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Global X Data Center & Digital Infrastructure ETF

DTCRNasdaqGlobal XA

$24.93−0.64 (−2.50%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

A75/ 100

Rank 1 of 13 in AI Data Infrastructure

A75/100Rank 1 of 13inAI Data Infrastructure
Intraday session: down, 79 prints from 25.57 to 24.93. Range 24.86 to 25.50. Use the arrow keys to read each point.25.2025.4010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.50%
Fund size
$1.9B
1Y total return
+12.6%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.99%
Holdings
26
Avg volume · 30D
941K sh
52W range
low $19.25high $32.79
Launched

The ETF.net DTCR Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

A

Score 75 out of 100

Category
AI Data Infrastructure⁠
Rank
1 of 13
Six-pillar profile for DTCR. Scores out of 100: Cost 82, Risk 79, Mission not scored, Tradability 77, Holdings 38, Durability 95. Strongest: Durability (95). Weakest: Holdings (38). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 75 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.
    A82 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 13

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    A79 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 9

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A77 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 13

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    D38 out of 100
    Rank 8 of 10

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A95 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 13

Our read on DTCR

ETF.net Research

In short

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.

Stated mandate

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.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 Performance

Launched Oct 27, 2020

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

Not enough history yet.
DTCR$11,262
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,146
Oct 31, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026. DTCR $11,262. SPY $11,146. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$12,000$14,000Oct 2025May 2026Nov 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Nov 2, 2026

Returns run to the Nov 2, 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.

Trailing total return for DTCR. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodDTCR
Year to date+18.6%
1 month−8.6%
3 months−9.1%
1 year+12.6%
3 yearsper year+26.1%
5 yearsper year+8.9%
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for DTCR
YearReturn barDTCR
2026 YTD+18.6%
2025+29.0%
2024+14.9%
2023+18.9%
2022−30.9%
2021+20.3%
2020+5.8%

History from Oct 29, 2020

DTCR in the news

DTCR Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Nov 2, 2026.
0.99%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.25Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.11 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Twice a year

Distribution history

2020–2026

One bar per payment. 12 payments from 2020 to 2026 YTD. Dec 30, 2020 $0.05; Jun 29, 2021 $0.07; Dec 30, 2021 $0.17; Jun 29, 2022 $0.07; Dec 29, 2022 $0.25; Jun 29, 2023 $0.08; Dec 28, 2023 $0.10; Jun 27, 2024 $0.11; Dec 30, 2024 $0.18; Jun 27, 2025 $0.10; Dec 30, 2025 $0.14; Jun 29, 2026 $0.11. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Jun 29, 2026Jul 7, 2026$0.11
Dec 30, 2025Jan 7, 2026$0.14
Jun 27, 2025Jul 7, 2025$0.10
Dec 30, 2024Jan 7, 2025$0.18
Jun 27, 2024Jul 5, 2024$0.11
Dec 28, 2023Jan 8, 2024$0.10
Jun 29, 2023Jul 10, 2023$0.08
Dec 29, 2022Jan 9, 2023$0.25
Jun 29, 2022Jul 8, 2022$0.07
Dec 30, 2021Jan 7, 2022$0.17
Jun 29, 2021Jul 8, 2021$0.07
Dec 30, 2020Jan 8, 2021$0.05

$10,000 in DTCR 5 years ago paid $738 in dividends.

DTCR Risk

Risk pillarA79 out of 100Rank 1 of 9 in AI Data Infrastructure
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
24.3%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.99
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−39.0%
Trough Oct 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.34
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

DTCR Cost

Compare DTCR and WTAI

Overpaying vs WTAI, cheapest in AI Data Infrastructure

$938

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • DTCR 0.50%

    $9,979

  • WTAI 0.45% Cheapest

    $9,041

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • DTCR 0.50%
  • WTAI 0.45%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K$8K$10K051015202530DTCR $9,979WTAI $9,041

Year by year

YearDTCRWTAIOverpaying
10$900$812$88
20$3,460$3,128$332
30$9,979$9,041$938

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