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As demand for data centers soars, real estate companies look to become energy developers | TechCrunch

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Brendan Wallace is the co-founder of Fifth Wall Ventures , a nine-year-old proptech venture firm with $3.2 billion in assets under management.

Wallace sees a huge opportunity to help Fifth Wall's limited partners seize on the tech industry’s demand for data centers and the energy required to fuel them.

Wallace : "This will be a moment of rebuilding and reimagination for one of America 's greatest cities".

Wallace : Wildfires in Southern California are unlikely to change the way real estate is valued in these high-risk areas.

He says new construction will drive up replacement cost for homes.

Wallace : Proptech sector has seen fewer deals in recent years , but spring has sprung for prop tech industry.

Data centers have probably been for the past two years the hottest asset class in the real estate industry.

Data center is so energy intensive, the local utility won't allow you to plug in that grid.

That’s forcing real estate to say, We have to be in the energy business ourselves.