Amazon has purchased hundreds of acres south of Atlanta that could serve as the home for the state’s next data center.
The acquisition, initially reported by Barnesville Buzz, closed on July 25 at the cost of approximately $270 million, or an estimated $274,111 per acre.
According to property records filed with the Clerk of Superior Court in Lamar County, a region south of metro Atlanta, Amazon Data Services, Inc., purchased 984 acres of land for development last month. The mass media company obtained the property from High Falls 75 LLC, the developer behind Legacy 75 Trade Center, a $2 billion development project located alongside I-75, according to the Barnesville Buzz.
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