app01 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:57:59 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Deconstruct - Episodes Tagged with “Data Center Development” https://therealdeal-deconstruct.fireside.fm/tags/data%20center%20development Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0400 In Deconstruct, The Real Deal's reporters and editors explain the most important news in real estate. We follow the money across New York City and beyond to explain how real estate powers the world around us, breaking down policy impacts, industry trends, and important deals to know. This is essential listening for understanding the great, big world of real estate. en-us episodic All the real estate news you need to know, from the reporters and editors of The Real Deal. The Real Deal In Deconstruct, The Real Deal's reporters and editors explain the most important news in real estate. We follow the money across New York City and beyond to explain how real estate powers the world around us, breaking down policy impacts, industry trends, and important deals to know. This is essential listening for understanding the great, big world of real estate. no real estate,real estate news,business news,the real deal,tech,property,investing,brokers,commercial real estate,residential real estate,real estate investment,REIT,news,development,housing,apartments, multifamily, office, industrial, banking, finance The Real Deal hk@therealdeal.com The Real Estate Behind the Data Center Boom https://therealdeal-deconstruct.fireside.fm/2064 9f314d6e-8a5d-43f7-9e6d-e8dc4c633056 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0400 The Real Deal full 5 The Real Deal This week on Deconstruct, hosts Hannah Kramer and Lilah Burke sit down with Colliers data center expert Raul Saavedra to unpack how the sector went from a relatively niche corner of commercial real estate to a magnet for billions of dollars in institutional capital. Saavedra explains why data center campuses have ballooned from 30 or 50 megawatts to projects demanding 500 megawatts or more, why securing power has become one of developers’ biggest challenges and how deals that once involved millions of dollars can now require billions. 22:17 no <p>Data centers have quickly become one of commercial real estate’s hottest — and most capital-intensive — asset classes. This week, Hannah Kramer and Lilah Burke talk with Colliers data center expert Raul Saavedra about what’s driving the boom, how AI has accelerated demand and why the scale of new projects is creating major challenges around power, financing and community opposition.</p> <p>Saavedra takes us inside the increasingly complicated process of getting a data center deal done, as campuses grow from tens of megawatts to hundreds and project costs climb from millions into the billions.</p> <p>Then, Hannah and Lilah dig into some of the biggest real estate stories of the week: Compass’ push to pull listings from StreetEasy and embrace private marketing, S2 Capital founder Scott Everett’s latest effort to keep his multifamily empire alive, and the transformation of Hollywood real estate as studios, landlords and developers chase the $70 billion creator economy. </p> data centers, data center real estate, AI data centers, artificial intelligence, commercial real estate, AI infrastructure, data center development, data center investing, Colliers, Compass, StreetEasy, Compass Real Estate, New York City real estate, private listings, S2 Capital, Scott Everett, multifamily syndication, multifamily real estate, Hollywood real estate, creator economy, influencer economy, The Real Deal, Deconstruct podcast Data centers have quickly become one of commercial real estate’s hottest — and most capital-intensive — asset classes. This week, Hannah Kramer and Lilah Burke talk with Colliers data center expert Raul Saavedra about what’s driving the boom, how AI has accelerated demand and why the scale of new projects is creating major challenges around power, financing and community opposition.

Saavedra takes us inside the increasingly complicated process of getting a data center deal done, as campuses grow from tens of megawatts to hundreds and project costs climb from millions into the billions.

Then, Hannah and Lilah dig into some of the biggest real estate stories of the week: Compass’ push to pull listings from StreetEasy and embrace private marketing, S2 Capital founder Scott Everett’s latest effort to keep his multifamily empire alive, and the transformation of Hollywood real estate as studios, landlords and developers chase the $70 billion creator economy.

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Saavedra takes us inside the increasingly complicated process of getting a data center deal done, as campuses grow from tens of megawatts to hundreds and project costs climb from millions into the billions.

Then, Hannah and Lilah dig into some of the biggest real estate stories of the week: Compass’ push to pull listings from StreetEasy and embrace private marketing, S2 Capital founder Scott Everett’s latest effort to keep his multifamily empire alive, and the transformation of Hollywood real estate as studios, landlords and developers chase the $70 billion creator economy.

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