Corporate Data Centers A Bright Spot in Real Estate Market
If you are an investor and looking to put money into a real estate investment, there are some bright spots available. The need for corporate data centers, or server farms, is exploding with the rapid growth of the internet.
The server farms typically need to be built near the confluence of the major data lines across the country and inexpensive and reliable energy.
For the companies that are building server farms business is booming.
Despite the still gloomy environment, one real estate investment trust that appears to pointing higher is San Francisco, Calif.-based Digital Realty Trust (nyse: DLR – news – people ). The real estate investment trust (REIT) owns, develops and manages technology-related real estate, primarily corporate data centers. Tenants include information technology and Internet enterprises, as well as those in manufacturing and financial services. As of Aug. 6, 2008, Digital Realty held 74 properties in 27 markets throughout North America and Europe, comprising approximately 12.9 million rentable square feet. Forbes.com.
There is another facet of server farms that most people do not know. The builders and owners work very hard to make them as anonymous as possible. The threat of sabotage or attack is high with these buildings creating the need to keep a low profile. Very rarely will they have any signage telling passersby that what they do. You might have a large server farm near you and never have know it.
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Comment by Allison Smith on 4 February 2009:
Great post! The company I work for, Lee Technologies, is part of this niche market on the facity side of data centers. We are hosting an event – Profiting in Mission-Critical Real Estate-on February 12 in Southern California to explore the growth opportunities for commercial real estate brokers and owners within this space.
Here’s a link for more information. http://www.leetechnologies.com/events/index.asp?view=detail&id=60
Comment by Pakistan Property on 31 July 2009:
you have truly given rare cause of investment in real estate business , i am sure if not now but in near future data centers or server farms will contribute a major role in booming real estate market.Thanks for the info
Comment by Jennifer johnsan on 31 July 2009:
Hello every one !!
well this post was very informative for me……. i have got a lot of useful info from this specially the way every thing is explained so systematically…..
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Comment by Clara James on 3 August 2009:
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