Digital Infrastructure Investment Platform: Why Category Matters
Digital infrastructure investments are measured in power and network capacity as well as space. When assessing a platform, check whether it can represent MW, fiber, and tenant mix as investment inputs rather than relying only on square footage.
Where general real estate tools may not fit
Office and industrial tools often model rent as $/SF. Data centers monetize $/kW/mo, ramped MW, and power-backed leases. A platform that cannot represent power economics, phased delivery, and high-density GPU loads in one portfolio may not capture those factors in its risk model.
CBRE/JLL 2024 benchmarks put hyperscale at $130–150/kW/mo versus retail colo at $250+. A 32MW swing of $5/kW/mo equals $1.92M/year.
What to assess in a platform
- Power-first underwriting: $/kW/mo × contracted MW × ramp with TCV.
- Phased capex and invested capital: Tracked by month and tied to returns.
- Tenant-mix-aware opex: Hyperscale, GPU, and retail colo have different operating profiles.
- Connected waterfall: LP distributions draw from the same live model.
- Portfolio view: Support for 1 to 100+ assets in one source of truth.
DIJASOFT is data center investment management software built for this category rather than retrofitted CRE. See Data Center Investment Management Software for the evaluation checklist and comparison.
*Related: Portfolio Management for Investors · Hyperscale Financial Modeling*