Costs range from $8 to $12 million per megawatt, shaped by Tier level and power density. New builds are AI-ready with liquid cooling, modular systems, and high-density power. The construction cost of a data center is typically 3-5x higher per square foot than a Class A office building. The key metrics used in the industry are cost per MW (megawatt of IT capacity) and cost per square foot of white space. Both have been trending upward. It offers unmatched global insights to help businesses navigate this high-growth sector. As AI moves to centre stage, data centres are under greater. The category spans 30 kW micro-modules tucked inside an enterprise floorplate, containerized 500 kW edge units, prefabricated rooms in the 1–4 MW range, and multi-megawatt power and cooling blocks that drop into a hyperscale campus. Your actual cost depends mostly on power availability, land, redundancy level, and MEP scope, with electrical systems taking 40% to 45% of spend and cooling. Gartner predicts that global data center spending will exceed over $650 billion in 2026—up 31. This explosion shows how much the world is investing in digital infrastructure. Market Definition: The scope.
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