Data centers, which store, process and distribute information on a massive scale, require considerable investment, both in terms of initial construction and equipment, and in terms of maintenance, technological upgrades and physical and logical security.

The initial cost of a data center is the result of a combination of several expenditure items: land acquisition, building layout, cooling and power supply systems, as well as the purchase of state-of-the-art IT equipment (servers, backup devices, firewalls, routers, switches). Robustness and redundancy are often paramount, forcing designers to multiply energy sources and provide back-up facilities to ensure services are always available.

The complexity of project design and implementation means that substantial research costs are required to ensure the feasibility of a data center project. The electrical connection also requires heavy investment in the upstream phase of the project, in order to anticipate long implementation times and guarantee the availability of electricity for operation when the site is commissioned.

Digital2060 relies on a network of institutional financial partners to finance these investments and enable projects to move forward on schedules in line with the exponential development of the digital industry market.

Institutional investors, such as pension funds and insurance companies, now see data centers as tangible, strategic assets, potentially offering long-term returns and requiring an investment rationale equivalent to that of infrastructure investments (energy, airports, etc.).