Data Center Valuation and Advisory Services

As data centers grow in complexity and significance, accurate valuations and expert advisory services are essential. In the U.S., data center market revenue is expected to reach $137.5 billion in 2025.

Industry revenue increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.6% over the past five years and reached roughly $16.2 billion in 2024.

U.S. data center revenue will hit $137 billion in 2025


That kind of growth brings new challenges… energy strategy, regulations, and making sure your investments are accurately valued. Take the first step and download our Data Centers white paper and Data Centers Service sheet.

Our specialists provide tailored valuation and consulting solutions for the data center sector, supporting investment decisions, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

The data center industry is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by advancements in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and the increasing demand for data storage and processing. As data centers grow in complexity and significance, accurate valuations and expert advisory services are essential.

Our multidisciplinary team offers holistic insights to data center owners, operators, investors, and lenders. Our approach to data center valuation integrates deep expertise in real estate, critical equipment, financial modeling, tax optimization, and litigation support. Our team ensures that every aspect of a data center’s value is accurately assessed and strategically positioned.

 

Multidisciplinary Data Center Valuation

Marshall & Stevens provides tailored valuation and consulting solutions for the data center sector, supporting investment decisions, risk management, and regulatory compliance. Our multidisciplinary approach integrates real estate, equipment, finance, infrastructure, and tax, offering holistic insights to data center owners, operators, investors, and lenders.

Real Estate Valuation

Attorneys, accountants, wealth managers and financing sources refer their clients to Marshall & Stevens because we deliver high-quality work through an insightful, service-oriented approach.

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Machinery and Equipment

Our Machinery and Equipment valuation professionals spend the time necessary to provide reliable analyses.

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Financial Valuation

Lawyers, accountants, wealth managers and other trusted advisors refer their important clients to us for financial valuation and consulting services.

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Energy and Infrastructure Valuation

Asset intensive businesses often require analyses from specialists in financial, fixed asset, and real estate valuation collaborating to deliver independent value opinions their auditors, tax professionals...

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Cost Segregation

Tax professionals across the country refer their clients to Marshall & Stevens for Cost Segregation of owned and leased real estate, and renewable energy projects because our analyses are based upon the most recent tax..

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Litigation Support

Our specialists are regularly engaged to provide insight into multiple facets of matters of dispute. Cases where we have been engaged include matters before federal and state courts, arbitration panels...

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Data Center Frequently Asked Questions

  • The global data center market is expanding due to the increasing demand for cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), digital transactions, and data storage. In 2025, global revenue is projected to reach approximately US$452.50 billion, with the U.S. contributing US$137.50 billion. The surge is driven by rising internet use, remote work trends, and digital content consumption. 

  • Data centers benefit from Investment Tax Credits (ITCs) and Tax Equity Financing, particularly when integrating renewable energy solutions. These tools help reduce tax liabilities and attract investor capital for large-scale projects. However, eligibility depends on state and federal regulations, and such programs may change, requiring ongoing monitoring. 

  • ESS are vital for ensuring reliability, cost savings, and sustainability. They store energy during off-peak hours, maintain operations during outages, and support renewable energy integration. These systems align with corporate environmental goals and help manage fluctuating energy demands. 

  • Marshall & Stevens provides a comprehensive suite of services including: 

    • Real Estate Valuation for market value and infrastructure assessments. 
    • Machinery & Equipment Valuation covering IT systems, power, and cooling. 
    • Financial Valuation & Advisory, including purchase price allocations and feasibility studies. 
    • Energy & Infrastructure Advisory, focused on energy efficiency and renewables. 
    • Cost Segregation & Tax Consulting for depreciation optimization and tax credit identification. 
    • Litigation Support with expert witness services and dispute assessments. 
  • The U.S. states of Northern Virginia, Texas, and Arizona are leading data center real estate development due to infrastructure availability and state incentives. These regions are seeing significant investment and expansion, supported by favorable regulatory environments.

Data Center Valuation Contacts at Marshall & Stevens

Patrick Craig

CREA, MAI, MRICS

Practice Leader

Background

Patrick Craig is a Principal, Executive Managing Director, and National Practice Leader for the Real Estate Valuation Practice at Marshall & Stevens Incorporated.

Mr. Craig has over 30 years of experience in the real estate business involving valuation of single assets or portfolios, serving clients in the financial services, banking, REIT, insurance, legal, accounting, audit, corporate, development, pension and asset management sectors. His experience includes valuation and consulting for proposed and existing real estate projects and real estate portfolios including office, industrial, apartment, retail, hotel, mixed-use, self-storage, and community facility uses. He has also worked on matters of dispute including serving as a valuation expert in litigation.

