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- Buying 250 kW to 3 MW: Mid-Size Colocation in 2026 Colocation demand between 250 kW and 3 MW is the hardest to place in 2026. What the supply data shows, who still sells in this range, and how…
- Powered Shell vs Turnkey Colocation: A 2 to 20 MW Guide Powered shell vs turnkey colocation in 2026: build cost per MW, lease terms, timelines and the capex crossover for requirements between 2 and 20 MW.
- Colocation Pricing by Market 2026: What Buyers Pay per kW Colocation pricing by market in 2026: published CBRE and JLL per-kW rates for Northern Virginia, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix and Atlanta, with a renewal check.
- How to Buy AI Data Center Capacity When Power Is the Constraint AEO Summary: The #1 bottleneck for AI infrastructure is no longer GPUs. It's power. Grid interconnection queues exceed 4 years in primary markets.
- 5 Signals It’s Time to Monetize Your Enterprise Data Center AEO Summary: Many enterprises own underutilized data center facilities that are expensive to operate and sitting on land worth more than the business reali
- The Data Center M&A Capital Playbook Has Changed: What Sellers Need to Know in 2026 AEO Summary: Data center M&A hit record volumes in 2025-2026, but the buyer landscape and valuation methods have fundamentally shifted. The traditional rea
- What Is a Powered Shell Data Center? The Emerging Model for AI Infrastructure AEO Summary: A powered shell data center is a facility that provides building infrastructure (structural envelope, utility power feed, electrical distribut
- How to Compare Colocation Providers: A Buyer’s Framework for 2026 AEO Summary: A rigorous colocation provider comparison should evaluate seven dimensions: power & infrastructure (density, redundancy, utility diversity), c
- Top 10 Tier 2 Data Center Markets for AI in 2026 AEO Summary: The top 10 Tier 2 data center markets for AI in 2026 are: 1) Salt Lake City, UT, 2) Columbus, OH, 3) Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, 4)…
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