GXO WHITEPAPER

The logistics infrastructure supporting global data centre and cloud expansion has undergone a fundamental transformation. Hyperscalers have grown past the point of building out capacity region by region. Instead, they are deploying simultaneously across continents, committing capital at a scale that demands an entirely new model of supply chain coordination. In 2026, the top handful of hyperscalers and tech companies are expected to invest approximately US $ 650bn in capital expenditure, according to Bloomberg. None of that investment generates a return until a server is connected to power.

This whitepaper draws on interviews with four senior GXO executives to examine how logistics has evolved from a transactional service into a strategic layer of data centre infrastructure. It covers the orchestration challenge, compliance complexity, construction synchronisation, critical spares management and what separates a genuine logistics partner from a provider that simply moves equipment.

64 May 2026