UK's Segro plans data centre strategy shift as AI booms
Typically, Segro leases out data centres to firms that add infrastructure such as chillers, generators, and dividing walls before sub-leasing to tech companies, which then add their own technology. Under the new strategy, the London-based company will lease data centres fitted with required infrastructure directly to end users. "A 'powered shell' might cost 50 million pounds ($62.9 million) to build, whereas a 'fully fitted' data centre could require around 500 million pounds.