Tech giants' data center fever spreads to adjacent warehouses | The Seattle Times

Tech giants are leasing adjacent warehouse space to store equipment and materials for data center construction and maintenance, driving up industrial real estate demand and rents in key markets like Northern Virginia. Data center-related warehouse leasing in the mid-Atlantic is projected to reach 14 million square feet by 2030, up from 4 million in 2026.

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