“Data centers, for latency reasons, had to be located near certain customers, certain population hubs. So, we saw these markets emerge where there was a lot of data center concentration [such as] Northern Virginia, Dallas, Phoenix,” explained Elissa Wilson during a panel discussion this week at CRE.Converge in Toronto. But the artificial intelligence-driven surge in demand over the past two years has opened opportunities in new markets where power is still abundant and grids are less constrained.