According to BizJournal, Amazon Data Services has completed the acquisition of office buildings in Sterling, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia. The buildings are located in the Loudoun Tech Center business park. The selling company is an affiliate of St. John Properties. In addition, the properties acquired span across 12 acres of land. Amazon paid $14.8 million for the 58,194 square feet (5,400 square meters) building at 21660 Ridgetop Circle. It also paid another $11.6 million for the two buildings at 21670 and 21680 Ridgetop Circle.
Interestingly, this is the second purchase in Northern Virginia this month. It recently bought three adjoining buildings in Loudoun County for $21 million. AWS has been investing heavily in Northern Virginia recently. It currently owns and operates data centers in many areas including McNair, Ashburn, Manassas, Warrenton, Chantilly, and Haymarket.
