Microsoft has acquired 124 acres of land in Gainesville, Prince William County, Virginia, for $465.5 million from local landowner Chuck Kuhn. The vacant plots are located in a Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District, with a pending rezoning application aiming for increased data center density and a new substation. This acquisition adds to Microsoft’s existing landholdings in the area, which is also a hub for data center development by companies like Amazon and a Google-linked shell company.
Microsoft acquires 124 acres in Virginia’s Prince William County for $465.5m
Microsoft has acquired 124 acres of land in Gainesville, Prince William County, Virginia, for $465.5 million from local landowner Chuck Kuhn. The vacant plots are located in a Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District, with a pending rezoning application aiming for increased data center density and a new substation. This acquisition adds to Microsoft’s existing landholdings in the area, which is also a hub for data center development by companies like Amazon and a Google-linked shell company.