The cloud computing giant’s data services division has completed a $427 million purchase of George Washington University’s Science and Technology campus located in Ashburn, Virginia, university officials announced Monday.
According to the campus student publication, property documents indicate Amazon Data Services plans to construct a data processing or information technology facility at the Northern Virginia location. The tech company has not yet responded to requests for comment regarding their specific development plans.
The Washington D.C.-based university confirmed that terms of the sale include provisions allowing GWU to maintain current academic programs at the Ashburn facility for as long as five years if needed.
The transaction represents another significant expansion of Amazon’s data center footprint in the Virginia region, where the company has been building out infrastructure to support its cloud computing operations.
