Research, analysis, and perspectives on the built world.
Hyperscale and colocation data centers require fundamentally different capital structures, site criteria, and tenant relationships. A developer's guide to evaluating each model before breaking ground.
February 15, 2026 ·7 min read
Cold storage demand is surging 15-20% annually as online grocery scales. With construction costs 2-3x conventional warehouses, AI-powered site selection is critical for this specialized asset class.
February 3, 2026 ·7 min read
With 18.7M SF of surplus lab space nationally, life sciences site selection demands precision. AI platforms analyze talent pools, funding clusters, and infrastructure to find optimal locations.
January 28, 2026 ·6 min read
Multifamily underwriting is one of CRE's most manual processes. AI automates rent comp analysis, expense modeling, and scenario generation — compressing days of work into minutes.
November 12, 2025 ·5 min read
How AI is reshaping industrial site selection by integrating logistics networks, zoning data, and demand forecasting to surface optimal warehouse and distribution locations.
November 7, 2025 ·5 min read
Data center construction costs have surged from $7.7M to over $10.7M per MW, driven by GPU density, power infrastructure bottlenecks, liquid cooling requirements, and labor shortages.
November 4, 2025 ·5 min read
Discover 10 top AI data center services investors trust in 2025, featuring market leaders, security standards, financial impact, and infrastructure innovation.
October 28, 2025 ·5 min read
Traditional desktop due diligence for datacenter sites takes 2–6 weeks. Build delivers site-grade DD packets in just 48 hours by pairing expert planners with agentic automation—allowing teams to review 40× more sites at higher quality and lower cost. This comparison shows why service-backed AI is the new industry standard.
September 25, 2025 ·10 min read
How AI demand, interconnection queues, and volatile policies have turned power into the defining constraint—and why Build’s 24-hour diligence changes the game.
September 25, 2025 ·10 min read