Data Centers

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Providing stability in a dynamic market

The digitization of our world continues to grow at an exponential rate. That means organizations across the globe are now laser-focused on enhancing and protecting one of their most valuable assets: their data.

Data Center + powers outcomes with a comprehensive suite of solutions for data center operators and users. We help you build and execute your data center market strategy, complete projects on-time and on-budget, operate your data centers with 100% uptime and institute sustainability programs that drive efficiency and profitability – all while optimizing your spend and total cost of ownership. Your data has never been more critical, and neither has your data center partner.

Featured services

We’ll secure your locations and optimize your data center infrastructure with a comprehensive suite of services.

Optimize your cloud storage infrastructure, increase your data centers’ uptime and achieve your sustainability ambitions

Align your data center portfolio with your enterprise ambitions, including your sustainability targets.

Portfolio Strategy & Site Selection

Combining decades of experience and the industry’s top market intelligence and data platforms, we uncover new opportunities for data center operators. Our deep market knowledge helps you understand market complexities, current colocation supply and demand, and all available investment opportunities – both on- and off-market.

Leasing

Our global presence and extensive network paired with creative leasing strategies means JLL is the leasing partner you can trust. Using unparalleled tenant intelligence, we’ll help you understand the local market dynamics, create bespoke asset opportunities, and identify unique alternatives to drive competitiveness in the market.

Capital Markets & Financing

At JLL, we have the most experienced and dynamic data center capital markets team in the industry. Whatever your needs are — sale-leaseback, debt restructuring or recapitalization, capital sourcing, or strategic planning – we’ll help you achieve your ambitions.

Commissioning

As the only CRE firm with a comprehensive suite of commissioning services in-house, we drive productivity and mitigate risks. By combining a deep knowledge of facility operations with a meticulous delivery and handover process, we ensure your data centers are set up for success.

Project Management

Whether it’s a design, infrastructure refresh, whitespace and load capacity expansion, or adaptive reuse project, we’ll ensure your data center projects are delivered on-time and on-budget.

Facilities Management

We have decades of experience with managing mission-critical data centers. Supported by the industry’s leading technology and platform, our global team of renowned experts support every aspect of data center operations while mitigating downtime and optimizing total cost of ownership.

Energy & Sustainability Programs

Our sustainability experts identify actionable opportunities to reduce energy consumption and costs, optimize building systems’ energy efficiency, and implement sustainability programs that achieve net-zero targets while generating a tangible return on your investment.

Portfolio strategy & site selection

Combining decades of experience and the industry’s top market intelligence and data platforms, we uncover new build and lease opportunities for cloud providers. We track all available colocation capacity in the marketplace and create best-in-class leasing strategies that align to your business. And if building data centers is part of your strategy, we’ll help you understand all on- and off-market greenfield opportunities.

Capital Markets & Financing

At JLL, we have the most experienced and dynamic data center capital markets team in the industry. Whatever your needs are — sale-leaseback, debt restructuring or recapitalization, capital sourcing, or strategic planning – we’ll help you achieve your ambitions.

Commissioning

As the only CRE firm with a comprehensive suite of commissioning services in-house, we drive productivity and mitigate risks. By combining a deep knowledge of facility operations with a meticulous delivery and handover process, we ensure your data centers are set up for success.

Project Management

Whether it’s a design, infrastructure refresh, whitespace and load capacity expansion, or adaptive reuse project, we’ll ensure your data center projects are delivered on-time and on-budget.

Facilities Management

We have decades of experience with managing mission-critical data centers. Supported by the industry’s leading technology and platform, our global team of renowned experts support every aspect of data center operations while mitigating downtime and optimizing total cost of ownership.

Energy & Sustainability Programs

Our sustainability experts identify actionable opportunities to reduce energy consumption and costs, optimize building systems’ energy efficiency, and implement sustainability programs that achieve net-zero targets while generating a tangible return on your investment.

Portfolio strategy & site selection

Combining decades of experience and the industry’s top market intelligence, we’ll help you understand all of the data center hosting options available to you. Whether it’s finding a new site, right-sizing an existing agreement or seeking out tax incentives, we’ll ensure you get the most-competitive and flexible agreement on the market.

Capital Markets & Financing

At JLL, we have the most experienced and dynamic data center capital markets team in the industry. Whatever your needs are — sale-leaseback, debt restructuring or recapitalization, capital sourcing, or strategic planning – we’ll help you achieve your ambitions.

Commissioning

As the only CRE firm with a comprehensive suite of commissioning services in-house, we drive productivity and mitigate risks. By combining a deep knowledge of facility operations with a meticulous delivery and handover process, we ensure your data centers are set up for success.

Project Management

Whether it’s a design, infrastructure refresh, whitespace and load capacity expansion, or adaptive reuse project, we’ll ensure your data center projects are delivered on-time and on-budget.

Facilities Management

We have decades of experience with managing mission-critical data centers. Supported by the industry’s leading technology and platform, our global team of renowned experts support every aspect of data center operations while mitigating downtime and optimizing total cost of ownership.

Energy & Sustainability Programs

Our sustainability experts identify actionable opportunities to reduce energy consumption and costs, optimize building systems’ energy efficiency, and implement sustainability programs that achieve net-zero targets while generating a tangible return on your investment.

Why we’re the leading data centers partner globally

Data and technology platforms

JLL’s proprietary data and technology tools combined with our strategic partnership with MCIM means we have the most-comprehensive data center data and business intelligence platform in the world.

Energy and sustainability

JLL is the only real estate services firm with comprehensive energy and sustainability solutions specific to data centers. We help data centers achieve net-zero carbon, emissions and waste with actionable, realistic sustainability programs.

The industry’s top talent, in-house

Our seasoned, renowned experts are fully dedicated to helping you "see a brighter way". No third-party vendors or resource reshuffling. With JLL, you get the best team in the industry, every single day.

A globally integrated platform

Representing the next generation of data center solutions, our seamlessly integrated, global platform can support each and every one of your needs across the data center lifecycle. We take a holistic, end-to-end approach to your portfolio.

Proven experience as a trusted partner

Across the spectrum of data center users — from cloud providers to colocation operators to large enterprises and institutions — we have a steadfast reputation as the most-trusted, reliable and proven partner in the industry.

Resources

Global | Investor | March 20, 2024

Why data centers could hit obsolescence sooner than you think

AI and emerging technologies risk leaving current projects short of power

Global | Workplace | March 19, 2024

Liquid cooling enters the mainstream in data centers

Data center operators are swapping air cooling for liquid cooling as rack densities climb

Global | Workplace | January 18, 2024

Getting data centers ready for the AI boom

With the rapid improvements in AI capabilities, are data centers doing enough to keep pace?

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Global | Investor | July 31, 2024 | Data Centers

The enduring significance of edge data centers

Discover the drivers behind edge data center growth and explore how investors, operators, and enterprises can benefit from this surge.

Chile | Cities | June 02, 2021 | Law Firms | Legal

Benchmarking Cities and Real Estate

Expectations are that offices will return to be the heart of our cities. But how will offices and office spaces change in different cities across the globe?

Global | September 09, 2019 | Data Centers

United States Data Center outlook - H1 2019

Our Mid-Year Global Data Center Outlook provides on the ground knowledge across local markets and an inside-look into this growing industry.

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