Keppel DC REIT (KDC REIT) is a pure-play data centre REIT listed on the Singapore Exchange. The REIT invests in a diversified portfolio of income-producing real estate assets which are used primarily for data centre purposes.

KDC REIT’s portfolio comprises 15 data centres — with a total attributable lettable area of 1,111,991 square feet — strategically located in key data centre hubs in 10 cities across eight countries in Asia-Pacific and Europe. As at 31 December 2018, the portfolio was valued at approximately S$2.0 billion.

No matter how advanced civilization becomes, we can’t escape the need for physical real estate. The more we rely on technology to run our lives, the more data centres we need to store and compute our information.

In the Keppel DC REIT 2018 annual report, according to BroadGroup Consulting:

‘The cloud infrastructure market is estimated to have grown by over 40% globally in 2018