Recognised today as the “fifth utility” alongside water, electricity, gas, and telecommunications, data centres have become essential to modern infrastructure. The global data centre construction pipeline is forecast to peak at USD$92.5billion in 2026 (source: GlobalData). While this represents a slight slowdown from 2025, long-term investment is expected to grow significantly, driven by the surge in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and digital services that will continue to increase global data traffic over the next decade (source: GlobalData).
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