Investment in the U.S. data center sector reached record levels in the first half of 2017, according to a new report from CBRE. H1 2017 investment totaled $18.2 billion, more than double that for all of 2016 (inclusive of all single asset, portfolio and entity-level/M&A transactions). At this pace, investment in the data center sector is on track to surpass the total for the three previous years combined.
“Over the past five years, more than $45 billion of investment capital has flowed into the data center sector, with more than 50 percent of that total occurring since the start of 2016,” said Pat Lynch, senior managing director, data center solutions at CBRE. “The robust adoption of rapidly evolving, data-intensive technology continues on a strong upward trajectory a
