DESIGN & BUILD
“ People often scratch their heads and ask , ‘ Why would you build there , when you really should be in the north ?’. Well , in fact , it turns out that they were quite prescient . And there are others that have followed suit since then .”
To help data centre providers manage the hurdles and anticipate the shifts in these markets , key applications of CBRE ’ s research are its vacancy rate data and its in-depth analysis of data at the sub-market level .
“ If we focus on Dublin as an example , Grange Castle is the biggest sub-market , as far as data centre capacity goes . If you include hyperscale self-builds and co-location data centre capacity , it is easily the largest sub-market in Dublin . The reason I ' m mentioning that is that vacancy also happens to be lowest there , too . If you go out there , it ' s hard to swing a cat without hitting a data centre .
“ It ' s particularly constrained in that area , making it very hard to expand there . So , as a consequence , those that have built there are looking at other sub-markets in Dublin . And this is precisely where the value of CBRE ’ s data really shines . “ You might have a sense of what ' s happening there , but we would validate those assumptions , with our data . Then , people can make those planning decisions or decisions to develop , with our support .”
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