The cloud has a silver lining: How the pandemic is driving investor demand for data centres in Europe

Increased connectivity pushing progress at light speed

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Our hunger for storing and processing data – most recently driven by the changes forced on households and businesses by the Covid-19 pandemic – has created an opportunity for investors seeking capital growth and income opportunities in assets that are enablers of big data.

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