Real estate investors looking to the Moon for data center properties

Emerging Market - Real estate industry is exploring lunar data centers as a new investment frontier [1] - Hines, a real estate investment firm, views lunar development as similar to the early days of railroads, creating new infrastructure in orbit [2][3] - Ethos is planning lunar construction sites to build data centers [4] Investment & Development - Hines acquired a nearly 250,000 square foot (approximately 23,226 square meters) industrial property in Florida's Space Coast to support space construction [4] - The development includes landing pads, roads, and foundations for data centers [4] Technological Advantage - Lunar data centers offer the advantage of natural cooling and solar power [5]