Data Centres

With over 25 years of unrivalled market knowledge, our Data Centres Solution (DCS) team offer a comprehensive range of advisory services. We deliver Artificial Intelligence (AI) ready data centre sourcing, site selection, research, and investment consulting.
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Overview

Navigating the complexities of the modern data centre industry in the current market boom, requires a partner with unrivalled market knowledge and experience.

The CBRE DCS team is the only global data centre advisory organisation with a full range of services from site acquisition to data centre operations.

Our expertise includes finding the ideal sites for development, AI ready facilities and advising on data centre investment options.

Data Centre Finder 2025

Gabriel Harris and the Operational Representation team explore their solution to help clients find AI-Ready data centres and power across Europe.

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20
+
Years dedicated service
€
550
m+
Data Centre asset transactions across Europe in 2024
90
Global markets represented

Services

Research & Consulting

Our team offers a range of custom research offerings and market coverage. These include quarterly and annual market reports and bespoke research that covers a wide variety of data centre markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa. We provide data-driven insights, including power and data centre capacity availability, for a variety of organisations who want information to help them make better decisions in a complex and continually changing market.

We provide a range of services, from giving our clients due diligence as they raise capital to purchase assets or take over providers. We have experience of sizing and forecasting the supply and demand trends of many local and regional markets. We can help determine where in Europe there is suitable AI-ready capacity with low cost sustainable power available at scale. We provide regular updates on the European data centre markets, covering supply and demand, market pricing, market challenges, regulatory and resource shifts as well as the competitive landscape.

Site Transaction & Leasing

Our Site Transactions team provide a full range of services for clients wishing to sell or acquire data centre locations. We strategise, advise, build campaigns, find locations, provision sites and identify potential customers. Our experienced team can help accelerate large scale real estate transactions, which can be complex, especially when dealing with specialised data centre criteria.

Our market experience gives us access to greenfield, brownfield and industrial assets which are ideal data centre locations. Additionally, our experience and business contacts help repurpose industrial real estate as valuable data centre locations. CBRE's dedicated team work across the UK and Europe to acquire, lease and dispose of data centre facilities for our clients. We provide an end-to-end service to secure the best possible terms for our customers.

Capital Markets

We advise on the sale and acquisition of the leased data centre investments, creating strategic partnerships for investors and developers. Our investor scope includes commercial, property and technical due diligence, financial and debt advisory. Retailer scope includes transaction structuring, market preparation, buyer engagement, negotiation and execution.

We help enterprise data centre customers and large corporates on the sale and leaseback of their data centre assets. Offering objective analysis and recommendations to equip clients with in-depth knowledge of investment opportunities and to navigate complex financial transactions. Across EMEA, we specialise in executing data centre investment sales & acquisitions, structuring sale and leasebacks, preparing complex commercial due diligence reports, and coordinating large M&A data centre advisory projects.

We specialise in helping owners secure the highest possible sale proceeds through our knowledge of the wide range of sources of capital and our deep experience of running successful sales campaigns. We are also experts in identifying opportunities to deploy capital and lean heavily on our occupier team to provide advice in what is a very opaque market.

Occupier Representation

We are the market leaders in data centre advisory with dedicated teams across Europe.

By monitoring transactions, market availability and supply and demand metrics, we can benchmark any data centre decision. Our methodology and market knowledge will ensure the optimal quality and the best price. We have the experience to inform your strategy and help realise the outcomes you need for your data centre. We save our clients time, provide certainty and agree competitive commercial terms with global data centre operators.

Enterprises that have migrated capacity to the cloud, are often not fully utilising existing leased space. We help restructure to reduce cost and optimise data centre estates. We have unrivalled knowledge of the market to supply AI-ready data centre capacity. We monitor all operators and have up to the minute data on available liquid cooled facilities as well as power availability and pricing.

We have a track record of 80% market share of advisor led colocation facility transactions.

Projects & Maintenance

CBRE's project and maintenance teams ensure data centre operational excellence. Our wrap around solutions deliver project support from data centre design to build and fit-out. We conduct on premise inspection of physical infrastructure for preventative maintenance and respond to potential power outages or system failures. We ensure a secure environment for physical data centres – our multiple servers provide detailed reports on system health, performance and compliance.

Data Centre Security & Operations

We combine real estate, facilities, technology and security systems into one service. Our holistic approach champions operational oversight, provides greater visibility, mitigates risk and drives cost savings and efficiencies.

We improve operational performance by measuring critical metrics for support infrastructure, including mean time between asset failure, average uptime and downtime and average time to repair, to ensure peak performance for all your data centre assets. We work with multiple data centre systems in edge data centres, hyperscale, colocation and enterprise facilities. We help reduce risk through operational strategies powered by technology and talent.

Valuations & Advisory Services

Our Valuation and Advisory Services team consists of specialist teams to cover all sectors of the market. We undertake valuations for accounts, performance measurement, acquisitions and sales, loans as well as statutory required valuations, on behalf of all owners, lenders, and occupiers.

We also have dedicated ESG capability to conduct sustainability due diligence and incorporate ESG data into our valuation approach to support your data centre requirements, lowering the environmental footprint of data centres increasingly supports both business objectives and the worldwide push to combat climate change.

Digital Infrastructure Advisory

We advise our clients on all aspects of Digital Infrastructure Strategy – including data centre strategy, hybrid cloud strategy and digital infrastructure migration and transformation programmes, bringing a unique mix of IT, real estate, financial and operational expertise. We cover the whole edge ecosystem and business model.

We offer unique insight with expertise in IT, strategy, operations, real estate and finance, and working alongside our world-class research, giving us the ability to deliver transformational strategies and programmes leading to significant financial benefits.

  • Services for Investors

    We provide investors with a comprehensive set of services across the globe. Our Capital Markets team handles valuations, data centre sales, acquisitions and financing. Site Transaction & Leasing team helps clients wishing to sell or acquire data centre locations. Our end-to-end service ensures investors are equipped to make informed decisions to enhance asset performance across diverse portfolios and risk profiles spanning the data centre facilities market.

  • Services for Operators

    Our Research & Consultancy team provide bespoke reports and insight to help operators choose new locations and markets. The Capital Markets team can assist with financing, acquisition and sale of data centre assets. The Occupier team provides operators with client opportunities and promotes their availability to the market. Finally, our Site Transaction & Leasing Services team helps identify and secure data centre sites and capacity.

  • Services for Enterprises

    Our Occupier team has exceptional up-to-date data across a number of markets which can help enterprises find available data centre capacity. They provide a range of services including colocation availability, contract negotiation and benchmarking.

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