Loudoun braces for clash as Amazon targets another Virginia data center
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Officials in Loudoun County were blindsided when George Washington University sold its Ashburn campus to Amazon for $427 million, signaling a fresh wave of data-center growth in Northern Virginia and prompting local pushback over electricity transmission, housing and infrastructure impacts.
Topics:business#data-centers#george-washington-university#loudoun-county-virginia#northern-virginia#tech-industry#virginia-politics
- A suburb rife with data centers set to fight Amazon plan for another The Washington Post
- Amazon Expands AI Footprint With $427 Million George Washington University Campus Acquisition As Data Center Arms Race Intensifies Yahoo Finance
- County Leaders Raise Concerns Over GWU Sale LoudounNow.com
- GW Leaders Discuss Sale of Virginia Science and Technology Campus GW Today
- GW sold Virginia campus for $427 million to Amazon for data center development The GW Hatchet
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