Amazon changes course on water use for Virginia data center campus

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

By: Shannon Heckt

Outlets: Maryland Matters

Published: August 31, 2026

Words: 712

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Amazon Web Services is changing course on how a King George County 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 …

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