Cloud Giants Fuel Another Data Center Leasing Surge

   

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Demand for cloud services from big companies has spurred the leasing and construction of U.S. data centers to a record.

The data center capacity leased in 2019 jumped 33% from a year earlier to a record 396.4 megawatts, according to a report from CBRE on Wednesday.