AI is overwhelming today’s data centers, but a comprehensive stack of infrastructure, energy, and software solutions is emerging to meet this challenge. JLL’s 2026 Global Data Center Outlook report projects nearly 100 GW of new capacity will be built between 2026 and 2030, with AI workloads accounting for roughly half of all usage by decade’s end. We anticipate that demand will still outpace this supply.
Welcome 2026! It’s only fitting that we open the new year with our predictions on trending topics in CRE and venture circles. We polled the JLL Spark team for their outlook on AI’s transformation of CRE, industry tech adoption and implementation, and exit expectations. What were the overall sentiments and who carried the outlying opinions?
Welcome 2026! It’s only fitting that we open the new year with our predictions on trending topics in CRE and venture circles. We polled the JLL Spark team for their outlook on AI’s transformation of CRE, industry tech adoption and implementation, and exit expectations. What were the overall sentiments and who carried the outlying opinions?
Facilities management (FM) has evolved into a strategic partner for corporate real estate occupiers, increasingly leveraged to drive core business objectives such as operational efficiency, enterprise resilience, and occupant engagement. Guest writer Wei Xie, Research & Strategy Leader, Workplace Management at JLL, shares an in-depth look at the state of FM and a call for tech to bridge the gaps.
In our latest team feature, get to know Daniel Correa, JLL Spark Growth Principal based in New York City. He is the powerhouse behind accelerating our portfolio companies within JLL’s transaction businesses – Leasing Advisory, Capital Markets, and LaSalle Investment Management. Read more from Daniel as he shares his observations in CRE, using his experience to leverage relationships that drive tech innovation at JLL.
With operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of more than 110,000 employees, JLL faces the immense challenge of managing vast amounts of property data from multiple sources, markets, and formats. To address this complexity data challenge, we invested in and deployed PRODA – a solution that has been essential in building a unified, scalable, and effective enterprise data platform for one of our industry’s most fragmented data sets: rent rolls.
Our recent investment in Acelab reiterates JLL’s commitment to tech-enabling our core business functions and represents a strategic leap forward in enhancing one of our critical processes: material discovery and procurement. Acelab’s Material Hub, an all-in-one materials management platform, enhances efficiency for architects and designers in JLL’s PDS group, providing superior quality control and economic advantage, in addition to supporting sustainability objectives.
JLL Spark and Goodwin Law hosted, with sponsorship from Andersen, an audience of almost 90 people, expertly curated to speak and network about some of the most pressing issues in our business at Unstable Foundations: An analysis of CRE’s relationship with tech.
Learn more about the discussions in Managing Partner Raj Singh’s Unstable Foundations event recap and join the conversation with your thoughts on topics we should cover next.
JLL Spark’s newest portfolio company is building an ‘AI brain’ to aid architects, developers, operators and contractors in making decisions about construction materials.
Persistent challenges facing the construction technology industry result in unnecessary manual work, added complexity, and ultimately, project delays and cost overruns. In our latest blog post Transforming project management: How JLL Spark’s partnership with Ingenious.Build is revolutionizing client service, we demonstrate how a strategic partnership between JLL Spark, our portfolio company Ingenious.Build, and JLL’s Project and Development Services team is solving these challenges while delivering enhanced value to our clients.
