Keppel DC REIT stands to benefit from its proposed acquisition of two data centers in Singapore, UOB Kay Hian's Jonathan Koh says in a research report. The proposed deal would expand the REIT's assets under management by 36% to S$5.2 billion with 25 data centers across Asia-Pacific and Europe, the analyst says. The data centers are 100% contracted to global hyperscalers from cloud services, Internet enterprise and telecommunications sectors on a colocation basis, and offer net-property-income yield of 6.5%-7.0%, the analyst notes. The brokerage raises the unit's target price to S$2.64 from S$2.50 with an unchanged buy rating. Units are 0.4% lower at S$2.24. (ronnie.harui@wsj.com)
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