Source: DLA Piper
The total investment in global data centre infrastructure more than doubled last year, up from USD24.4 billion in 2020 to USD53.8 billion in 2021. The total number of data centre transactions increased by 64% in the same period, up from 69 in 2020 to 113 in 2021, according to a report out today by global law firm DLA Piper entitled ‘The meteoric rise of the data centre: Key drivers behind global demand’. The report surveys 100 senior executives from infrastructure, equity and debt provider firms and data centre developers from around the world and follows a similar report carried out in 2020.
