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THE DATA CENTRE INTERVIEW
As a leading real estate services firm that offers comprehensive and sustainable end-to-end data centre solutions, JLL – like the rest of the industry – is observing that data centre demand is evolving on account of AI. Specifically, even outside of dedicated AI workloads, the organisation is currently charting a shift towards demand for higher power densities as standard IT hardware becomes more powerful.
“ It is AI demand where we see the most significant design changes and challenges plus significant interest in refurbishment / retrofitting of older facilities to make them capable of those

“ It is AI demand where we see the most significant design changes and challenges”

CATRIONA SHEARER, GLOBAL HEAD OF DATA CENTRE CONSULTING,
JLL
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