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Weekly Wrap: Lenders get in on the AI tech boom; Meta shows off its new retail playground; Savannah courts shipbuilders

CoStar News headlines for the week of Nov. 17
By CoStar News Staff
November 20, 2025 | 10:16 P.M.

It was a week when lenders showed just how much they were willing to put on the line to back the development of artificial intelligence data centers and infrastructure.

Meanwhile, tech giant Meta threw the doors open to its unusual store selling wearable tech, and CoStar staff writer Andy Peters ventured to Savannah, Georgia, and explored the nascent campaign to lure shipbuilders to the region.

To read more about the topics in the video, check out these headlines:

AI boom fuels record-shattering $3.46 billion Blackstone data center deal as property values surge

Why Meta is turning stores into playgrounds for wearable tech

Why shipbuilders may be interested in buying site of closed paper mill in Savannah

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