Current vacancyin DFW in the data center space is 14.2% (credit: KrzysztofKowalikus).
DALLAS—Cushman & Wakefield's global data center marketcomparison recently evaluated 1,162 data centers across 38 globalmarkets, with each data center scored across 12 weighted criteria.In consideration of each market, the highest weight was given tocloud availability, fiber connectivity and market size. Mid-weightconsiderations were development pipeline, government incentives,market vacancy, political stability and sustainability. Low-weightconsiderations included environmental risk, land prices, powercosts and taxes.
For the top 10 markets–Northern Virginia, Silicon Valley,Dallas, Chicago, New York/New Jersey, Singapore, Amsterdam, LosAngeles, Seattle and London–global leaders maintain supremacy. Atnumber three, Dallas impressively clocks in immediately afterSilicon Valley.
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
