The data center boom remains a gold rush for commercial brokers, but fortune seems likely to favor those adapting to the changing dynamics of the industry. On this week’s episode of The Real Deal’s “Deconstruct” podcast, hosts Hannah Kramer and Lilah Burke talk to Raul Saavedra, who heads Colliers Americas’ data center advisory practice out of San Francisco. The Digital Realty alum discussed how the pandemic upended the sector, contributing to a “massive uptick of compute” needs that quickly aligned with the growth of artificial intelligence. The market wasn’t ready to respond immediately to that growth, according to Saavedra. Saavedra […]

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