Global Private Capital Association: Scaling Data Centers Globally

Steven jolined panelists Horace Zona, Katie Wu, Obinna Isiadinso and Rodrigo Abreu for a great discussion at the Global Private Capital Conference’s “Scaling Data Centers Globally”.

Chips, NIMBY, Power, Skilled Labor, Sovereign AI: Challenges and Opportunities for Scaling Data Centers Globally. In Q1 2026 alone, in Global Private Capital Association's markets, capital invested in data centers reached USD5.2b, above most full-year totals.

But there are many emerging issues which can either accelerate or challenge that trend, or both.