Virginia Resident Proposes Selling 143-Home Neighborhood to Data Center Developer
Mital Gandhi has offered a plan for The Regency community in Ashburn, Virginia, to sell its land to a data center operator. The proposal values each acre at $4.4 million and would total more than $500 million if accepted.
Mital Gandhi, a resident of The Regency in Ashburn, Virginia, has proposed that the 143-home neighborhood sell its land to a data center developer. The Regency sits in Loudoun County inside the area known as Data Center Alley, which contains roughly 200 data centers.
Gandhi said residents hear a constant hum from four facilities less than 2,000 feet away and see ongoing construction of additional buildings.
4 million per acre—about four times the current average property value in the neighborhood. The total transaction would exceed $500 million. He first presented the idea in 2024. Securing unanimous consent from all 143 households remains unresolved.
C. He underwent a kidney transplant in 2009 and later entered real estate after working in fundraising at American University and Live Nation Entertainment. "This is the best possible scenario for our lives at this point," Gandhi said. " A Gallup survey released in May 2026 found that 71 percent of Americans do not want a data center built near their home.
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