Data Center REIT Pioneer to Digital Infrastructure Leader: Hossein Fateh on 25 Years Leadership Role

In our first episode of Season 2 of the Real Estate Forum Podcast, host Raphael Sidelsky sits down with Hossein Fateh, Founder and CEO of CloudHQ and Cloud Capital, to explore the evolution of the data center industry and why it has become one of the most durable and strategically important asset classes in real estate.

Hossein shares his journey from navigating real estate bankruptcies during the dot-com crash to co-founding and taking public an early data center REIT and ultimately building a global data center platform. He breaks down the fundamentals of powered land, long-term tenant relationships, and development yields, while addressing AI-driven demand, infrastructure constraints, financing innovation, and the myths around data center obsolescence. The conversation offers an inside look at the capital markets, operational discipline, and long-term thinking required to build and sustain digital infrastructure at a global scale.

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The Real Estate Forum podcast is produced by The Podcast Consultant with special thanks to Executive Producer Maria Fera.