For years, offices have built up the broadband infrastructure to meet the high-speed computing needs of corporations. Then in mid-March, everything changed.
Those office workers suddenly started logging on at home, and the connectivity demands were turned upside down. DWS Group wrote in its paper on ESG investing in real estate in a post-COVID world that the crisis "has also shifted much of work and school life to an online world."
"To account for more virtual connectivity going forward, we believe there will be a need to design in more capacity in building digital infrastructure," says Jessica Elengical, head of ESG Strategy, Alternatives at DWS. "With many offices standing empty for the foreseeable future, the technological channels have been diverted into our homes."
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Leslie Shaver
Les Shaver has been covering commercial and residential real estate for almost 20 years. His work has appeared in Multifamily Executive, Builder, units, Arlington Magazine in addition to GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum.
