Longer-form thinking on where the market goes.
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The next decade of digital infrastructure will be shaped by how quickly power can reach the right place, at the right time, at an acceptable cost
Data centers in space shift from concept to early operational demonstrations
Cushman & Wakefield white paper examines how artificial intelligence will introduce uncertainty, dispersion, and strategic complexity across global commercial real estate markets.
Is Global Reference Design the answer to support this standardization?
Commentary on how major global investors are responding to sustained market volatility and uncertainty.
Advanced power management strategies to help data centers improve resilience, efficiency and reliability as demand continues to grow
AI is grabbing the headlines, but investors still have their eye firmly on the cloud
Analysis of GRESB's evolution toward emphasizing tangible sustainability performance metrics rather than disclosure compliance alone.
A view for hyperscalers, colos, and infrastructure capital
Analysis of how private market investors are addressing decarbonization targets and environmental sustainability requirements across their portfolios.
Commentary on private real estate market positioning and emerging retail investment opportunities amid global outperformance trends.
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners discusses how rapid AI acceleration is reshaping digital infrastructure architecture and its implications for data center deployment.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management analyzes how water scarcity is emerging as a critical constraint on industrial expansion, permitting, and capital returns across mines, semiconductor plants, and data centers in water-stressed regions.
Analysis of how elevated oil prices and energy costs affect industrial real estate demand, with near-term headwinds from trucking-dependent logistics and medium-term tailwinds from supply-chain resilience, defense spending, and e-commerce growth.
Explore a structured approach to powering AI data centers that balances speed, reliability and long-term decarbonization
CBRE Investment Management's analysis of global real estate investment opportunities and fundamental drivers for the year ahead.
CREDA research publication outlining industry best practices and guidance for data center development and project delivery.
Capital Economics analyzes how AI firm expansion and talent competition will drive office demand in key technology hubs, while noting concentration risks for less diversified tech markets.
Author and AlphaGeo Founder Parag Khanna lays out five data-rich maps to forecast the future of US real estate. The post Five Maps to Forecast America’s Real Estate Future appeared first on AFIRE .
Three innovations central to next phase of DCI and scale-across networking
驚異的な進化を遂げ、いまや働き方を大きく変える存在として「生成AI」が注目を浴びており、この変化の波によって、すべての企業は「オフィスの存在価値」を改めて模索する必要性に迫られている。JLLのオフィス専門家が「AI時代に求められるオフィスの価値」について議論した。
Knight Frank examines the implications of political developments for global real estate and capital markets.
Knight Frank examines how Bank of England monetary policy divergence affects real estate market recovery prospects and investor sentiment.
Knight Frank examines whether Chinese capital will resume international real estate investment activity after a period of reduced cross-border acquisition.
Cushman & Wakefield thought leadership examining investment thesis and capital allocation lessons from the UAE real estate market for global investors.
The roadmap to being a good neighbor
Community and social impact management is not simply a risk to be mitigated, but an opportunity to build the durable trust and maturity the sector will need
Unifying strategy and technology for complete data center resilience
To support rapid AI growth
Data center growth is outstripping the regulations designed to control it. Lawmakers are fighting
How prefabricated modular data centers drive speed, efficiency, and decarbonization
Conceito 3/30/300 ajuda a orientar decisões mais estratégicas sobre espaços corporativos e gestão de talentos.
Integração de atividades, disponibilidade energética e projetos voltados a novos combustíveis atraem empresas que buscam eficiência e sustentabilidade.
Scot Bommarito and William Maher of RCLCO Fund Advisors identify some emergent green shoots in the office sector. The post Green Shoots Spotted in the Office Sector appeared first on AFIRE .
The argument for greater use of performance metrics
When REFIRE last updated readers on Germany's open-ended property fund sector in Issue 257, Leading Cities Invest had just become the first fund to enter formal liquidation. The situation has since moved quickly. By the end of June, two further funds had followed: Habona Nahversorgungsfonds Deutschland suspended…
"Classic core is largely dead. This is the decade of value add." That was Ramin Rabeian 's provocation at last week's Rueckerconsult INVESTMENT Expo in Berlin. The more interesting conclusion, however, was that the distinction itself may no longer matter. What emerged was not a rotation from one strategy to…
And why an over-reliance on FLAPD is not good for Europe's data center future
都市の「住みやすさ」は、これまでライフスタイルにおける１つの魅力として語られることが多かった。しかし、現在では都市の安全性や持続可能性、ウェルビーイングなどに寄与する様々な要素がテクノロジー企業などを惹きつけ、オフィス需要を喚起させ、投資マネーを呼び込む都市の“競争力”として注目されている。
Schneider Electric's Tuan Hoang speaks with DCD's Kat Sullivan on reducing data center water consumption through advanced cooling technologies and building more sustainable AI infrastructure.
How decision timing, governance design and market pacing shape financial outcomes for universities
Data centers at the heart of the action
As AI increases energy demand, data centers are moving to higher voltage systems, creating new opportunities for electricity and component providers.
Explore 4 key findings on data center carbon reduction
Strategies for enhancing data center efficiency
A strategic guide to help CFOs spot cost pressure and missed opportunity in campus real estate
Analysis of escalating electricity consumption from data centers and its implications for energy infrastructure and supply.
As data center power density climbs, successful infrastructure planning depends on understanding how power availability, cooling strategy, and deployment timelines influence one another
As data center capacity expands and computing densities increase, thermal management is becoming one of the industry’s most critical challenges
Dubai's real estate tokenisation model is emerging as a global benchmark by linking digital ownership to the official property registry, says Arabian Gulf Properties
Schroders Capital's monthly commentary on UK real estate market conditions, trends, and outlook for July 2026.
Schroders Capital provides institutional commentary on European real estate market conditions and trends for July 2026.
Measuring water consumption at the facility level is no longer sufficient. A comprehensive approach must consider the full lifecycle, integrating energy production, geography, and climate
Colliers analysis examines how global capital priorities are shifting from capital gains toward stable income, liquidity, and market stability, with Japan gaining attention for its scale, liquidity, and stability amid rising rates, inflation, and geopolitical risks.
Analysis of how global investors are reallocating toward income-focused and resilient strategies amid rising rates and geopolitical uncertainty, with Japan emerging as an attractive stable market destination.
As the data center industry moves from consuming water to containing it, the next step is eliminating it
Vom Pflichtprogramm zur Standortstrategie
Con la población más joven de la región, acceso a dos océanos y nueva infraestructura industrial que mejora cada día, el país centroamericano comienza a emerger como una plataforma estratégica para el nearshoring que pocos inversionistas han descubierto.
Sale-and-Leaseback als rein objektbasiertes alternatives Finanzierungsmodell und zur Liquiditätsbeschaffung gibt ist nicht erst seit heute. Deutlich erkennbar ist allerdings ein positiver Trend bei der Anzahl Transaktionen, bei denen Immobilien an einen Investor verkauft und zur sofortigen Nutzung zurückgemietet werden.
豪州では今、AIアシスタントが消費者に代わって自律的に商品を調査・比較・購入する「エージェントコマース（Aコマース）」が注目されている。この新たな“買物体験”が不動産市場にどのような影響を及ぼすのだろうか？その勝者となるのは先進的物流施設と「体験価値」を提供する商業施設である。