2025-04-25)
- Frederick News-Post (via Yahoo News) (yahoo.com · press · 2024-08-16)
- Maryland Department of the Environment (mde.maryland.gov · public record · 2026-09-10)