TA Realty has launched a dedicated hyperscale data center development arm within the firm’s digital real estate team and appointed Tim Shaheen to lead this team.
Shaheen brings more than 20 years in the data center and IT sectors. He previously served in executive roles at EdgeConneX and Aligned Data Centers before joining TA Realty in 2023.
TA Realty’s digital real estate team specializes in sourcing and developing strategic locations in Tier I markets and ecosystems, where land and power are scarce commodities. The firm recently announced a signed lease agreement with a global cloud-services provider for its 430-megawatt data center campus in Loudoun County, Va., and has active developments for more than 1.2 gigawatts of committed power in various locations.
With a focus on both data center campuses and edge deployments in key North American markets such as Northern Virginia, Atlanta, and Chicago, TA Realty’s development team will focus on developing res