【World Property Journal】Global AI Demand Drives Data Center Crunch, Construction Boom

Global data center inventory expanded 25% over the past year to 16 gigawatts across the world's 16 largest markets in the first quarter of 2026, according to CBRE's latest Global Data Center Trends report. Yet even as developers added record levels of new capacity, demand surged even faster, pushing average vacancy rates down to 6.7% from 8.3% a year earlier.

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