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Commentary: The future of rural Texas should be decided by the people who call it home, not by corporations that see it as another place for financial gain. Greg Abbott isn’t going to save us from data centers. We have to do it ourselves. was first posted on August 15, 2026 at 11:00 am. ©2021 " San Antonio…
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
Is Global Reference Design the answer to support this standardization?
Advanced power management strategies to help data centers improve resilience, efficiency and reliability as demand continues to grow
Analysis of Texas's emerging position as a major hub for AI-focused data center development and construction.
Mass timber sees growth as Big Tech and Congress expand use, driven by eco-friendly benefits and stable prices.
Analysis of how the 2026 UK business rates revaluation affects data centre valuations and operating costs.
Explores the tension between data center development demands and community/environmental protection concerns.
Frank Weber, Senior Director Client Solutions Datacenter & New Energies bei JLL Deutschland, sieht viel Datacenter-Potenzial jenseits der überlaufenen Metropolen.
AI is grabbing the headlines, but investors still have their eye firmly on the cloud
Walker & Dunlop explores strategic investment and financing opportunities within the data center sector as digital infrastructure demand accelerates.
A view for hyperscalers, colos, and infrastructure capital
AI data centers are being reassessed as strategic business assets, with GPU utilization, power and cooling efficiency now key measures of competitiveness.
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.
CREDA Research Foundation report examining best practices in sustainable data center development through interviews with industry owners, operators, investors, developers, and designers.
Explore a structured approach to powering AI data centers that balances speed, reliability and long-term decarbonization
Trump calls AI data centers "Money Machines" and pushes their expansion, but backlash over power and water use is growing even among his conservative base.
CREDA research publication outlining industry best practices and guidance for data center development and project delivery.
Two hyperscale data center proposals in Florida made waves in county commission meetings and state politics, sending local governments into a moratorium frenzy and residents into skirmishes over the future of their communities. The developers behind those projects are equally splashy. A commercial rock-mining…
Three innovations central to next phase of DCI and scale-across networking
The roadmap to being a good neighbor
Commentary on South Africa's data centre infrastructure needs and the importance of transparency in their development and regulation.
Texas energy officials address concerns over rising costs due to rapid data center development. The post New Grid Rules on Texas Data Center Growth appeared first on Texas Real Estate Research Center .
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
This is a viewpoint-commentary published by EdgeProp Malaysia in August 2026 addressing Malaysia's long-term property outlook, with focus on the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) and data centres as supporting factors. The item reflects JLL's perspective on these sectors' roles in Malaysia's property market development.
Corporate guidance for capital expenditures keeps getting ratcheted higher and involves massive sums, largely focused on AI infrastructure.
The argument for greater use of performance metrics
The first thing you notice is the dust. It hangs over the rolling hills of a former horse farm outside Carlisle, Pennsylvania, as construction crews move mounds of dirt and drill through bedrock. Home to a stretch of the Appalachian Trail, Cumberland County still looks much as it has for generations, with farms and…
Image Data center REITs own and manage highly specialized facilities that house the critical IT infrastructure that powers today’s economy.
Image Lynch says the best data centers have an ecosystem of clients which attracts additional clients.
Wall Street's disparate reactions to data center spending plans from Amazon, Microsoft and Google show impatience for return on AI investments.
As AI data centers drive electricity demand to double by 2030, the key question shifts from how to supply power to who pays for it—companies, utilities, governments, or consumers.
And why an over-reliance on FLAPD is not good for Europe's data center future
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.
Data centers at the heart of the action
This is a viewpoint commentary published by EdgeProp Malaysia in July 2026 discussing data centre development activity in Malaysia, with a focus on Johor's position in the Asia-Pacific pipeline and investment activity in the Klang Valley during the first half of 2026, as reported by Knight Frank.
As AI increases energy demand, data centers are moving to higher voltage systems, creating new opportunities for electricity and component providers.
Every data center project generates an enormous amount of information: engineering reports, environmental filings, utility dockets, tax incentive applications, economic impact studies and public statements. What it rarely generates is a single place where all of that information comes together. A recent dispute in…
Explore 4 key findings on data center carbon reduction
Strategies for enhancing data center efficiency
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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
A growing number of data centers built during the industry's early growth years are approaching a crossroads. While demand for digital infrastructure continues to surge, many facilities designed 10 to 20 years ago are struggling to keep pace with today's...
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
Artificial intelligence-focused computing providers called neoclouds represent the fastest-growing segment in the booming data center market. But some data center executives are skeptical about the business models underpinning this startup-dominated...
As the data center industry moves from consuming water to containing it, the next step is eliminating it
The hit television series “Landman” stars Billy Bob Thornton as a West Texas oil executive who mines distant plains and deep oceans for the petroleum that powers modern life. If showrunner Taylor Sheridan is looking for a sequel, he won’t have far to turn. A new breed of businessmen termed “wildcatters” is shaking…
Vom Pflichtprogramm zur Standortstrategie
Things are heating up for data centers. The rise of artificial intelligence calls for more powerful graphics processing units and central processing units that generate more heat than older chips. While the last generation of GPUs and CPUs could be sufficiently...
Technology labs are becoming critical assets requiring specialized CRE strategies and operational expertise
Technology labs are becoming critical assets requiring specialized CRE strategies and operational expertise