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H2 2025 Updated from CBRE semi-annual reports and JLL's annual outlook

Leasing, capital, and construction data for the US data center industry, tracked across CBRE's primary-market colocation reports and JLL's annual outlook since H1 2023, spanning colocation pricing, hyperscaler spend, and the supply-chain bottlenecks slowing new capacity online.

Vacancy has fallen every period for two and a half years straight, from 3.3% in H1 2023 to a record 1.4% in H2 2025, even as preleasing eased slightly from a 2023 peak near 83% to 74%. That sustained scarcity has pushed ask rates from $163 to $196 per kW/month over the same stretch. Meanwhile hyperscaler CapEx guidance has more than tripled, from roughly $226B in 2024 to $725B guided for 2026, and the primary-market construction pipeline just posted its first year-over-year decline since 2020, a sign the industry may be pausing to let power and grid capacity catch up.

Leasing & Pricing

CBRE, H1 2023 – H2 2025
US colo vacancy
1.4%
▼ 0.5pts YoY
H1 2023: 3.3%H2 2025: 1.4%
Avg. ask rate
$196per kW/mo
▲ 6.6% YoY
H2 2023: $163H2 2025: $196
Preleasing rate
74.3%H1 2025
▼ from 83% in H2 2023
H2 2023: 83%H1 2025: 74.3%
A note on this data

Figures update as new CBRE and JLL reports are released, typically 4–6 weeks after each half-year or year closes.

Capacity & Demand

CBRE · public earnings filings, 2024 – 2026
Under construction
6.0GW
▼ first decline since 2020
H2 2023: 3.1GWH2 2025: 6.0GW
Hyperscaler CapEx
~$725B2026 guided
▲ 77% YoY
2024: $226B2026E: $725B
Primary mkt. supply
9.4GWH2 2025
▲ 36% YoY
YE 2023: 5.2GWH2 2025: 9.4GW
Net absorption
2.5GW2025
▲ vs 1.8GW in 2024
2024: 1.8GW2025: 2.5GW

Bottlenecks

JLL 2026 Global Data Center Outlook · trade press
Grid conn. lead time
4+ yrsprimary mkts
Transformer lead time
52–104weeks
Construction cost
$11.3Mper MW, 2026E
▲ from $7.7M in 2020
2020: $7.7M2026E: $11.3M
AI-optimized builds
can exceed $25M/MW
Sources CBRE, North America Data Center Trends, H1 2023 through H2 2025 · JLL, 2026 Global Data Center Outlook · Public hyperscaler earnings calls and SEC filings, aggregated by industry trackers · Industry trade press and utility procurement reporting