{
  "name": "Data center brokers",
  "url": "https://datacenterbrokerlist.com/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "cite": "Data Center Broker List, https://datacenterbrokerlist.com/",
  "updated": "2026-11-11",
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      "description": "Practice type, classified from the firm’s published data center offer.",
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        "Real estate brokerage",
        "Site selection advisory",
        "Colocation sourcing",
        "Capital advisory"
      ]
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      "description": "Geographic scope stated on the cited service page.",
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    },
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      "key": "services",
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      "description": "Data-center-specific services the firm offers on its own pages.",
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    },
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      "key": "clients",
      "label": "Client focus",
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      "description": "Client groups addressed by the cited data center practice.",
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    },
    {
      "key": "transaction_record",
      "label": "Published deal record",
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      "description": "The firm’s own published deal figure or a named completed mandate, in its original units, period and team scope.",
      "sortable": true
    },
    {
      "key": "network_scope",
      "label": "Sourcing network",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Provider or facility coverage the firm states for its sourcing network.",
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    },
    {
      "key": "colocation",
      "label": "Colocation",
      "type": "bool",
      "description": "Yes when the cited page offers colocation sourcing or leasing.",
      "filterable": true,
      "sortable": true
    },
    {
      "key": "land",
      "label": "Land / site selection",
      "type": "bool",
      "description": "Yes when the cited page offers data center land transactions or site selection.",
      "filterable": true,
      "sortable": true
    },
    {
      "key": "capital",
      "label": "Investment / M&A",
      "type": "bool",
      "description": "Yes when the cited page offers data center acquisitions, dispositions, investment, financing or M&A advisory.",
      "filterable": true,
      "sortable": true
    },
    {
      "key": "fee_basis",
      "label": "Fee disclosure",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Published compensation terms: who pays and on what basis.",
      "sortable": true
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "515-engine",
      "name": "515 Engine",
      "url": "https://515engine.com/solutions/data-center-colocation/",
      "summary": "Colocation sourcing advisor offering retail and wholesale capacity procurement, contract review and renewal support.",
      "tags": [
        "Colocation sourcing"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Colocation sourcing",
        "markets": null,
        "services": "Retail and wholesale colocation; pricing benchmarks; contract review; billing validation; renewal management",
        "clients": "Procurement; finance; security and IT teams",
        "transaction_record": null,
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": null,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://515engine.com/solutions/data-center-colocation/",
          "title": "515 Engine — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "services",
            "clients",
            "colocation"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "allegro",
      "name": "Allegro Real Estate Brokers & Advisors",
      "url": "https://allegrorealty.com/industries/data-centers",
      "summary": "User-focused real estate advisor screening data center sites with utility representatives and coordinating due diligence and entitlements.",
      "tags": [
        "Real estate brokerage"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Real estate brokerage",
        "markets": null,
        "services": "Data center site selection; utility coordination; due diligence; entitlements",
        "clients": "Users of real estate",
        "transaction_record": null,
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": null,
        "land": true,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://allegrorealty.com/industries/data-centers",
          "title": "Allegro Real Estate Brokers & Advisors — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "services",
            "clients",
            "land"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "avison-young",
      "name": "Avison Young",
      "url": "https://www.avisonyoung.com/data-center-real-estate",
      "summary": "Data Center Solutions group for site selection, provider selection, transactions, valuation and capital markets.",
      "tags": [
        "Real estate brokerage"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Real estate brokerage",
        "markets": null,
        "services": "Site selection; provider selection and representation; transaction services; valuation; capital markets; debt and equity; project management; network and connectivity",
        "clients": null,
        "transaction_record": "Represented the seller of a 343-acre parcel bought by Tract for the 1GW Morris Technology Park campus in Illinois (January 2026), per Avison Young",
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": true,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.avisonyoung.com/data-center-real-estate",
          "title": "Avison Young: Commercial real estate for data centers",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "services",
            "land",
            "capital"
          ]
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.avisonyoung.com/data-centres",
          "title": "Avison Young: Commercial real estate for data centres",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "colocation"
          ]
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.avisonyoung.com/news-releases/-/aynp/view/2026/01/26/avison-young-advises-on-the-sale-of-343-acre-land-parcel-for-data-center-campus-in-morris-illinois/in/chicago",
          "title": "Avison Young advises on the sale of 343-acre land parcel for data center campus in Morris, Illinois",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "transaction_record"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "bluewave",
      "name": "Bluewave",
      "url": "https://bluewave.net/solutions/data-center/",
      "summary": "Technology sourcing advisor comparing colocation inventory, market pricing and provider features, with procurement and ongoing support.",
      "tags": [
        "Colocation sourcing"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Colocation sourcing",
        "markets": null,
        "services": "Colocation sourcing; pricing and feature comparison; contract negotiation; billing and SLA monitoring",
        "clients": null,
        "transaction_record": null,
        "network_scope": "Bluewave states access to hundreds of facilities",
        "colocation": true,
        "land": null,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://bluewave.net/solutions/data-center/",
          "title": "Bluewave — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "services",
            "network_scope",
