Investors to increase investments to data centers in 2018

The average data center investment in North America during 2017 was more than $541 million, including entity-level transactions, according to CBRE Research’s 2018 Data Center Sentiment Survey.

Specific to asset sales, the average 2017 transaction was nearly $180 million. The capital in the space continues to remain diversified among portfolios, consolidations and strategically positioned assets.

When asked how much capital companies allocated for data center transactions in 2018, 68 percent of investors and providers reported more than $100 million dedicated for data center spend.

And 53 percent of respondents anticipate more than an 8 percent increase in data center spending in 2018.

The CBRE 2018 Data Center Sentiment Survey polled senior professionals in 42 companies across the United States. Approximately 57 percent of these companies operate worldwide, 38 percent are focused nationally and fewer than 5 percent are focused regionally.