- CBRE has been named an Nvidia solution adviser, offering AI-related data center consulting services to enterprises.
- The partnership does not involve CBRE’s CRE operations and focuses solely on AI and data center capacity.
- Data center demand is surging, with projections that these facilities will consume nearly 7% of US power by 2028.
- A new $500B JV, backed by President Trump, OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle, aims to boost US data center capacity.
CBRE Group (CBRE) has partnered with Nvidia (NVDA) to provide AI advisory services for enterprises looking to expand AI-ready data center capacity.
The collaboration will focus on helping clients identify and deploy colocation facilities capable of meeting the high-power computing demands of AI applications.
Joining Forces
As US tech giants race to scale their AI infrastructure, CBRE has been brought on as a solutions adviser consultant for Nvidia. The brokerage will help enterprises identify AI-ready data centers and find colocation facilities with the power and technology to support high-performance AI computing.
“The CBRE data center consulting business oversees significant data center capacity in regions including [Europe, the Middle East, and Africa] and the U.S. to support enterprises that would like to expand their Nvidia AI operations,” an Nvidia spokesperson told Bisnow.
Notably, CBRE’s commercial real estate operations are not included in the partnership.
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The Data Center Boom
Rob Cooper, a CBRE senior director in London who leads the firm’s data center advisory operations in EMEA, announced the partnership on LinkedIn last week. He highlighted CBRE’s expertise in helping clients rapidly deploy AI infrastructure at scale.
The collaboration comes as data center developers and energy providers struggle to keep up with demand. AI models require massive computing power, pushing companies to expand or secure high-capacity colocation space.
We Need More Power
With AI development accelerating, industry forecasts project that data centers will consume nearly 7% of all US power by 2028.
Adding to the momentum, President Donald Trump recently announced a $500B joint venture—with backing from OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle (ORCL)—to expand US data center capacity and meet the growing energy needs of AI technologies.
Looking Ahead
CBRE’s role as an AI data center advisor positions the firm at the heart of the next wave of AI-driven infrastructure expansion.
As tech companies compete for limited power and computing resources, partnerships like these could be crucial in shaping the future of AI development and data center growth.
