Global average cost of building a data centre per megawatt of IT capacity (shell and core plus power and cooling of a 50 MW air-cooled build; land and IT equipment excluded), in US$ millions, as published by JLL. JLL's forecast for the current year is shown dashed and never as the headline. Cited values only (proprietary source); years JLL did not publish are left blank.· Current-year value is a JLL forecast (dashed)
10.7USD M/MW
2025
+39 %vs 2020
min 7.7 2020max 10.7 2025
USD M/MW
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Source: JLL, Global Data Center Outlook· Data 2025Source type : Private
Global average, shell and core only (IT fit-out excluded)Current-year value is a JLL forecast (dashed)Upd. 01/2026Y-axis truncated
