Data Centers: Vacancies Are Down, Rent Is Up
Techstrong.IT, Friday, June 27th, 2025
If you're looking to rent space in a data center, you might be in for a sticker shocker.
That's a key finding from an extensive report about global data center trends by the CBRE Group, which found that rent increases are driven by steep declines in data center vacancies-which in turn is caused by the rapid rise in AI adoption.
Data center vacancy rates in the top 16 global markets-ranging from the U.S. to Europe to Asia to Latin America-have fallen to a record low of 6.6%, which is down 2.2% year over year.