How Data Centers Became Hot Real Estate Investments
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Outdated data centers? Doesn’t make sense, it’s a race for power and that doesn’t go anywhere. Yes, you’re overall $ received will go down for less efficient capacity but i wouldn’t say there is no use.
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One thing is certain: Data centers will be overbuilt. It happens every time.
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Looks like they want to be in areas close to areas where they can leverage large existing federal infrastructure.
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Those opposed to data centers being built are the same that say their communities economy doesn’t improve.
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The problem: new data centers risk becoming obsolete. This is largely driven by the ever-increasing power needed to deal with expanding amounts of data, which is projected to double in the next five years, when compared to the past decade, according to business intelligence firm Statista Mar 20, 2024
Data centers are the backbone of the increasingly digital world, and they consume a growing share of the nation’s electricity, with no signs of slowing down. The global consultancy McKinsey & Company predicts these operations will double their U.S. electric demands from 17 gigawatts in 2022 to 35 gigawatts by 2030 — enough electricity to power more than 26 million average homes.
It looks like data centers prefer cooler climates, lower utility rates, tax incentives, and push for renewable energy due to state push for clean energy goals.
People dont want them due to strain on electric and water – your bills will probably go up but I think I read around some studies being done on that and it depends on the setup of state law and power grid. -
People really do think their files are saved in a “cloud”.
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if you want technology and AI to develop you have to sacrifice land because every technological development requires a data center
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I live in Eastern Loudoun County and the number of data centers built and being built is INSANE. I'm pro-development but the buildings are usually very nondescript and ugly. My thought was to for the data centers to pay local artists to put giant, colorful murals on their walls.
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4:03 "The land gets more value". No. It gets more expensive. She goes on to say those areas might have increased taxes completely ignoring their taxes went up anyway due to the inflated cost of property.
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So all those pictures of data centres, which consume huge amounts of electricity, and not one of them seemed to have solar panels on the roof. Obviously it would be a drop in the bucket compared with what they consume but surely it should be a requirement that they fit them as a condition of granting permission to build? Even better would be a requirement for the owners to invest in green energy production equivalent to their consumption.
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Pogo hub
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What is the concern and what is the problem?
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5:10 Dominion E rgy has negative revenue growth in the last 3/4 quarters.. what r u talkin about?
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@cnbc Good video! I like it when you stick to business and not politics. Any chance you can do a follow up video on what it takes to power these new data centers and what energy companies are doing to 'future proof' their energy sources?
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Anti-data center NIMBYs hahaha clownshows
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Interesting coincidence that the electric car push has calmed down significantly at a time that the same power happens to be needed to support ai.
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My cousin's previous employer deployed him in Northern Virginia particularly in Dulles and neighboring Fairfax and Loudon counties. My Cousin's previous employer was contracted to upgrade electrical infrastructure in this areas on behalf of dominion energy since data centres were propping up in this area on account of its proximity with Washington DC. My cousin told me that data centres were permitted in the residential areas since it is not classified as an industrial unit.
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all is a scam
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my nvidia shares are sky high thank you ai boom
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This is an excellent opportunity to use all that office space not doing anything to create smaller modular data centers. Just my 2 cents. Also well of course NIMBY is a problem in the US as it is in most Western Nations because people want these things as with many things…but they don't want to look at them.
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What are great data center stocks?
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okay give them to china?
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So buy more NVIDIA
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Just don't drive the prices of real estate n make the American dream of home ownership out of reach , that's counter productive .
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I will give my house for data centres if it means i could play my online game with 1 ms ping 😂
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Americans complain about every little thing. Smh
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Wifi. 5G and now star link.
Frying brains for years to come. -
As someone who works in new construction of data centers as a subcontractor, I will say a few things:
They are putting these things up as absolutely fast as they can.
The largest, chart-topping datacenter of 10 or 15 years ago is now laughably small. These smaller ones are not being abandoned per se [yet] but they are certainly given less attention and priority. In some ways seen as a burden.
The hunger for data centers is so great, and the main limiting factor is electricity availability, that some (looking at you AWS) are actually pursuing (R&D, patents, etc) modular nuclear reactors on site.The never-ending nature of these projects bothers me deeply.
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The distribution warehouses in the western Suburbs of Indianapolis are as far as the eye can see. Speculating on occupancy is always a question in fast developing industries.
Cloud computing just allowed me to swap Mac’s in less than 30 minutes and be productive instantly. data centers provide that!!! -
Now that CNBC is calling it a boom, it’s probably safe to say that the peak is in and a bust is probably right around the corner…..🤔🤨😏
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Very Interesting
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"Its 110 feet tall!" So what? Ok, we heard you, you're an idiot.
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