            "colocation"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "bnp-paribas-real-estate",
      "name": "BNP Paribas Real Estate",
      "url": "https://www.realestate.bnpparibas.co.uk/data-centres",
      "summary": "UK data centre team advising investors, developers and owners on land purchases, investment, leasing and lease restructuring across EMEA.",
      "tags": [
        "Real estate brokerage"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Real estate brokerage",
        "markets": "United Kingdom; EMEA",
        "services": "Land purchase; development appraisals; investment analysis and purchases; leasing advice; lease restructuring",
        "clients": "Investors; developers; property owners",
        "transaction_record": "Advised Equinix on buying an 85-acre freehold site in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, for its planned £3.9B campus (October 2025), per BNP Paribas Real Estate",
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": null,
        "land": true,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.realestate.bnpparibas.co.uk/data-centres",
          "title": "BNP Paribas Real Estate UK: Data centres",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "markets",
            "services",
            "clients",
            "land",
            "capital"
          ]
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.realestate.bnpparibas.co.uk/news/equinix-advised-landmark-ps39-billion-uk-data-centre-investment",
          "title": "BNP Paribas Real Estate: Equinix advised on landmark £3.9 billion UK data centre investment",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "transaction_record"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "bridgepointe",
      "name": "Bridgepointe Technologies",
      "url": "https://bridgepointetechnologies.com/solutions/data-center-and-cloud/",
      "summary": "Data center and cloud advisory practice sourcing colocation capacity and supporting hybrid cloud and migration decisions.",
      "tags": [
        "Colocation sourcing"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Colocation sourcing",
        "markets": "Global",
        "services": "Colocation sourcing; private cloud; bare metal; disaster recovery; strategy and migration consulting",
        "clients": null,
        "transaction_record": "Bridgepointe states 1,200+ completed client projects across its data center and cloud practice",
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": null,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://bridgepointetechnologies.com/solutions/data-center-and-cloud/",
          "title": "Bridgepointe Technologies — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "markets",
            "services",
            "transaction_record",
            "colocation"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "cbre",
      "name": "CBRE",
      "url": "https://www.cbre.com/services/property-types/data-center",
      "summary": "Global data center real estate practice covering occupier leasing, investor leasing, capital markets and operations.",
      "tags": [
        "Real estate brokerage"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Real estate brokerage",
        "markets": "Global",
        "services": "Occupier leasing; investor leasing; acquisitions and dispositions; recapitalization; consulting",
        "clients": "Investors; operators; enterprises",
        "transaction_record": "CBRE states $6.0B+ in annual global data center transaction value and 10M sq ft of colocation space leased each year",
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": true,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.cbre.com/services/property-types/data-center",
          "title": "CBRE — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "markets",
            "services",
            "clients",
            "transaction_record",
            "colocation",
            "capital"
          ]
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.cbre.co.uk/services/property-types/data-centres/dcs-site-transactions-and-leasing",
          "title": "CBRE — data centre capital markets and leasing",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "land"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "colliers",
      "name": "Colliers",
      "url": "https://www.colliers.com/en/services/data-centers",
      "summary": "Data center advisory covering tenant representation, development site selection, valuation and transaction support.",
      "tags": [
        "Real estate brokerage"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Real estate brokerage",
        "markets": "Americas",
        "services": "Tenant representation; site selection; build-to-suit advisory; valuation; acquisition and disposition",
        "clients": "Tenants; developers; investors",
        "transaction_record": "Americas practice lead Raul Saavedra’s Colliers biography states 600+ MW of transactions completed",
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": true,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.colliers.com/en/services/data-centers",
          "title": "Colliers — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "markets",
            "services",
            "clients",
            "transaction_record",
            "colocation",
            "land",
            "capital"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "colo-x",
      "name": "Colo-X",
      "url": "https://www.colo-x.com/data-centre-colocation-brokerage-services/",
      "summary": "UK colocation broker that shortlists data centres, collects quotes and introduces buyers to suppliers, from part racks to megawatt requirements.",
      "tags": [
        "Colocation sourcing"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Colocation sourcing",
        "markets": null,
        "services": "Colocation brokerage; shortlisting; formal quotations; network and hosting sourcing; consultancy",
        "clients": null,
        "transaction_record": "Colo-X lists sourcing 1MW in London for a US service provider and dual 250kW London sites for a financial services firm",
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": null,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": "Free to buyers; the successful supplier pays Colo-X a standard fixed commission"
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.colo-x.com/data-centre-colocation-brokerage-services/",
          "title": "Colo-X: Data centre and colocation brokerage services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "services",
            "transaction_record",
            "colocation",
            "fee_basis"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "colotraq",
      "name": "COLOTRAQ",
      "url": "https://www.colotraq.com/",
      "summary": "Data center services sourcing firm supporting requirements definition, provider comparisons and contract negotiation.",
      "tags": [
        "Colocation sourcing"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Colocation sourcing",
        "markets": "Global",
        "services": "Colocation sourcing; requirements definition; provider comparison; contract negotiation",
        "clients": "Clients of all sizes",
        "transaction_record": null,
        "network_scope": "COLOTRAQ states 400+ providers representing 3,000+ data centers worldwide",
        "colocation": true,
        "land": null,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": "Free to clients with no obligation to contract, per COLOTRAQ"
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.colotraq.com/",
          "title": "COLOTRAQ — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "markets",
