{"id":21051,"date":"2020-04-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/compassdatacenters.local\/?post_type=leadership-thoughts&#038;p=21051"},"modified":"2024-05-09T14:48:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T19:48:41","slug":"building-for-whats-next-means-planning-ahead","status":"publish","type":"leadership-thoughts","link":"https:\/\/www.compassdatacenters.com\/es\/leadership-thoughts\/building-for-whats-next-means-planning-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Building for What&#8217;s Next Means Planning Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div\n\t  class=\"group group--youtube wp-embed-responsive compass-block alignwide\"\n>\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"group-spacer-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignfull is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How We Selected The Site of Our Leesburg Campus in Northern Virginia\" width=\"910\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/faPF_dCizWk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div\n\t \n  class=\"group group--transcript alignnone\"\n>\n\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n<div class=\"group-spacer-container\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 70% of the world&#8217;s internet traffic passes through the data centers located in eastern Loudoun County with such a high concentration residing in the city of Ashburn, that the area is referred to as Data Center Alley. As a result, land here is scarce and can command prices in excess of $2 million per acre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In early 2016, Compass determined Ashburn&#8217;s escalating land costs would precipitate a migration towards the north and west. In response, we purchased farmland in the town of Leesburg, where the cost of land was extremely low. At the time, this area hadn&#8217;t been zoned for data centers. However, within two years after we acquired our 100 Acre, 75-megawatt campus, the top 3 hyper scalers began developing their own campuses within the same area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, power in Leesburg is delivered by the Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, a separate provider than Ashburn&#8217;s, and more importantly, the high-voltage lines serving the site are different than those supporting Data Center Alley. 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