How AI is reshaping value creation in residential real estate

Jul 13, 2026

McKinsey’s Alex Wolkomir discusses how housing leaders can win with AI by improving customer experiences, redesigning workflows, and building trust between parties in the ecosystem.

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Nuclear power: A renaissance in the making

The explosion of AI data centers and the continued electrification of automobiles and other products have greatly increased demand for electricity, sparking renewed interest in producing nuclear power.

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Colocation data centers: The infrastructure race behind AI

Data center capital expenditures are surging as AI workloads grow, yet competitiveness increasingly depends on securing advanced accelerators, reliable electricity, and fast project delivery.

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Real estate builds on new terrain (Global private markets in real estate)

The real estate chapter of McKinsey's Global Private Markets Report analyzes how private real estate is evolving through 2026, from sector rotations to shifting risk-return profiles, ESG demands, and institutional capital flows. It documents that operationally hands-on investors now control a growing share of real estate AUM.

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Posted 23 days ago·Published Mar 10, 2026Read

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How agentic AI can reshape real estate's operating model

McKinsey examines how agentic AI can automate multistep workflows across property management, leasing, and other core real estate functions, enabling humans to work in partnership with autonomous AI agents. It frames agentic AI as the next wave beyond earlier generative-AI applications in the sector.

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Posted 23 days ago·Published Mar 4, 2026Read

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Beyond compute: Infrastructure that powers and cools AI data centers

McKinsey examines the power and cooling equipment that forms the backbone of data center infrastructure, arguing that as AI data center demand grows, innovation and on-time supply of this technology will become increasingly critical. The piece looks at the industrial supply chain enabling AI capacity.

Data CentersGlobal

Posted 23 days ago·Published Oct 29, 2025Read

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The data center balance: How US states can navigate the opportunities and challenges

McKinsey analyzes why hyperscale data centers are expanding rapidly across the United States and why they represent a major new investment opportunity for states. It weighs the economic upside against challenges such as power demand and infrastructure constraints.

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Posted 23 days ago·Published Aug 8, 2025Read

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