            "services",
            "clients",
            "network_scope",
            "colocation",
            "fee_basis"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "cresa",
      "name": "Cresa",
      "url": "https://www.cresa.com/Industries/Data-Centers",
      "summary": "Data Center Capital Markets & Advisory practice serving sellers, buyers, owners and occupiers of data center real estate.",
      "tags": [
        "Real estate brokerage"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Real estate brokerage",
        "markets": "North America; global through Knight Frank partnership",
        "services": "Development site sales; asset sales; owner leasing; occupier representation; financing; project management",
        "clients": "Sellers; buyers; owners; occupiers",
        "transaction_record": "Cresa’s data center team states 3,000+ acres of powered land and development sites transacted",
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": true,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.cresa.com/Industries/Data-Centers",
          "title": "Cresa — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "markets",
            "services",
            "clients",
            "transaction_record",
            "land",
            "capital"
          ]
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.cresa.com/-/media/Cresa/Files/PDF-Brochure/Data-Centers/Data-Centers-Capabilities-Brochure.pdf",
          "title": "Cresa — data center capabilities brochure",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "colocation"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "cushman-wakefield",
      "name": "Cushman & Wakefield",
      "url": "https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/industries/data-centers",
      "summary": "Data center real estate group advising on site selection, power procurement, lease negotiation and disposition.",
      "tags": [
        "Real estate brokerage"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Real estate brokerage",
        "markets": "Global",
        "services": "Site selection; power procurement; lease negotiation; facility management; disposition",
        "clients": "Occupiers; investors; operators",
        "transaction_record": "Washington, D.C. data center advisory team states $9B+ of data center transactions advised worldwide over the last decade",
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": true,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/industries/data-centers",
          "title": "Cushman & Wakefield — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "markets",
            "services",
            "clients",
            "land",
            "capital"
          ]
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/united-states/offices/washington-dc/occupier-and-data-center-advisory",
          "title": "Cushman & Wakefield — Washington, D.C. advisory team",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "transaction_record",
            "colocation"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "data-center-group",
      "name": "Data Center Group",
      "url": "https://datacentergroup.co/",
      "summary": "Data center land brokerage, entitlement and development practice within Coldwell Banker Commercial Elite.",
      "tags": [
        "Real estate brokerage"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Real estate brokerage",
        "markets": "United States",
        "services": "Land brokerage; site selection; power and infrastructure screening; entitlement; development",
        "clients": "Landowners; investors; end users",
        "transaction_record": null,
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": null,
        "land": true,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://datacentergroup.co/",
          "title": "Data Center Group — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "markets",
            "services",
            "clients",
            "land",
            "capital"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "datacenter-broker",
      "name": "Datacenter Broker",
      "url": "https://datacenter-broker.com/",
      "summary": "European colocation broker matching IT buyers with providers and supporting tenant acquisition for space owners.",
      "tags": [
        "Colocation sourcing"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Colocation sourcing",
        "markets": "Netherlands (primary); Belgium; Germany",
        "services": "Colocation matching; tenant acquisition; facility screening; paid specification-led sourcing",
        "clients": "IT buyers; space owners",
        "transaction_record": null,
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": null,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": "Colocation RFQ: free to buyers, provider pays a referral commission on placement. Spec-led sourcing: paid mandate. Space owners: commission per MW placed, optional fixed-fee readiness pack"
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://datacenter-broker.com/",
          "title": "Datacenter Broker — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "markets",
            "services",
            "clients",
            "colocation",
            "fee_basis"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "datacenters-com",
      "name": "Datacenters.com",
      "url": "https://www.datacenters.com/",
      "summary": "Technology marketplace for comparing data center providers and requesting colocation quotes across multiple vendors.",
      "tags": [
        "Colocation sourcing"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Colocation sourcing",
        "markets": "Global",
        "services": "Provider comparison; colocation quote collection; facility search",
        "clients": null,
        "transaction_record": null,
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": null,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.datacenters.com/",
          "title": "Datacenters.com — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "services",
            "colocation"
          ]
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.datacenters.com/about-us",
          "title": "Datacenters.com — marketplace and global scope",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "markets"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "dc-advisory",
      "name": "DC Advisory",
      "url": "https://www.dcadvisory.com/capabilities/sector-expertise/infrastructure/",
      "summary": "International investment bank whose Global Infrastructure group covers datacentres, fibre and towers for M&A and partnership processes.",
      "tags": [
        "Capital advisory"
      ],
      "fields": {
        "kind": "Capital advisory",
        "markets": "Europe; North America",
        "services": "Digital infrastructure M&A and partnership advisory covering datacentres, fibre and towers",
        "clients": null,
        "transaction_record": "Exclusive advisor to PGGM on its partnership with European data centre platform Penta Infra, per DC Advisory",
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": null,
        "land": null,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.dcadvisory.com/capabilities/sector-expertise/infrastructure/",
          "title": "DC Advisory: Infrastructure sector expertise",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "kind",
            "markets",
            "services",
            "capital"
          ]
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.dcadvisory.com/news-deals-insights/deal-announcements/dc-advisory-acts-as-exclusive-advisor-to-pggm-on-its-partnership-with-penta-infra/",
