Data Centers Are the New Anchor Tenants

In rural and mid-sized markets, data center development is functioning the way big-box retail once did — as an anchor that drives infrastructure investment, utility upgrades, and economic development incentives. Communities that understand this are competing aggressively for data center siting. The deals being structured today in markets like Cleveland County, NC and the Missouri Ozarks will define the economic geography of those regions for the next twenty years.

— Dr. Tom Muzzey, Energy Practice