
Vacant Offices Find New Life as In-Demand Data Centers
Investors are increasingly converting vacant office buildings into high-demand data centers, a trend driven by remote work and the growth of AI.
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Investors are increasingly converting vacant office buildings into high-demand data centers, a trend driven by remote work and the growth of AI.

Real estate and tech investors Barry Sternlicht and Brendan Wallace discuss the impact of AI, interest rates, and shifting global markets on the property sector.

Top U.S. real estate executives are navigating persistent market uncertainty, as the impact of interest rate cuts remains limited and trade policies create new challenges.

Lincoln Property Company has reacquired a data center in Chandler, Arizona, planning a major expansion to meet high demand in a market with less than 2% vacancy.

Private real estate faces challenges from past underwriting errors and overconfidence before 2022 rate hikes. Distributions are low, hindering fundraising, but niche sectors like data centers show res

The commercial real estate market is splitting, with demand for data centers soaring due to AI while the once-hot life sciences lab space market faces a slowdown.

The Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) is preparing a $2.3 billion real estate deployment plan over four years to maintain its 15% target allocation.

The U.S. economy is adapting to new pressures, with the Federal Reserve signaling rate cuts, Louisiana addressing teacher shortages, and a surge in data demand creating new real estate sectors.

The surge in AI is creating a new real estate sector called 'powered land'—sites prepared with massive energy infrastructure for data centers.

A new analysis of the U.S. commercial real estate market reveals a stark divide. Data centers are booming nationwide, while the office sector struggles amid ongoing workplace shifts.

Data centers have acquired over 2,000 acres in central Ohio in the last two years, sparking debate over the use of land, power, and water resources.

A major shift is underway in global real estate, as investors redirect billions from office towers to data centers to power the AI and cloud computing boom.