Can M’sia have its own data centre REITs?

DATA centre (DC) real estate investment trusts (REITs) invest in facilities that store servers and other data-based equipment. To be both secure and reliable for the companies that rely on them, these data centres are required to have dependable power sources, top-notch security and state-of-the-art cooling equipment.

While DCs are a relatively newer asset class, their projected growth is exponential. Nearly every company and industry relies on data storage today from cloud-based software to Internet hosting and even artificial intelligence (AI) platforms.