In a recent piece for Estates Gazette, Commercial Real Estate Partner Anju Suneja looks at how some investors are responding to the uncertainty surrounding life sciences investment by pairing life sciences space with data infrastructure, rather than relying on a single-sector bet.
Research businesses are using more data than ever and being close to computing power can make a real difference. At the same time, demand for data centres continues to grow, driven by AI and cloud computing. Bringing the two together can help create campuses that are better able to cope with changes in occupier demand.
As power, funding and space become more constrained, the overlap between science and data is likely to play a bigger role in how future investment decisions are made.
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