October 28, 2025
A leading, investment-grade hyperscale company is seeking a 200-acre site in the United States to develop a new data center campus with a power capacity of at least 400 megawatts (MW), according to a request for information (RFI) issued this week.
The global commercial real estate firm JLL is managing the site selection process on behalf of the undisclosed client. In a public post on LinkedIn, Andy Cvengros, JLL’s Executive Managing Director for Data Center Solutions, stated the firm is "engaged in a search on behalf of an investment-grade, hyperscaler client, who prefers to remain undisclosed, for potential sites across the US."
The term "investment-grade" typically refers to companies with a high credit rating from agencies like Moody's or S&P Global. This description encompasses the dominant cloud providers—Amazon, Microsoft, and Google—as well as other major tech firms like Oracle and Meta, all of which are actively investing billions in expanding their digital infrastructure.
The RFI outlines stringent requirements for potential sites. The land parcel must be a minimum of 200 acres, pre-zoned for data center use, and located within an "attainment zone"—an area that meets federal clean air standards. The site must also be relatively flat and have an adequate water supply.
A critical requirement is the availability of 400MW of power by mid-2027. Furthermore, the location must have the potential for future expansion, with the ability to scale the power infrastructure up to 1 gigawatt (GW). This additional capacity could be supplied either through connections to the main electrical grid or via on-site natural gas generation.
Interested landowners and developers are invited to respond to the RFI, with a submission deadline of October 29, 2025. This aggressive timeline underscores the significant demand for large-scale digital infrastructure to support the continued growth of cloud computing and artificial intelligence workloads.
SOURCE DCD
