Data center REITs offer a lower-cost option for investing in commercial real estate that houses computing equipment. Learn about the industry and your options for investing.

Digital Realty is a global REIT that claims to be the world's largest data center platform. Its PlatformDigital spans more than 300 data centers globally and serves over half of Fortune 500 companies, ...

It was a rough week for most artificial intelligence (AI) stocks last week. As revealed in several of last quarter's earnings reports, not every investment in AI tech is paying off as soon or as much ...

After two weak years, real estate investment trusts (REITs) are making a comeback in 2026. Farmland REITs were up about 24% year-to-date (YTD) as of mid-February, while data-center REITs gained 22%, ...

Most REIT (VNQ) investors focus primarily on income, and as a result, they often end up selecting individual REITs primarily based on their current dividend yield. That’s very understandable if you ...

This ETF focuses primarily on small- and mid-cap equity REITs with higher dividend yields, helping it generate one of the ...

Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. (“SST VI”), a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust sponsored by an affiliate of SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (“SmartStop”) (NYSE: SMA), ...

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Get tips on investing in real estate via retail REITs. Digital Realty Trust is one of the largest data center operators in the world. In addition to renting space in its facilities to companies to ...