Our lifecycle data center service offering consolidates your data center real estate, facilities and technology systems into a single operational and financial model.
Whether you are looking to develop, build, buy, sell or manage and modernize a single data center or an entire portfolio, we’re experts in solving complex challenges for one of the industry’s most dynamic asset types. By pairing market expertise with local intelligence, we deliver comprehensive solutions that keep you ahead of relevant trends and technologies.
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700
Data centers managed
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50+
Countries represented
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$6.0B+
Annual global transaction value
2023
Global Data Center Trends
New technology is driving record demand but power constraints are inhibiting growth
AI and other new technologies are fueling record demand for data centers worldwide, but can the sector add enough capacity amid power constraints and low availability in key markets?
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Article | Adaptive Spaces
Five Considerations to Prepare Data Centers for High-Density Computing
May 13, 2024
Explore five tips to successfully deploy high-density computing in legacy data centers
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Brief | Intelligent Investment
Data Center Asking Rents Surged as Much as 54% Over Eight Months
March 28, 2024
Average asking rental rates in key North American data center markets increased by 20% to 54% over the last eight months.
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Technological innovation is driving record demand despite power constraints.
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Securing top talent for highly specialized cybersecurity roles has become more challenging than ever.
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Brief | Intelligent Investment
Investing in the Future: Fiber Infrastructure is Critical for a Digital World
December 12, 2023
Robust fiber networks are at the center of today’s data center market, helping to power streaming services, autonomous vehicles, AI and other data-intensive applications, and improving the utility of many types of real estate, from offices to warehouses to shopping centers.
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There is an increased chance that the U.S. will avoid a recession and achieve a soft economic landing in 2024, but economic growth will slow and downside risks are elevated.
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Brief | Intelligent Investment
High Demand, Power Availability Delays Lead to Record Data Center Construction
September 14, 2023
Data center construction activity across U.S. primary markets in H1 2023 increased by 25% year-over-year to a record-high capacity of 2,288 megawatts (MW), as developers responded to greater demand.
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Explore what’s next for digital infrastructure—from enterprise IT to networking and operations strategies—and what it means for data center investors and users worldwide.
Explore what’s next for digital infrastructure—from enterprise IT to networking and operations strategies—and what it means for data center investors and users worldwide.
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Creating Value Across Every Dimension of Data Center Commercial Real Estate
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As the world’s only management-led, fully integrated data center real estate practice, we unlock maximum value and performance for your portfolio, incorporating data center assets, operations and strategies into a single service delivery model. We deliver end-to-end, technology-powered solutions that tie business-critical IT and mission-critical facilities together, driving increased efficiency and giving our clients competitive edge.
With operations in nearly 50 countries, our global meets local approach ensures that data center clients benefit from both global market visibility and local market expertise.”
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99.99968%
Uptime
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20%
Total cost of ownership savings
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10M
sq. ft. of data center colocation space leased annually
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$2.5B
annual occupier lease transaction value
CBRE DCS Full-Service Workflow
REAL ESTATE
FACILITIES & TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
IT CONSULTANCY
Our Data Center Services
Bridge the gap between technology and real estate with guidance on hybrid work, cyber security and network design.
Our platform manages operational risk, optimizes costs, increases reliability, and maximizes uptime throughout t...
Our dedicated team of experts delivers globally consistent, end-to-end critical projects, mitigating risk at eac...
We secure better contractual terms, SLA’s, and favorable economics by aligning your IT and real estate goals in ...
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Data Center Asking Rents Surged as Much as 54% Over Eight Months
March 28, 2024 2 Minute Read
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North America Data Center Trends H2 2023
March 6, 2024 10 Minute Read
Technological innovation is driving record demand despite power constraints.
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Global Data Center Trends 2023
Insights in Your Inbox
Explore what’s next for digital infrastructure—from enterprise IT to networking and operations strategies—and what it means for data center investors and users worldwide.
Explore what’s next for digital infrastructure—from enterprise IT to networking and operations strategies—and what it means for data center investors and users worldwide.
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Seamlessly integrating with our 90+ transaction professionals around the world allows us to deliver outcomes that are unbiased, solution agnostic, and designed for real-world execution.
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50+
Markets tracked globally
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90
Data center advisors globally
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25+
Years as a dedicated data centers practice
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90%
Of the Fortune 100 Partner with CBRE
Consulting Capabilities
- Bespoke reports include colocation statistics, key operator profiles, and market events. Reports are customized to client's needs and are offered as deep dives to support business case development.
- Templatized reports on target markets, covering colocation statistics, are offered on subscription basis
- A suite of location mapping technology provides a holistic view of colocation market performance, infrastructure availability, and geo-risks
- Portfolio review, benchmarking, risk analysis, financial assessment, age/condition analysis including CRES/IT alignment strategies, consolidation reviews, Edge DC and 5G strategy
- Unique, end-to-end solutions to support Edge businesses from concept and funding, to site and network selection, to facility and technology operations.
- Strategy development for hybrid cloud migration includes readiness assessments, infrastructure strategy, financial modeling, organizational structure reviews, and transition planning.
- Economic and location incentive consulting; energy initiatives
- Application discovery, hardware audits, migration planning, and execution
- Data center market reports and strategic location consulting projects
- Site feasibility studies, network audits, commercial and technical due diligence projects
- Site feasibility analyses, site selection services, latency analyses, and fiber availability studies
Related Services
Offering strategic leasing and advisory services for data center investors, owners and operators.
CBRE Data Center Solutions provides end-to-end services powered by industry-leading market intelligence to optimize your data center leasing strategy.
As the leader in data center capital markets, our comprehensive service offering is trusted by data center investors, operators and enterprises globally.
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Consulting Contacts
Arpan Barua
Managing Director, Data Center Consulting Lead – Americas, Advisory & Transaction Services
Andrew Jay
Head of EMEA Data Centre Solutions, Advisory & Transaction Services
CBRE Data Center Solutions has aligned its resources to create a dedicated data center development team supported by the full capabilities and competencies clients have come to expect from us. Our deep local knowledge, combined with international expertise, offers clients a unique option for executing on bespoke data center development with consistency and scale.
CBRE Development Services supports a full range of offerings, including but not limited to the following:
Fee Development
- Flexible deal structures offered through Trammell Crow Company
Land acquisition
- Full service site selection to satisfy unique customer needs
Build-to-Suit Data Center
- Develop bespoke customer designs to satisfy computing needs
Powered Land
- Entitled data center land with near term access to power from local utility
Powered Shell
- Develop raw, shell building(s) with exterior improvements complete including switchyard or on-site substation, fiber points of entry & security.
Turn-Key Data Center
- End-to-end solutions to support the entire design, development and funding of a turn-key data center product. Interior build out to include but not limited to MEP equipment, telecommunications systems, air handlers, power distribution units, intermediate distribution frames, & security.