Global X - Data Center & Digital Infrastructure ETF
$27.33−0.40 (−1.44%)
- 0.50%
- $2.1B
- +32.4%
- 0.89%
- 1.1M sh
- $28.00
- low $19.25high $32.79
The ETF.net DTCR Grade
A
Score 76 out of 100
- 1 of 14
Score 76 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.A84 out of 100Rank 2 of 14Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A80 out of 100Rank 1 of 9Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A82 out of 100Rank 2 of 14Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D31 out of 100Rank 9 of 10Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A95 out of 100Rank 1 of 14
Our read on DTCR
ALaunched in 2020, before the AI buildout hit headlines, DTCR buys the plumbing: data center REITs, cell towers, and the gear wiring them together. Roughly two dozen names, global, priced under the typical infrastructure theme fund.
DTCR seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Solactive Data Center REITs & Digital Infrastructure Index. Its index-based portfolio targets companies operating data centers, cellular towers, or digital-infrastructure hardware supporting communications networks.
Why people hold it
- Narrow by design: an index-based portfolio of companies operating data centers, cellular towers, or the digital-infrastructure hardware behind communications networks.assets.globalxetfs.com
- Costs 0.50% a year, a shade below the median expense ratio in its infrastructure-theme peer group.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so buying or selling a normal-sized position seldom means hunting for the other side.
- Live since 2020, with a global mandate rather than a US-only one, and it sits in the upper half of its infrastructure cohort.
Worth knowing
- Concentrated: around 25 holdings, so a handful of tower and data center landlords set the tone for the whole fund.
- REITs sit at the core of the index, and REITs borrow heavily to build, so financing costs can matter as much as AI demand.
- Broad infrastructure funds like IFRA and IGF charge less and spread across utilities, transport and energy. DTCR trades that breadth for one theme.
DTCR Holdings
- Stocks
- 27
- 70%
- AMT
Sectors
- Real Estate56.9%
- Technology40.8%
- Communication2.3%
Geography
- United States78.82%
- China8.72%
- Singapore4.25%
- Australia3.44%
- Taiwan2.19%
- South Korea1.92%
- Hong Kong0.67%
Developed 39% · Emerging 61%
DTCR Performance
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DTCR$13,237
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | DTCR |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +31.9% |
| 1 month | −1.9% |
| 3 months | −5.2% |
| 1 year | +32.4% |
| 3 years | +31.1% |
| 5 years | +12.9% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | DTCR |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +31.9% | |
| 2025 | +29.0% | |
| 2024 | +14.9% | |
| 2023 | +18.9% | |
| 2022 | −30.9% | |
| 2021 | +20.3% | |
| 2020 | +5.8% |
DTCR in the news
DTCR Dividends
- 0.89%
- $0.25
- $0.11 per share
- Twice a year
Distribution history
DTCR Risk
- 24.0%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.04
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −39.0%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.34
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DTCR Cost
0.50%
DTCR0.50%
- The middle half of AI Data Infrastructure funds
- Median 0.65%
1 of the 12 AI Data Infrastructure funds charge less.
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