Data center development is reshaping more than the digital infrastructure landscape. As projects expand across Texas, they are creating new demand for the industrial real estate needed to support construction, operations, equipment movement, manufacturing and long-term maintenance, according to Jamil Harkness – senior research analyst, national industrial at Newmark. He discusses why data center-adjacent industrial is emerging as a more defined investment profile within the broader industrial sector, how investors can distinguish durable demand from construction-cycle activity, and why power availability, infrastructure readiness and local supply-chain depth are becoming critical underwriting considerations. He also explains how these powered industrial ecosystems sit at the intersection of real estate and infrastructure, creating both new opportunities and new constraints for investors.
Newmark recently released its
