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Where digital infrastructure meets real estate
Our research delivers a comprehensive understanding of the forces shaping the global data centre sector, data centre investment and emerging markets.
As data centre investment feeds the infrastructure underpinning AI growth, we track market fundamentals and data centre investment.
Operating across global geographies, we support a broad range of stakeholders, including occupiers, investors, developers and end users. Our international coverage enables us to provide differentiated insights across markets, demographics and societal trends, offering a clear view of the factors influencing data centre location, operational performance and long-term value.
We analyse data centre market trends, investment case fundamentals, capital flows and yield profiles across primary, secondary and data centres emerging markets globally, alongside power availability, sustainability requirements and technology advancements driving the expansion of hyperscale data centres across EMEA, APAC and North America.
Our research supports hyperscalers, colocation operators, investors, developers, lenders, power providers and occupiers navigating the intersection of digital infrastructure, energy and real estate.
Our latest research

Ireland's Data Centre Market: Growth Beyond the Grid
15 October 2026

Data Centres Global Report
Combining forecasts, thought leadership and market intelligence to provide a comprehensive view of the global data centre sector.
25 June 2026

Artificial intelligence: The trillion dollar question
Often dubbed the modern industrial revolution, the emergence of artificial intelligence has supercharged the global data centre sector from a robust investment opportunity into a capital-agnostic arms race, where competitive dynamics are driven by speed, scale, and ambition, not quarterly budgets.
08 April 2026

Welcome to the Data Centres Global Report 2026
The global data centre market has entered its most aggressive investment and build-out phase in its history.
08 April 2026
Data Centres: The Leading Questions
08 April 2026
Autumn Budget 2025: The impact for commercial real estate
26 November 2025
Data Centres: Taking Stock of Sustainability
13 November 2025
Data Centres: The APAC Report
20 October 2025
Data Centres: The EMEA Report
13 October 2025
Data centres in transition
14 August 2025
Data Centres: Emerging Markets Report
01 October 2024
UK Housing and Economic Data Defy Gloomy Government Warnings
04 September 2024
The digital race to connect Africa
12 July 2024
Why you should handle house price data with care
20 April 2023
UK housing market stirs from its slumber
17 March 2023
Two Tales of One City
08 February 2023
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