The global data center sector is poised for continued unprecedented expansion, with capacity expected to nearly double from 103 gigawatts to 200 gigawatts by 2030, according to JLL’s newly released 2026 Global Data Center Outlook.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the data center landscape, and JLL anticipates AI workloads will represent half of all data center capacity by 2030. Despite rapid growth, the fundamentals for the sector remain healthy and property metrics do not point to a bubble.
The explosive growth will require up to $3 trillion in total investment over the next five years, including $1.2 trillion in real estate asset value creation and approximately $870 billion in new debt financing, marking an infrastructure investment supercycle.
“We’re witnessing the most significant transformation in data center infrastructure since the original cloud migration,” said Matt Landek, global division president, data centers and c