          "title": "DC Advisory acts as exclusive advisor to PGGM on its partnership with Penta Infra",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "transaction_record"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "eastdil-secured",
      "name": "Eastdil Secured",
      "url": "https://www.eastdilsecured.com/asset-classes/",
      "summary": "Real estate investment bank, now part of Savills, with a dedicated digital infrastructure team for data center sales, leasing, joint ventures and financing.",
      "tags": [
        "Capital advisory"
      ],
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          "url": "https://www.eastdilsecured.com/asset-classes/",
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          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
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        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.eastdilsecured.com/2023/07/17/eastdil-secured-appoints-rob-walters-as-managing-director/",
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            "capital"
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        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.eastdilsecured.com/?p=1795",
          "title": "Eastdil Secured: Real Estate Alert, Data-Center Sales Peak Yet Again (27 Jan 2026)",
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        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
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            "services",
            "transaction_record",
            "land",
            "capital"
          ]
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      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
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    },
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        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": null,
        "land": null,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
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        {
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            "services",
            "capital"
          ]
        },
        {
          "url": "https://hl.com/about-us/transactions/connect-des-moines-cologix/",
          "title": "Houlihan Lokey — completed Connect Des Moines sale",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
            "transaction_record"
          ]
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        {
          "url": "https://hl.com/services/financial-and-valuation-advisory/real-estate-valuation",
          "title": "Houlihan Lokey — international real estate valuation practice",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
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        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
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      "name": "Inflect",
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        "colocation": true,
        "land": null,
        "capital": null,
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      },
      "sources": [
        {
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          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
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            "services",
            "network_scope",
            "colocation"
          ]
        },
        {
          "url": "https://inflect.com/building/720-2nd-street-oakland/digital-realty/datacenter/digital-realty-720-2nd-street",
          "title": "Inflect: Digital Realty OAK10 listing",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
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      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
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    {
      "id": "jll",
      "name": "JLL",
      "url": "https://www.jll.com/en-us/industries/data-centers",
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        "Real estate brokerage"
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        "colocation": true,
        "land": true,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.jll.com/en-us/industries/data-centers",
          "title": "JLL — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
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            "markets",
            "services",
            "transaction_record",
            "colocation",
            "land",
            "capital"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "knight-frank",
      "name": "Knight Frank",
      "url": "https://www.knightfrank.com/commercial/data-centres",
      "summary": "Global data centre brokerage and consultancy for occupiers, operators, landowners and investors, from colocation to sale-leasebacks.",
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        "Real estate brokerage"
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        "transaction_record": null,
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": true,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.knightfrank.com/commercial/data-centres",
          "title": "Knight Frank — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
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            "kind",
            "markets",
            "services",
            "clients",
            "colocation",
            "land",
            "capital"
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        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "lazard",
      "name": "Lazard",
      "url": "https://lazard.com/financial-advisory/sectors/",
      "summary": "Financial advisory firm whose Telecom & Digital Infrastructure group advises owners of data centers, towers and fiber.",
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        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": null,
        "land": null,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
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        {
          "url": "https://lazard.com/financial-advisory/sectors/",
          "title": "Lazard Financial Advisory: Our sectors, Telecom & Digital Infrastructure",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
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            "services",
            "capital"
          ]
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.kslaw.com/about/news/t5-data-centers-completes-sale-of-operations-business-to-salute-mission-critical",
          "title": "King & Spalding: T5 Data Centers completes sale of operations business to Salute",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
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        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
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    {
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        "colocation": true,
        "land": null,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://macronetservices.com/consulting-services/data-center-iaas/",
          "title": "Macronet Services — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
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            "markets",
            "services",
            "network_scope",
            "colocation"
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        }
      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
      "id": "moelis",
      "name": "Moelis & Company",
      "url": "https://www.moelis.com/what-we-do/industry-expertise/",
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        "Capital advisory"
