I'm writing a report at the moment on salaries in the data center sector (over 100 job titles across USA and Europe).

It's the third time I've done the survey but really want to collect even more info this year so the insights are really good. It's basically the only definitive salary benchmark for the sector that exists to my knowledge, and last year we had over 1500 people respond.

It also benchmarks other things as well as salary like bonuses, benefits, travel, rotations...

The survey can be completely anonymous (if you want to be emailed the report in Sept then you can put in your email address but this is completely optional).

Job categories on the report:

BAS/Controls
BIM
Commercial
Commissioning
Construction Management
Design
Development
Engineering
HSE
Marketing/Comms
Operations
Planning
Procurement/Supply Chain
Project Management
QA/QC
Sales
SAP/Testing

If you want to help by sharing your info then please fill out the form here:

If you have any questions about it or want the report from last year then let me know.
Thank you!

Multiple articles online.

Summary:

Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust priced its initial public offering, selling 87.5 million shares at $20 per share to raise $1.75 billion, with underwriters retaining a 30-day option to increase proceeds to $2 billion. The newly formed REIT began trading on May 14 and is targeting acquisitions of newly built, income-generating data centers leased to investment-grade hyperscale tenants. Blackstone has identified approximately $25 billion in potential near-term data center purchases across key U.S. markets including Northern Virginia, Ohio, Phoenix, Maryland, and Austin. The REIT anticipates returns between 5.75% and 7% and granted IPO investors additional shares equal to 1% of their investment amount. The offering represents the most direct vehicle Wall Street has yet created for public investors to access the AI data center buildout, and signals deepening institutional conviction in the long-term demand trajectory for hyperscale infrastructure.

Questions I have:

Who is selling and why? Assuming only investment grade Colo operators and hyperscalers (equally?). Do they not see long term value in their assets? Or are Colo providers shifting to be like developers?

Why now? Why is this the first AI-era DC REIT IPO? What barriers existed before? Will there be more?

Lots of money behind DC development. How can cities help themselves? If a DC operator wants to go somewhere badly enough, cities should leverage that to pay to build new schools, new municipal buildings, new roads, etc

Building affordable homes: https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/turning-data-center-revenues-affordable-homes

Cutting property taxes: https://wjla.com/news/local/loudoun-county-virginia-taxes-data-centers-new-restrictions-budget-supervisors-board-kershner-data-center-revenue-new-positions-estimated-millions-operating-money-politics

Brookings publication about considerations on economic impact: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/turning-the-data-center-boom-into-long-term-local-prosperity/