Washington Business Journal Reports that Digital Realty acquired a 13-acre property for $28 million. That puts the cost per acre at $2.14 million, which is a record in the region. The property was a former Airbus facility and is adjacent to the Equinix Ashburn Campus.
Satellite view of the Digital Realty Trust's new building and its proximity to Equinix Ashburn, and Cologix's new site
Washington Business Journal Article:
Airbus Americas has sold a 13-acre property in Ashburn to one of the world’s largest data center providers for what appears to be a record price per acre.
The $2 million threshold is one that, as far as we know, the county had yet to top.
According to Loudoun County’s database, the Filagree Court property has an assessed value of $12.9 million — $5.7 million for the land and $7.2 million for a 124,000-square-foot flex warehouse occupied by Airbus subsidiary Satair Group. The site, near the intersection of the Loudoun County Park and Waxpool Road, is in the heart of Loudoun's data center alley....