AWS Lake Anna Tech Campus (IAD-551)
Amazon Web Services data center campus on 153 acres at Kentucky Springs Road and Haley Drive in Mineral, Louisa County, Virginia, part of AWS's planned $11 billion investment in Louisa County; listed with a 1.7-million-square-foot building. In November 2026 IBEW Local 26 listed 25 electrician calls from JE Richards for "Site 551 (data center), Mineral, VA".
Key facts
- Capacity
- 420 MWMinimum, campus (Baxtel)
- Estimated cost
- Not available
- Building size
- 1,700,000 sq ft
- Construction start
- Not available
- Expected completion
- 2040Full build-out; first buildings 2026–2027 (Baxtel)
- Last verified
- Not yet re-verified
Companies and roles
- Owner
- Subcontractor
- JE Richards Electric — listed as “JE Richards”
Unions
- IBEW Local 26 · Union labor reported · Electricians
Locals with jurisdiction over this site
Local with jurisdiction over this site (not confirmed on the job)
- Operating engineers (heavy equipment)
- Insulators
Prevailing wages (government minimums)
Minimum hourly pay the U.S. Department of Labor sets for federally funded building work in Louisa County, by trade. It is a floor, not what this project pays: data center jobs often pay above scale, and non-union survey rates can be many years old.
| Trade | Wage /hr | Overtime 1.5× | Double time 2× | Benefits /hr | Total comp /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ElectriciansNon-union survey rate · effective Jan 11, 2016 · old rateELECTRICIANOvertime 1.5× $29.63 · Double time 2× $39.50 · Benefits /hr $0.00 | $19.75 | $29.63 | $39.50 | $0.00 | $19.75 |
| Plumbers & pipefittersNon-union survey rate · effective Jan 11, 2016 · old ratePIPEFITTEROvertime 1.5× $32.21 · Double time 2× $42.94 · Benefits /hr $7.19 | $21.47 | $32.21 | $42.94 | $7.19 | $28.66 |
| Sheet metal & HVACNon-union survey rate · effective Jan 11, 2016 · old rateSHEET METAL WORKER (INCLUDES HVAC DUCT INSTALLATION)Overtime 1.5× $33.50 · Double time 2× $44.66 · Benefits /hr $7.94 | $22.33 | $33.50 | $44.66 | $7.94 | $30.27 |
| LaborersNon-union survey rate · effective Jan 11, 2016 · old rateLABORER: COMMON OR GENERALOvertime 1.5× $16.94 · Double time 2× $22.58 · Benefits /hr $2.08 | $11.29 | $16.94 | $22.58 | $2.08 | $13.37 |
| Operating engineers (heavy equipment)Union rate · Operating Engineers Local 147 · effective Jun 1, 2025POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATOR: BULLDOZEROvertime 1.5× $58.19 · Double time 2× $77.58 · Benefits /hr $18.05 | $38.79 | $58.19 | $77.58 | $18.05 | $56.84 |
| CarpentersNon-union survey rate · effective Jan 11, 2016 · old rateCARPENTEROvertime 1.5× $24.89 · Double time 2× $33.18 · Benefits /hr $1.73 | $16.59 | $24.89 | $33.18 | $1.73 | $18.32 |
| InsulatorsUnion rate · Heat and Frost Insulators Local 24 · effective Oct 1, 2024ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR - MECHANICAL (DUCT, PIPE & MECHANICAL SYSTEM INS…Overtime 1.5× $61.16 · Double time 2× $81.54 · Benefits /hr $20.17 | $40.77 | $61.16 | $81.54 | $20.17 | $60.94 |
| RoofersNon-union survey rate · effective Jan 11, 2016 · old rateROOFEROvertime 1.5× $23.34 · Double time 2× $31.12 · Benefits /hr $3.06 | $15.56 | $23.34 | $31.12 | $3.06 | $18.62 |
| Teamsters (drivers)Non-union survey rate · effective Jan 11, 2016 · old rateTRUCK DRIVER: DUMP TRUCKOvertime 1.5× $16.88 · Double time 2× $22.50 · Benefits /hr $0.57 | $11.25 | $16.88 | $22.50 | $0.57 | $11.82 |
- Wage:
- the hourly pay in the worker's paycheck, before taxes, at straight time.
- Overtime and double time:
- the wage × 1.5 and × 2. Federal contracts require time and a half after 40 hours a week; when double time applies (for example Sundays, holidays or after 10–12 hours) is set by each union contract.
- Benefits:
- paid by the employer on top of the wage into the worker's health insurance, pension and annuity, and apprenticeship training funds (sometimes vacation and holiday pay). Not in the paycheck.
- Total comp:
- wage + benefits for one straight-time hour.
Journeyman rates only; shift premiums and per diem are not included. Source: Davis-Bacon general wage determinations on SAM.gov.
Apprentices: rates above are for journeymen. Apprentices are usually paid a percentage of the journeyman rate, typically starting around 40–60% and rising about 10 percentage points every 6 months to a year until they reach the full rate. Exact steps vary by trade and local.
- U.S. Department of Labor wage determination VA20260008 (SAM.gov) (opens in a new tab)sam.gov · Government filing
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from these public sources:
- Baxtel (opens in a new tab)baxtel.com · Other
- Cleanview (opens in a new tab)cleanview.co · Other
- Data Center Frontier (opens in a new tab)datacenterfrontier.com · News
- IBEW Local 26 (opens in a new tab)ibewlocal26.org · Press release
- IBEW inside jurisdiction map (VA) (opens in a new tab)ibew.org · Other
- U.S. Department of Labor wage determination VA20260008 (SAM.gov) (opens in a new tab)sam.gov · Government filing
- Baxtel (tracker) (opens in a new tab)baxtel.com · Other
- Baxtel (tracker) (opens in a new tab)baxtel.com · Other
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