U.S. Data Centers
Overall data center demand growth has been solid in recent years, keeping average vacancy rates in the United States at 8 to 12% since 2014.
Regional Spotlights
European Data Centers
The data center market in Europe has benefited from global demand drivers such as structural changes, growth in cloud services, e-commerce and remote working.
Asia Pacific Data Centers
Asia Pacific's data center sector has been benefiting from the growth of internet traffic as the usage by both individual and corporate users rose.
Connecting with a Niche Sector
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to mass adoption of technologies, and the resulting increase in global internet traffic and data creation is without precedent, driving growth in demand for data centers.
What is a data center?
Buildings designed specifically to house computer systems and network equipment
Market Fundamentals
Data Centers are a critical part of society’s infrastructure; and based on current technological trends, they will continue to grow in importance.
Demand Drivers
- Scale
- Location
- Supply
Global Investment Market
The market size of the sector is currently estimated at US$300 billion.
Data centers are still commonly viewed as a niche real estate asset class with too little understood about it to allow a clean pricing of the risks and returns, but transparencey and liquidity are improving as the sector grows.
