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Recent Data Centre Insights
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Canada’s data centre boom drives soaring power demand as AI, cloud and cooling needs rise, pushing sustainability, efficiency and grid resilience today.
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CBRE forecasts a rebound in Canadian commercial real estate investment for 2026, potentially hitting $56B due to renewed interest & strong market fundamentals.
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The economy might be on shaky ground but CBRE’s Atlantic Canada outlook foresees a resilient region with resurgent commercial real estate markets that will continue to strengthen in 2026, with sectors such as tech, energy, infrastructure and defence driving growth.
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Overall tech job growth has slowed, but the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) has increased demand for AI-specialty tech talent, according to CBRE’s latest Scoring Tech Talent report.
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Artificial intelligence is becoming more prevalent and as a result, the need for energy to supply data centres is increasing. But in a global energy crisis, what’s the solution?
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Six commercial real estate projects to watch in 2025.
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CBRE’s Scoring Tech Talent 2024 ranks the top North American tech markets. This year, tech talent growth boosted Toronto back to the #4 spot.
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Six real estate projects that are set to make a splash this year.
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Canadian tech markets forge ahead despite economic headwinds and layoffs, according to CBRE’s Scoring Tech Talent 2023 report.
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Real estate today is all about energy and crafting a clean carbonless strategy. This can represent a daunting challenge for groups like law firms and banks, which host their highly sensitive data on-site in back-office servers.
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Global Data Center Trends
Despite Persistent Power Constraints, Hyperscale Growth Accelerates
Limited power availability remains the prime inhibitor of global data center growth in certain core hub markets, leading to opportunities in new hotspots like Richmond (North America), Santiago (Latin America) and Mumbai (Asia-Pacific).
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Toronto's data center market shifts focus to power and security, with CoreWeave leading in preleasing with 52 MW.
Montreal's data center market sees strong demand for AI-ready capacity, with most growth from existing operators with power allocations.
