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Universities are buying and selling property for AI data centers

Aug 14, 2026
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The George Washington University recently inked a $427 million sale of its Virginia campus with Amazon to build data centers—and it's not alone. Fortune news and data fellow Joshua Hong breaks down why universities are selling valuable real estate to Big Tech, and how the AI infrastructure boom is reshaping higher education.