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Data center growth is driving new logistics opportunities


 Data center growth is driving new logistics opportunities

Data centers are at the heart of the AI revolution, and the U.S. is leaning heavily into their development. With investments expected to total more than $1 trillion over the next five years, the facilities are driving a new era in U.S. technological achievements. That centers, though, require a lot of infrastructure, including logistics support, to happen.

DP World sees its expertise and global footprint as positioning it to support this next wave of infrastructure development. Supply Chain Management Review sat down with DP World executives at the recent Gartner conference to talk about the business and, specifically, the supply chain opportunity as data centers are built. 

“The whole industry, the investments going into data centers today is over $300 billion and growing at 15%,” said Rob Choy, global SVP, vertical lead-technology, for DP World. “We’re just looking for a small slice of that around logistics.”

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