id: aws-worcester
name: "Amazon (AWS) Massachusetts data-center acquisitions (Grafton & Westborough)"
operator: aws
status: operational
location:
  country: US
  state: MA
  county: Worcester
metrics:
  investment_usd: 26700000
first_seen: "2026-07-07"
last_updated: "2026-07-07"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/amazon-acquires-two-data-centers-from-state-street-corp-in-massachusetts/
    title: "Amazon acquires two data centers from State Street Corp in Massachusetts"
    publisher: DataCenter Dynamics
    note: "Single source; observed 2026-07-06. Publication date not stated in signal; acquisition dated Nov 2022."
signals:
  - sig-20260706-aws-grafton-westborough-investment
  - sig-20260706-aws-grafton-westborough-sqft
  - sig-20260706-aws-grafton-westborough-status
notes: >
  Single acquisition of two distinct former State Street data-center
  properties in two Worcester County localities: (1) 8 Centennial Drive,
  Grafton — ~155,000 sq ft; (2) 600/800 Friberg Parkway, Westborough —
  ~99,150 sq ft. Investment ($26.7M) is a combined figure for both
  properties; no per-building price is sourced, so it is recorded only at
  the combined record level. building_sqft omitted as a single metric to
  avoid conflating two buildings; per-building approximate figures are
  above and are editorial ~ values from the source. locality omitted
  because the record spans two localities (Grafton, Westborough); the id
  place therefore falls to their shared county (Worcester) per the
  precedence rule. Acquired Nov 2022; no development plan disclosed —
  status recorded as operational as existing data-center facilities, but
  current use under Amazon is unconfirmed. If per-property signals arrive,
  this should be split into separate Grafton and Westborough records.