By BisNow
Trillions of dollars are needed by the end of the decade to meet the anticipated demand for artificial intelligence data centers.
To avoid a funding shortfall, tech giants and developers are being forced to get creative in establishing additional pathways for new sources of capital to access commercial real estate’s most in-demand sector.
Data center construction spending may have doubled in 2025, but the record flood of new digital development is expected to accelerate even further this year. JLL projects global data center capacity will double by the end of the decade — an “infrastructure investment supercycle” it says will require as much as $3T in total investment and roughly $870B in new debt financing.
