Real Estate & REITs
What makes data centers different from traditional real estate, and why is power the key constraint?
Model answer
Data centers are priced and underwritten in megawatts, not square feet - tenants lease critical IT power capacity (dollars per kW or MW per month), because compute density, not floor area, drives…
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