Amazon completed its $427.3 million acquisition of GWU’s 122-acre Ashburn campus to build the Bridgefield Tech Center, featuring four two-story data centers totaling 800,000 square feet alongside three parking structures. GWU retains a five-year rent-free leaseback through March 2031 to transition its nursing school and 17 research labs, placing full site development and operation years down the line.
A sharp conflict is unfolding over how the project gets approved. Amazon is seeking by-right administrative approval under legacy 1972 tax district rules to bypass public hearings and a Board of Supervisors vote. Loudoun County leaders are fighting this strategy, declaring the legacy rules obsolete to force a formal Special Exception review while evaluating potential county-wide data center moratoriums.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | JK Land: Ashburn |
JK Land Holdings is planning to develop a 360,000 sq ft (33,445 sq m), two-story data center on a 25-acre site located at 19886 Ashburn Road near Route 7 in Ashburn, Virginia.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | JK Land: Freedom Trail Rd |
The site, originally planned for 1,300 residential units, includes a prior proposal for two data centers totaling 1.1 million sq ft. JK Land Holdings' specific development plans are not yet confirmed.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Visa Eastern US Ashburn |
Visa completed its new 350,000 square foot data center in October 2008. The Tier IV property features five data center pods of 30,000 sf each
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Vantage: VA34 |
This facility is a part of Vantage's VA3 data center campus in Ashburn.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Vantage: VA35 |
This facility is a part of Vantage's VA3 data center campus in Ashburn.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Vantage: VA32 |
This facility is a part of Vantage's VA3 data center campus in Ashburn.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Vantage VA3 Campus |
Located on 134 acres, the campus will feature seven multi-story facilities with 288MW of capacity across more than 2 million square feet.
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| NN milesInterested in this information?Contact us | Vantage: VA33 |
This facility is a part of Vantage's VA3 data center campus in Ashburn.
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Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
Campus exterior and data hall photography for this operator.
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