Here's how data centers became a billion-dollar real estate investment

The U.S. is home to the majority of the world's data centers, with more than 2,800. The closest nation after that is the United Kingdom, with less than 400, according to the Data Center Map. Data centers are the physical vertebrae of internet infrastructure, supporting cloud computing capabilities and artificial intelligence. The value of the land where data centers are planned to be built is now soaring, 10 times the original price in one case from Vint Hill, Virginia. Pat Lynch, executive managing directo ...