Opportunity Zone data centers
The trusted name for data centers in Opportunity Zones.
OZ Data Centers sponsors data center projects in Qualified Opportunity Zones, manages the funds that invest in them and runs the businesses that own them. One accountable team, from the first site visit to a stabilized data center, in rural and urban zones across the United States.
Full service
One team at every layer of the deal.
Most Opportunity Zone deals pass between a sponsor, a fund manager, an operator and a site consultant who have never worked together. We bring all four under one roof, so OZ deadlines and data center timelines stay in step.
- 1 · Sponsor
We originate the deal
Each project starts with us: the site thesis, the capital plan, the build partners and the timeline that keeps it inside the Opportunity Zone rules.
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- 2 · Fund
We manage the fund
Investors put eligible capital gains into a Qualified Opportunity Fund that we manage, with reporting built around the OZ holding periods.
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- 3 · Operating business
We run the QOZB
The data center is owned by a Qualified Opportunity Zone Business. It is managed day to day for compliance, construction and performance.
With QOZB Management LLC
- 4 · Site
We pick land that can take a data center
Before a dollar is committed, every site is screened for power, water, fiber, terrain and zoning, and sized for the data center it can actually support.
With BlackForge Data Centers
Why Opportunity Zones
Data centers and Opportunity Zones are built for each other.
Long holds for long-lived assets
The biggest Opportunity Zone benefit goes to investors who hold for at least ten years. Data centers are built to run for decades, on leases that often run ten years or more.
A permanent program
The 2025 tax law made Opportunity Zones permanent, with a rolling five-year deferral for new investments and new zone maps every ten years. Projects can be planned past a single deadline.
Rural zones, bigger incentives
Many of the best power and land positions are rural. Funds that invest mainly in rural zones get a larger basis step-up, and rural property faces a lower improvement test.
Tax outcomes depend on each investor's situation and on rules that can change. Talk to your own tax adviser.
Who we work with
If it involves a data center and an Opportunity Zone, start here.
Investors
Put eligible capital gains to work in data center projects built around the OZ timeline, with a sponsor who also controls the site work and the operating business.
Investor inquiries →Landowners and developers
Own land or a project in or near an Opportunity Zone? We'll tell you whether it can hold a data center and whether it can be structured as an OZ deal.
Bring us a site →Communities and utilities
Opportunity Zones exist to bring long-term investment to places that need it. We work with counties, utilities and economic developers on projects that stay.
Start a conversation →Partners
Built with specialists who do this every day.
QOZB Management LLC
Management and compliance for Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses.
BlackForge Data Centers
Data center site selection and land screening, with 17.1 million parcels screened across the United States.
BlackForge Ventures
The parent company. OZ Data Centers is a BlackForge Ventures company.
Contact
Start a conversation.
Tell us about your capital, your land or your project. A real person reads every message and replies, usually within two business days.