Mr. Craig entered the real estate business in 1986. Prior to joining Marshall & Stevens, he led the Northeast valuation practice for Colliers International, while running the firm’s Portfolio Valuation Group and Business Innovation Committee and serving on the firm’s Global Leadership Team. Prior to Colliers International, he spent almost two decades with Cushman & Wakefield serving in numerous leadership roles including co-leader of its Portfolio Valuation Group, as Chairman of the firm’s Business Innovation Committee, and as a member of the Global Business Initiatives Council. Prior to Cushman & Wakefield, he held real estate appraisal positions at Dorman & Wilson and European American Bank.

He has served on the Board of Directors for the NY Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. He is an affiliate member of ADISA, a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, NCREIF, and the International Council of Shopping Centers. He is licensed as a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser in: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, Virginia, Iowa and Illinois.

Professional Highlights

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  • Member, Appraisal Institute 
    • Board of Directors, New York Chapter, former  
  • Affiliate Member, Alternative & Direct Investment Securities Association (ADISA) 
  • Member, Real Estate Board of New York 
  • Member, National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF)
  • Member, International Council of Shopping Centers
  • Marshall & Stevens, Inc.
    Executive Managing Director, 2013-present
  • ARGUS Software
    Senior Vice President, Client Management, 2012-2013
  • Colliers International
    Regional Managing Director - Northeastern US, 2010-2012
  • Cushman & Wakefield
    Senior Managing Director, 1991-2010
  • EAB Bank
    Vice President, 1990-1991
  • Dorman & Wilson
    Associate, 1986-1990

Fernando Sosa

ASA, MRICS

Managing Director

Background

J. Fernando Sosa is a Managing Director in the Energy & Infrastructure Practice of Marshall & Stevens Incorporated. He is co-leader of its Chicago E&I region and oversees the execution of valuation consulting services to the firm’s public and privately held clients.

Mr. Sosa specializes in valuation and cost estimates of tangible assets and integrated projects/facilities both domestic and international. Independent valuation consulting and opinions are provided for buy/sell consideration, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and financings, financial reporting, tax reporting, bankruptcy/restructuring, feasibility, and matters of dispute including litigation support. He is fluent in Spanish and has performed appraisals for clients throughout the United States and for multinational clients in England, Spain, México, Panamá, Dominican Republic, Chile, El Salvador, Colombia, and Puerto Rico.

Mr. Sosa is responsible for the valuation of residential, commercial and industrial, community, distributed generation, and utility scale solar electric generation projects and portfolios, wind electric generation projects, stand-alone energy storage, microgrids, and renewable natural gas projects. He works with our Financial Valuation Practice on financial reporting analyses. He leads the valuation of facilities to qualify for repowering (“80/20 test”).

Tax reporting assignments are most commonly provided for compliance with Internal Revenue Code Sections 861, 382, and 704(c), cost segregation (MACRS) and personal property tax. Financial reporting assignment including purchase price allocations (ASC 805), impairment testing (ASC 350 and 360), and fresh start accounting (ASC 852).

Mr. Sosa has served clients in a variety of industries including aviation, construction, energy generation, entertainment, food processing, hospitality, manufacturing, medical imaging, plastic injection molding, retail, semiconductor, steel reprocessing, transportation, waste collection and recycle, water/wastewater treatment plants, and other infrastructure projects.

Prior to rejoining Marshall & Stevens, Mr. Sosa served in senior roles at Cushman & Wakefield, CohnReznick, and American Appraisal Associates. He started his valuation career in American Appraisal’s Public Accounting Service Group. He was employed by Marshall & Stevens from 2002-2005.

An Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) in Machinery & Technical Specialties with the American Society of Appraisers, Mr. Sosa currently serves as Chair of Membership for the International American Society of Appraisers and has served in leadership roles for the Chicago chapter of the American Society of Appraisers including chapter President in 2022-2023. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Charted Surveyors (MRICS).

Professional Highlights

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  • Member, American Society of Appraisers
    • Chair of Membership Committee, International American Society of Appraisers, present 
    • President, American Society of Appraisers Chicago Chapter, 2022-2023
  • Member, Royal Institution of Charted Surveyors
  • Marshall & Stevens, Inc.
    September 2023-present
      ‣
    Managing Director, Energy & Infrastructure, 2024-present 
      ‣
    Director, 2023-2024
  • Cushman & Wakefield
    Director, 2018-2023
  • CohnReznick LLP
    Senior Manager, 2013-2018
  • Alpha Power
    Vice President, 2009-2013
  • MR Valuation Consulting, LLC
    Manager, 2007-2013
  • American Appraisal Associates
    Manager, 2006-2007
  • Deloitte Financial Advisory Services 
    Senior Associate, 2005-2006
  • Marshall & Stevens, Inc. 
    Senior Consultant, 2003-2005

Martin Hanan

CFA, MBA

Managing Director

Background

Martin Hanan is a Managing Director with 40 years of business valuation, transaction and business economics consulting experience. He was the founder and President for ValueScope, and joined Marshall & Stevens in 2024, with their acquisition of ValueScope. He works primarily in transaction advisory and financial valuation.

