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US data center land prices up nearly tenfold in two years

Original: Ціна землі під дата-центри в США зросла майже вдесятеро за два роки. У першому півріччі 2026 компанії витратили приблизн

Land prices for data centers in the United States have risen almost tenfold over two years, driven by the AI building boom. In the first half of 2026 companies spent roughly $6 billion on land for future data centers, 79 percent more than a year earlier, with land now taking a growing share of overall development budgets.

Why now: The AI infrastructure race is inflating land costs, and the sheer scale of the spending is striking to observers.

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