Insights & Guides
Market intelligence, procurement playbooks, and AI infrastructure analysis from the GoDataCenters team.
- The 2026 Colocation Buyer’s Playbook: How to Secure Capacity in a Market Where 80% Is Already Spoken For US colocation preleasing has hit 81.5%, and vacancy in primary markets sits near historic lows. Enterprises that wait to start their search are likely already too late. Here's…
- Tertiary Markets Are the New Frontier: Where Smart Money Is Building Data Centers in 2026 Primary data center markets face a perfect storm of regulatory scrutiny, power delivery delays, and saturation, pushing developers and hyperscalers toward secondary and tertiary markets that offer faster…
- Liquid Cooling Is No Longer Optional: What Enterprise Buyers Need to Know About High-Density Colocation in 2026 GPU workloads have fundamentally changed what enterprise buyers need from colocation facilities. Air cooling alone can no longer keep pace with 30–130 kW rack densities, forcing a hard…
- Q1 2026 Data Center Market Report: Power, Pricing, and the Race for AI-Ready Capacity The global data center market enters Q1 2026 at $347.3B and climbing, with vacancy rates at historic lows, preleasing at 81.5%, and 25.3 GW under construction across the…
- Colocation vs. Build-to-Suit: Making the Right Data Center Decision for Your Organization Colocation or build-to-suit? Compare costs, timelines, and scalability to choose the right data center strategy for your organization's infrastructure needs.
- The Private Equity Playbook: Evaluating Data Center Investments in 2026 A PE investor's guide to data center acquisitions in 2026: market sizing, valuation multiples, PUE benchmarks, and what separates great assets from average ones.
- DFW Data Center Market Report: Q1 2026 Dallas-Fort Worth leads Texas data center growth with nearly 200 facilities and rising AI infrastructure demand across the metroplex.
- AI-Ready Data Centers: What to Look for When Sourcing GPU Infrastructure Evaluating AI-ready data centers? This practical checklist covers liquid cooling, power density, latency, and GPU cluster requirements to guide your sourcing.
- Top 10 AI-Ready Colocation Markets in the US Which US metro areas have the most AI-ready colocation infrastructure? We ranked the top 10 markets by GPU readiness, power density, and liquid cooling availability.
- How to Evaluate Data Center Colocation: A Buyer’s Guide Everything enterprise buyers need to know about evaluating colocation facilities, from tier ratings and power density to connectivity and compliance.
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