Having created two industry-leading firms, Mr. Hanan has managed hundreds of engagements for other professional advisors, and government and corporate clients in a wide array of industries.

Mr. Hanan’s expertise includes the valuation of closely held business interests, financial derivatives, and intellectual property; governance issues including executive compensation; and financial and tax reporting issues including transfer pricing, transactional assistance and methods designed to accelerate corporate cash flow and value.

Mr. Hanan’s strengths include deep insight into econometrics, theory and methodology, business appraisal, and empirical analysis. He is highly analytical, quantitative and creative, and utilizes these skills in assignments ranging from value measurement to value harvesting to expert testimony.

Professional Highlights

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  • The CFA Institute
  • Dallas Society of Financial Analysts
  • Beta Gamma Sigma Alumni - Dallas Chapter
  • Scale Marketing LLC, Director
  • Director, Project Chimps (non-profit)
  • Former Director, Einstein Noah Bagel Corp.
  • Former Director, Luna Carpet, Inc. 
  • Former Director, Board of Trustees, Alliance for Higher Education / North Texas Regional Center for Innovation and Commercialization
  • ValueScope, Inc.
    Founder and President, 2001-present
  • Business Valuation Services, Inc. 
    Founder and President, 1987-2000
  • H.D. Vest Business Valuation Services, Inc.  
    President, 1987
  • Touche Ross & Co. 
    Senior Manager, Valuation Engineering and Appraisal Services, 1986-1987
  • Arthur D. Little Valuation 
    Manager, 1983-1986
  • Motorola Govt. Electronics Group
    Design and Manufacturing Engineer, 1978-1982

Anthony Festa

ASA

Managing Director & National Practice Leader

Background

Anthony Festa, ASA, is a Managing Director in the New York Office’s Machinery & Equipment Practice of Marshall & Stevens Incorporated. Mr. Festa’s responsibilities include overseeing the delivery of valuation services to the Firm’s machinery and equipment valuation clients.

Mr. Festa leads asset valuations for buy/sell consideration, financing, insurance, tax reporting, and financial reporting purposes including purchase price allocations (ASC 805), impairment testing (ASC 350 and ASC 360), and Internal Revenue Code Sections 861, 382, and 704(c).  Financing engagements include valuations for leasing and other structure finance transactions and bankruptcy/reorganization including fresh-start accounting.

Mr. Festa has served clients in a wide variety of industries including, but not limited to: automotive, aerospace and defense, broadcast and communications, chemicals, entertainment, financial services, food production, healthcare, hospitality, mining and milling, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, restaurants, semiconductor, telecommunications, textiles, water and other infrastructure projects.

Specific to the water infrastructure industry, he has performed valuations for several Texas-based investor-owned water and wastewater plants for a transaction, a New Jersey township for a transaction, and a New Hampshire wastewater plant for financing purposes. He is an associate member of the National Association of Water Companies (NAWC) and has spoken at numerous professional conferences on the valuation of water utilities including the NAWC Water Summit in 2019.

He is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) in Machinery & Technical Specialties with the American Society of Appraisers. He has served in multiple leadership roles for New York City chapter of the American Society of Appraisers including President of the chapter in 2010-2011.

