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Amazon Data Services
Coverage of Amazon Data Services in the Nexus archive.
- Universities are buying and selling property for data centers, prompting concerns about an AI brain drain
Universities face pressure as data centers compete for large parcels of land needed for AI infrastructure, leading to sales such as George Washington University's campus sale. Amazon Data Services purchased GWU’s 120-acre Virginia Science and Technology Campus for $427 million, highlighting the intersection of financial pressures and massive real estate demand in higher education.