Carson's Corner: Entrepreneurship & Investing
Carson's Corner is the podcast for commercial real estate investors, entrepreneurs, and operators who think in decades, not quarters.
Host Carson Jones — investor, author of The Red Flag Playbook, and licensed commercial real estate advisor and business broker — interviews founders, family offices, and industry operators to unpack the deals, strategies, and hard lessons behind real wealth creation.
Carson's Corner is built for investors, entrepreneurs, and operators who are serious about long-term wealth creation — not get-rich-quick schemes.
The world’s wealthiest investors approach investing very differently than most people. Instead of chasing short-term returns, they focus on preserving wealth, reputation, and legacy across generations. Their decisions are often driven as much by relationships and trusted networks as by financial models, and many of their best opportunities come through private deals, family offices, and invitation-only circles, not public markets. Each episode brings a commercial real estate lens to capital deployment, business partnerships, and alternative investments.
Topics covered: commercial real estate investing · industrial real estate · syndications · passive investing · oil & gas · alternative assets · business acquisitions · capital partnerships · entrepreneurship · wealth building · family office strategies · market risk · reshoring trends
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Carson's Corner: Entrepreneurship & Investing
Data Center Site Selection with Kris McGee
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On this episode, I sit down with Kris McGee to unpack site selection and what really drives billion-dollar data center decisions.
Big Tech is on the move:
- Elon Musk’s xAI just secured 1,000,000 ft² in Memphis
- Microsoft and Amazon are locking down land across North Carolina
From massive power demands to water for cooling, you’ll learn why there’s no one-size-fits-all playbook in this space. Robots and AI need a home too—and data centers are quickly becoming one of the most critical (and competitive) real estate asset classes.
We also dive into the wild pricing spreads Kris has tracked in North Carolina:
- $960,784/acre (Charlotte metro, Digital Realty)
- $42,000/acre (Catawba County, Microsoft)
- $19,000/acre (Person County, Microsoft)
That’s a 50x difference inside one state. For comparison, Virginia’s “Data Center Alley” averages $2M+ per acre.
If you’re curious where the next wave of data center investment is headed—and what it means for real estate—this episode breaks it down.
Thanks for listening,
Carson Jones