Why Data Center Land Is Suddenly Worth Millions More: Carson Jones on Best Ever CRE with Richard McGirr

Carson is the guest again, this time on The Best Ever CRE Show with Richard McGirr. The headline says it plainly: power is the new land. A parcel that can get megawatts delivered is worth a multiple of the same dirt without them, and that gap is where owners and investors are making or missing millions.

Richard and Carson get specific about the real bottlenecks shaping the market right now, and why a site that looks perfect on a map can still sit for years.

We covered:

• Substations, gas pipelines, zoning, and easements: the bottlenecks that decide which sites get built
• Local politics and the growing pushback from communities worried about electricity prices, water use, and noise
• Why some sites move fast while others stall for years
• How option contracts and earnest money protect sellers through long entitlement timelines
• Why anonymity and confidentiality are often part of the deal

If you own land near transmission, a substation, or a gas line, the conversation is a good primer on what buyers will actually test before they put money down.

Thanks for having me on, Richard. (Richard was also a guest on EP 44 of Carson's Corner.)

Go deeper: the Carson's Corner guide to data center real estate covers the site, power, and underwriting fundamentals from this conversation. For data center site evaluations, email Carson.