DESIGN & BUILD
To better understand this approach and its value , we spoke to Kevin Restivo , the Director of Data Centre Research at CBRE , who leads the company ’ s globallyrecognised data centre research team .
Data centre build plans , cemented by data Restivo ’ s team conducts supply-demand analyses of the European , Middle Eastern , and African data centre markets .
“ Our heritage is the FLAP markets , so the top five markets of Europe . That ' s what we ' re best known for , but we have rapidly expanded our geographic coverage across other global regions ,” Restivo explains .
Historically , CBRE has focused on European markets and , while that ' s still where the company has the most robust data , it has expanded its coverage considerably over the past year . Today , it has asserted itself as a leading EMEA data centre research provider .
“ We essentially help data centre operators , investors and governments to plan and make decisions as to where they ' re going to set up shop , where they ' re going to build their next data centre or – in the case of occupiers – where they may want to make space ,” outlines Restivo .
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