Jon Lin, EVP and General Manager of Data Center Services at Equinix, talks through the major trends, drivers, and challenges of the data center business, the hottest sector in commercial real estate.

This interview with Jon was recorded live at the Equinix regional office in Ashburn, Virginia, which is actually the data center capital of the world. As the fourth largest REIT by market cap and a top leader in the burgeoning data center industry, Equinix and its sector is dominating the CRE investment business. This is the second episode in this fall’s REIT series, and an important highlight of an asset class that is now central, and where the REIT ownership structure and institutional real estate operational discipline aligns well with the needs of this part of our critical infrastructure.

Jon’s insights on everything from the energy challenge of the sector to Equinix’s conversion to a REIT and AI’s impact on the continued growth of this sector and create huge economic impact on the world economy, are fascinating and important. Indeed, and this is always dangerous to say, but it seems that there is no end in sight to the demand for this asset class.

Tim Henn, who leads ZRG’s search practice in digital infrastructure, also joins us for the interview, adding his own questions and functional expertise to the mix. Enjoy!

Resources:

• Equinix
• Jon Lin | LinkedIn

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• Steve Weschler | President and CEO, Nareit
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