Nuveen Real Estate: Data center — Sustainable investment in Asia Pacific

The continued strong growth in data requirements underpins long-term demand for quality data center space, according to Nuveen in its recent white paper.

Data center investments are also well placed to weather the economic downturn thanks to steady income flows. Data center customers/tenants are willing to commit to long lease terms because it can be challenging to find space suited to their requirements. Once data centers have matured and are fully operational, they present good core/core-plus yield assets.

Highlights of the report include:

Data center sustainability While data centers play a critical role in the digital economy, they consume significant resources, especially energy and water. Data centers account for 3 percent to 4 percent of greenhouse gas emissions globally, and heat rejection of cooling systems is typically evaporation, which consumes significant amounts of water. The gene