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Real Estate Power Crunch: Will Energy Availability Beat Location for Future Facilities?

By Joe Bebon, Editor Feb 27, 2026 Design and Construction

Updated: Feb 27, 2026

As many companies face ongoing power disruptions and other energy needs, the traditional real estate mantra of “location, location, location” is increasingly giving way to “location, resilience, reliability,” according to JLL’s new “Where Energy Meets Property” report. Energy availability and security is fast becoming a defining factor in commercial real estate (CRE) decision-making, with critical […]

Global Data Center Market Navigates AI Boom, Energy Constraints, and More

By Joe Bebon, Editor Jan 9, 2026 Data Centers

Updated: Jan 9, 2026

The global data center sector is poised for continued unprecedented expansion, with capacity expected to nearly double from 103 GW to 200 GW by 2030, according to JLL’s newly released 2026 Global Data Center Outlook. Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the data center landscape, and JLL anticipates AI workloads will represent half of all data […]