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        "transaction_record": "Moelis lists a $6B programmatic joint venture with Cloud Capital to invest in hyperscale data centers (2026) and an $835M Brookfield equity and Deutsche Bank debt raise (2025)",
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        "colocation": null,
        "land": null,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.moelis.com/what-we-do/industry-expertise/",
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          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
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            "capital"
          ]
        },
        {
          "url": "https://www.moelis.com/our-transactions/?category=data-centers-emerging-telecom",
          "title": "Moelis: Transactions, Data Centers & Emerging Telecom",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
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      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
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    {
      "id": "newmark",
      "name": "Newmark",
      "url": "https://www.nmrk.com/services/property-types/data-center",
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        "Real estate brokerage"
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        "network_scope": null,
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        "land": true,
        "capital": true,
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      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.nmrk.com/services/property-types/data-center",
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          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
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            "services",
            "clients",
            "colocation",
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      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
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      "name": "North American Data Centers",
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        "colocation": true,
        "land": true,
        "capital": true,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
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          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
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        },
        {
          "url": "https://nadatacenters.com/land-disposition-services/",
          "title": "North American Data Centers — land disposition services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
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      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
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    {
      "id": "plannet",
      "name": "PLANNET",
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        "Colocation sourcing"
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        "transaction_record": null,
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": null,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": null
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      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://plannet.com/data-center-consulting-services/colocation-cloud-sourcing/",
          "title": "PLANNET — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
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      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
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    {
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      "name": "Savills",
      "url": "https://www.savills.co.uk/services/consultancy/data-centre-advisory-emea.aspx",
      "summary": "EMEA data centre advisory for developers, occupiers and investors, including colocation sourcing and debt structuring.",
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        "transaction_record": null,
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": true,
        "capital": true,
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      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.savills.co.uk/services/consultancy/data-centre-advisory-emea.aspx",
          "title": "Savills — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
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            "services",
            "clients",
            "colocation",
            "land",
            "capital"
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      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
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    },
    {
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        "land": true,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.siteselectiongroup.com/data-centers",
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          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
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            "colocation",
            "land"
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      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
      "featured": false
    },
    {
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      "name": "StrataCore",
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      "summary": "Global colocation sourcing advisor evaluating facility fit, connectivity, commercial terms and service levels.",
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        "Colocation sourcing"
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        "transaction_record": null,
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        "colocation": true,
        "land": null,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://stratacore.com/solutions/colocation/",
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          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
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            "network_scope",
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      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
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    },
    {
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      "summary": "Colocation sourcing advisors who build requirements, collect vendor quotes and assist with implementation and ongoing support.",
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        "clients": null,
        "transaction_record": null,
        "network_scope": null,
        "colocation": true,
        "land": null,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": null
      },
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://upstack.com/solutions/colocation-data-center-expertise/",
          "title": "UPSTACK — data center services",
          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
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            "colocation"
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      ],
      "verifiedAt": "2026-11-11",
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    },
    {
      "id": "volterra-advisors",
      "name": "Volterra Advisors",
      "url": "https://www.volterraadvisors.com/solutions/tenant-representation-site-selection/",
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        "network_scope": null,
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        "land": true,
        "capital": null,
        "fee_basis": null
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          "accessed": "2026-11-11",
          "fields": [
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