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Report: Blue Owl Capital Planning to Launch Data Center REIT

Report: Blue Owl Capital Planning to Launch Data Center REIT

by Phil Hall | Sep 8, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, News/Current Events, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Blue Owl Capital (NYSE: OWL), an alternative asset management firm headquartered in New York City, is reportedly planning to launch a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on data centers. According to a Bloomberg report sourced from unnamed...
Cherokee Nation Bans Hyperscale Data Center Development on Tribal Land

Cherokee Nation Bans Hyperscale Data Center Development on Tribal Land

by Phil Hall | Aug 17, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The Cherokee Nation has implemented a ban on hyperscale data center development on tribally owned and trust lands. The tribe’s ruling follows the release of the Principal Chief’s Data Center Task Force Report, which analyzed the economic and environmental impacts of...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Aug. 10-14

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Aug. 10-14

by Phil Hall | Aug 14, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, Hits and Misses, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Data centers are popping up in lower-income neighborhoods, fewer retail stores are shutting down, and British homebuyers are looking for air-conditioned residences. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of Aug. 10-14....
Texas Governor Pauses New Data Centers with Audit Order

Texas Governor Pauses New Data Centers with Audit Order

by Phil Hall | Aug 5, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued an order that requires the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to audit all data centers advancing through ERCOT’s interconnection process before they can become operational....
Willie Nelson: Data Centers are ‘Invading Our Land’

Willie Nelson: Data Centers are ‘Invading Our Land’

by Phil Hall | Jul 29, 2026 | Commercial Real Estate News, News/Current Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Country music legend Willie Nelson has come out against the proliferation of ongoing and proposed data center construction. In a posting on his social media pages, the 93-year-old singer/songwriter slammed a proposal to build a data center near high longtime home in...
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