The Daily Dig:
Cologix picked up 38 acres of industrial land on Beaumeade Circle in Ashburn, Virginia, a buy that fits squarely into the company's broader plans for the Northern Virginia market. The property sits in one of the densest digital infrastructure zones in the country and was brought in to set up future interconnection capacity.
The purchase connects to Cologix's commitment to put roughly $5 billion into Northern Virginia development over the coming years. According to the company, the site has potential to accommodate a high-spec interconnection hub built to handle traffic from hyperscalers, cloud operators, network carriers, enterprise tenants, and AI infrastructure. Planning work is expected to kick off around 2030, with project details rolling out as development moves forward.
Project Snapshot:
Developer / Applicant: Cologix
Location: Beaumeade Circle, Ashburn, Virginia
Site size: 38 acres
Action: Strategic land acquisition
Planned use: Future interconnection-focused data center development
Initial power capacity (potential): 85 MW
Long-term expansion potential: 300 MW+
Timeline / Status: Land acquired; preliminary planning anticipated around 2030
TheJobWalk Thoughts:
This kind of land banking makes sense when you're operating in a market where shovel ready sites don't exactly grow on trees. Ashburn's got the fiber density and the grid access, but it doesn't have unlimited dirt, especially dirt that's already zoned and ready to plug into existing interconnect. For contractors, this won't hit your pipeline tomorrow, but it's worth flagging. When these parcels do move, they typically phase based on tenant pull rather than dropping a full scope package on day one. If your shop handles heavy power infrastructure, tilt-up shells, or spec'd out raised floor interiors, this is the kind of deal that tells you where to stay visible in the next few years, not next quarter.
