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Amazon Data Center Construction Fire Linked to Welding Mishap

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The cause of this morning’s roof fire at an Amazon Web Services data center construction site
in Ashburn, Virginia, has been traced to a welding
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The contractor that is building the facility at 21263 Smith Switch Road has estimated the damage
from the fire to range from $75,000 to $100,000, according to a statement issued by the Loudoun
County Fire, Rescue and Emergency Management.

The workers on site were welding roof components from inside the structure, “which ignited
nearby combustibles,” the official statement read. The combustibles were construction materials
stored on the roof.

Roof fire at an Amazon data center construction site in Ashburn, Virginia, was contained, with no
reported injuries. (Photo: Rob Johnston)

An AWS spokesperson confirmed this morning that the fire happened at the site where a third
party contractor was building a data center for the cloud services company. The data center was not
in production, so the fire did not affect any AWS users, she said. The contractor’s name was not
disclosed.

As we have reported earlier, a developer called Corporate Office Properties Trust, has been building
a data center for Amazon in the area.

About 100 emergency personnel responded to the scene. They brought the bulk of the fire, which
did not spread beyond the roof, under control around 11:20 a.m.

Workers who were on the roof when the fire broke out were able to get out of danger’s way safely.
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Firemen on the roof of the future Amazon Web Services data center in Ashburn, Virginia, after fire
was contained (Photo: Rich Miller)

A smartphone video of the fire was uploaded to YouTube this morning:

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