Amazon paid $427 million for the 122-acre Science and Technology Campus.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) no longer plans to build data centers on George Washington University’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus in Loudoun County, Loudoun Now reported.
AWS purchased the 122-acre campus earlier this year for $427 million. The GW Hatchet, the university’s student newspaper, was the first to report details of the sale.
AWS had planned to build four data centers and three parking garages on the campus.
Amazon is also donating 25 acres of the land to Loudoun County. Board of Supervisors Chair Phyllis Randall announced the news at a Tuesday press conference, along with Josh Weissman, AWS vice president for data center delivery.
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