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Shifting occupier demands reshape the data center gold rush

Evolving tenant needs for the latest AI and cloud-computing technology are driving record pre-leasing and reshaping both investment and development strategies.

Principal Asset Management: AI, cloud computing see data center markets mature

Principal Asset Management’s Matt Hackman and Sebastian Dooley see data centers emerge as in-demand asset as a matter of function and investment.

Rethinking the life sciences sector beyond the lab

Investing in life sciences moves out of the lab and into the manufacturing site.

UBS: Europe is not the US when it comes to life sciences

While US life sciences markets cool, Europe’s policy support, talent inflows and stable demand create a resilient investment landscape, says Olafur Margeirsson, head of real estate, research and strategy, EMEA ex-DACH, at UBS.

AI boom supercharges the data center power conundrum

The gold rush is under way, but sluggish improvement of necessary power infrastructure is impeding development.

Demand for data center development is outpacing supply

Amid a global surge, occupiers are seeking more quality space than the sector can build, even when land and power are available, reports JC Russell.

US property faces shrinking buyer pool as states restrict foreign investment

Amid sluggish capital flows, a wave of security-minded laws could have wider market consequences.

NPS’s Ahn: ‘We realized the importance of being proactive’

The Korean pension fund’s head of real estate said the investor is seeking to evolve from a ‘market chaser’ to a ‘market changer.’

Aware Super forms $1.3bn US logistics venture with Goodman Group

The Australian superannuation fund has acquired a 49% stake in the partnership, which comes seeded with a 2.8m-sq-ft Southern California portfolio.

Expect more insurers to snap up real estate investment platforms

Insurance companies have long managed outside capital, but where scale exists, balance sheets are increasingly being rethought of as growth engines, writes Deborah Smith, CenterCap co-founder and CEO.