Data centres form the backbone of the digital economy.
As demand for data grows over the years, more storage space will be needed to handle increasingly voluminous amounts of information.
This trend is likely to continue as businesses embrace big data and digitalisation.
Large technology companies such as Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) are also tapping on cloud computing to grow their sales.
According to Ericsson, global mobile data traffic is also expected to grow by 40% per year between now and 2025.
As an investor, you can participate in the growth of the digital economy by parking some money in the data centre sector.
To do so, you can either purchase pure-play data centre REITs or industrial REITs that contain data centres within their portfolio.
Here are three data centre-focused REITs that look ready to increase their distributions.
Keppel DC REIT (SGX: AJBU)
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