Amazon changes course on water use for King George data center campus

By: Shannon Heckt

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: August 26, 2026

Words: 654

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago


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Amazon Web Services is changing course on how a King George data center project will get its water after an application to renew a groundwater permit allowing withdrawals of up to 6.4 million gallons annually from the Potomac aquifer raised concerns.

The tech giant is set to construct a major data center campus in the county at the Birchwood Drive tech campus that could host more than a dozen data centers across the 869-acre …

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