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Powered land premium calculator
The powered land premium calculator applies the two premiums Altus Group published in August 2026 — roughly 2x for a parcel within half a mile of a substation and roughly 2.4x for service at 230kV or above — to the per-acre land bands published on this site, and returns an indicative per-acre range for a single parcel. The calculator is a research tool, not an appraisal.
Key takeaways
- The calculator applies two published premiums — roughly 2x inside half a mile of a substation and roughly 2.4x at 230kV or above — to 2026 market land bands (Altus Group, August 2026).
- The baseline case is a parcel two to five miles from the nearest substation served at 138kV and below, which carries no premium.
- Output is an indicative per-acre range and a total parcel range, not an appraisal and not an offer.
- Every multiplier, band and source used in the calculation is printed beneath the result.
- Acreage does not change the per-acre premium in this model; small infill under 25 acres traded at roughly 120x the per-acre price of greenfield over 1,000 acres (Altus Group, August 2026).
Enter the three facts that set the premium
The powered land premium calculator needs acreage, distance to the nearest substation in miles, and the nearest service voltage. A landowner can answer all three before hiring anyone.
Indicative range
The indicative range below is the published market band multiplied by the premiums that this parcel qualifies for. It is indicative research output, not an appraisal, not a broker opinion of value and not an offer.
- Indicative per acre
- $480,000 – $2,208,000
- Indicative parcel total
- $38,400,000 – $176,640,000
- Combined multiplier applied
- 4.80x
- Base band. Central Ohio, Phoenix, Atlanta and comparable established markets: $100,000 to $460,000 per acre. Source: Altus Group, August 2026: $100,000 to $460,000 per acre median range.
- Substation distance. Within half a mile, so the roughly 2x premium is applied. Source: Altus Group, August 2026.
- Service voltage. 230kV or above, so the roughly 2.4x premium is applied. Source: Altus Group, August 2026.
- Acreage. 80 acres, used only to scale the parcel total.
Indicative only. The powered land premium calculator is a research tool built on published market medians and published premium ratios. It is not an appraisal, it does not account for entitlement, water, fiber, title, topography or interconnection queue position, and no figure it returns should be relied on for a transaction.
Every assumption in the model
| Assumption | Value used | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Substation distance premium | Roughly 2x for sites within half a mile of a substation, against sites two to five miles away | Altus Group, August 2026 |
| Service voltage premium | Roughly 2.4x for 230kV or above, against sites served only at 138kV and below | Altus Group, August 2026 |
| Base per-acre bands | $2.8M per acre Northern Virginia median; $100,000 to $460,000 in Central Ohio, Phoenix and Atlanta; $28,000 per acre in underserved markets | Altus Group, August 2026 |
| Baseline condition | Two to five miles from the nearest substation, served at 138kV and below, no premium applied | Landside Partners methodology |
Get the underlying benchmark file
The benchmark file behind this calculator carries the per-acre bands, the premium ratios and the period each figure was measured in.
A quarterly brief on powered land, port capacity and air-cargo gateways, plus the Powered Land and Gateway Pricing Benchmarks data file.
- Dollar per megawatt and dollar per acre benchmarks by market, with the substation-distance and voltage premiums applied
- Every committed United States port capacity opening from 2026 through 2035, with cost, TEU and date
- Airport-adjacent rent premiums by gateway, and the constraint map that drives them
- The named project pipeline: site, megawatts, developer, power source, status
- Sources and periods for every cell. Nothing unattributed.
No fee. One parcel. One page. Usually back within five business days.
This research was produced by Landside Partners, a commercial real estate research and advisory firm working with owners of industrial land across North America on data center, seaport and air-cargo demand. To have a specific parcel assessed, contact Brad Cohen at Landside Partners.
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