Professional Highlights

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  • Associate Member, National Association of Water Companies (NAWC)
  • Member, American Society of Appraisers, New York Chapter 
    • President, 2010-2011
  • Marshall & Stevens, Inc.
    September 2022-present
      ‣
    Managing Director, National Practice Leader - Machinery & Equipment, 2023-present  
      ‣
    Director, 2022-2023
  • Cushman & Wakefield 
    Director, 2018-2022
  • Alvarez & Marshal 
    Senior Director, 2012-2018
  • American Appraisal Associates
    Director, 2005-2012
  • Ernst & Young 
    Manager, 1997-2005
  • Lehman Brothers 
    Tax Accounting Intern, 1996-1997
  • Valuing Specific Assets in Divorce, contributing author, first published by Aspen Publishers in 2000, updated in 2009 and 2013
  • Valuation Strategies in Divorce, fourth edition (contributing author), Aspen Publishers, 2009
  • December 2007, co-presenter in Greensboro, North Carolina to the North Carolina Department of Revenue on the “Valuation of Idle Equipment”
  • February & March 2016, presenter in Washington, DC and Augusta, Georgia to the National Association of Regulated Utilities Commissioners on the “Valuation of Water Utilities”
  • August 2016 and 2018, presenter in Denver, Colorado and Washington DC, respectively, to the Water Finance Conference on the “Valuation of Water Utilities”
  • July 2018, co-presenter in Toronto, Canada to the American Society of Civil Engineers on the “Valuation of Water Utilities”
  • October 2019, panelist in Nashville, TN at the National Association of Water Companies’ 2019 Water Summit on “Fair Market Value Legislation”
  • Podcast interview via Soundcloud – Assessing and Valuing Water Systems
  • ASA NYC chapter presentations including “M&E Valuation Concepts under ASC 360,” and “M&E Financial Reporting Audit Issues”

Gregory Feldman

Managing Director

Background

Greg Feldman is a Managing Director with Marshall & Stevens Incorporated and MS Capital. He is responsible for business development and client management.

Mr. Feldman joined Marshall & Stevens in 2010. He works with public and private companies and their trusted advisors to provide valuations of businesses, equity and debt instruments, intangible assets, machinery & equipment, and commercial real estate including cost segregation studies. Analyses are provided for buy/sell consideration, financial reporting, financing and recapitalization, tax planning and reporting, insurance placement and dispute resolution.

Prior to Marshall & Stevens, Mr. Feldman successfully served in business development and operational roles within a diverse group of industries including Big 4 and other international accounting firms, retail, consumer products, and printing.

Mr. Feldman has received extensive training in Sales, Sales Management, Negotiation, Project Management and overall Business Development.

He is active on several boards including Bloomingdale Youth Sports Association and the Tampa Chapter of Association of Corporate Growth (“ACG”) serving as the Membership Committee Chair.

Professional Highlights

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  • Board Member, Bloomingdale Youth Sports Association
  • Membership Committee Chair, Association of Corporate Growth, Tampa Chapter 
  • Marshall & Stevens, Inc.
    Managing Director, Business Development, 2010-present
  • Grant Thornton LLP
    Business Development Executive, 2010
  • Ernst & Young
    Business Development Executive, 2007-2010
  • RR Donnelley (formerly Wallace Computer Services) 
    Regional Sales Manager, 1992-2007

Jonathan Adelson

JD, LLM

Managing Director

Background

Jonathan Adelson is a Managing Director, Business Development with Marshall & Stevens.

Mr. Adelson joined Marshall & Stevens in 2024. He leads business development efforts with public and private companies, private equity funds, and turnarounds to deliver independent financial opinions with respect to valuation, solvency, capital adequacy and fairness in connection with mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, financings and financial and tax reporting matters for businesses, equity and debt securities, loans, derivative instruments, structured products, intangible assets, fixed assets real estate and more.

Prior to Marshall & Stevens, Mr. Adelson was a Manager at KPMG and a Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal. He has served in business development roles for Valuation Research Corporation, Adelson Strategies (a global business development and strategy firm), and Trio Media Ventures. He began his career in public policy.

Mr. Adelson volunteers with multiple organizations.

Professional Highlights

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  • Marshall & Stevens, Inc.
    Managing Director, Business Development, 2024-present
  • Valuation Research Corporation
    Managing Director, 2017-2024
  • Adelson Strategies
    Managing Director, 2015-2017
  • Trio Media Ventures
    Founder, Head of Global Strategy & Business Development, 2015-2017
  • Alvarez & Marsal
    Managing Director, 2005-2015
  • KPMG LLP 
    1998-2005
      ‣ Manager, 1999-2005
      ‣ Intern, Washington National Tax Practice, Summer 1998
  • American Iron and Steel Institute
    Law Clerk, Office of the General Counsel and VP of Public Policy, Summer 1995
  • Liz Robbins Associates
    Junior Associate, Washington Representatives, 1991-1994
  • Bondville Fair (Bondville, VT)
    Board of Directors, 2023-present 
  • The M&A Advisor 2022 (New York, NY) 
    Advisory Board, 2022-2023
  • The Stratton Foundation (Stratton, VT)  
    Volunteer, 2020-present
  • Stars of Hope (New York, NY) 
    Volunteer, 2019-present 
  • Progressive Policy Institute (Washington, DC) 
    Board of Directors, 2016-present
  • Ithaca College Alumni Association (Ithaca, NY) 
    Board of Directors, 2002-2008

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