"In 2023, the global data centre M&A market experienced a slight decline in value, totalling $36.6bn. However, with its mission-critical role and strong customer dependency inherent to the sector, data centres appear well-positioned to weather uncertainties."

"The European data centre market is expected to expand rapidly, propelled by a 31% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in international bandwidth usage and a 15.9% CAGR in the AI sector from 2024 to 2030."

"There’s a common misconception that it was the pandemic that crystalised data centre demand as everyone moved online."

"With the growing number of data centres around the world, there is a need to address the key challenges faced by the industry. Major challenges include scarcity of land, operational efficiency and hight energy consumption."

"Demand for data centers continues to grow driven by the surge in data consumption. With vacancy approaching zero for centers in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, new types of players such as institutionalinvestors, asset managers, and construction companies have taken an interest in the market."

"Given the city’s reliable power supply, rich network connectivity, low climate risk, and strong data protection, Hong Kong is well positioned to serve as a regional data centre hub."