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Long, sourced answers to the questions landowners and developers bring us — what a data center needs from a parcel, what it pays, and what can stop it. Every figure comes from a public record or our own tables.
- How much land does a data center need?Acres per megawatt from real campuses, what fills a data center site beyond the buildings, and what parcel sizes buyers actually purchase.Land basics · 19 min read · Oct 17, 2026
- How much do data centers pay for land?Data center land deals with acreage, price and price per acre, each sourced. Ranges come from closed US sales only, with n stated.Land value · data guide · Oct 17, 2026
- Data center site selection: a criteria guideWhat developers check before buying data center land: power and interconnection, water, fiber, zoning and moratoria, tax incentives, climate, labor.Site selection · data guide · Oct 17, 2026
- Powered shell vs powered landThe difference between buying land with a path to power, leasing a powered shell and taking turnkey space, with the trade-offs for owners and developers.Deal structure · data guide · Oct 17, 2026