The race to acquire land capable of powering new data centers is consuming the market for development sites nationwide.
Nationally, sales of land earmarked for future data center development totaled roughly $3.3B in the first three months of 2026, up 141% from the same period in 2025, according to data provided to Bisnow by Avison Young. Roughly 30% of all spending on development sites in the first quarter went to data center land deals, up from about 19% in 2025.  
The number of data center sites sold actually dropped, from 20 to 16, demonstrating that the value of land with the power and…​