As data has become more embedded in every aspect of business and society, data centres have evolved from technical facilities into strategic assets – critical to enabling resilience, innovation, and long-term growth.
Demand for capacity continues to grow, driven by cloud adoption, AI, and the Internet of Things. Meeting this demand will mean managing various legal challenges: securing the right sites and power, navigating planning and environmental obligations, building at scale, managing risk across supply chains, and ensuring long-term regulatory compliance.
We advise across the full life cycle of data centre projects and can help you with:
Our international team has leading expertise in technology, real estate, and energy, enabling us to support developers, hyperscalers, operators, investors, and enterprise tenants with integrated, forward-looking legal advice.
Clients trust us to provide not just bespoke legal advice, but market-leading commercial insight. We’ll help you make the right decisions to protect value, reduce risk, and enable strategic growth.
Whether scaling infrastructure, entering new markets, or responding to shifting regulation, we’re here to ensure your data centre strategy is built on strong foundations.
Advising alstria office AG on the conclusion of a long-term lease agreement with nexspace data centers GmbH. The lease covers new data center space at the Sternhöhe Campus in Stuttgart and represents another milestone in the strategic development of the site into a future-oriented tech campus.
Press releaseProvided comprehensive legal advice to Australian real estate company Goodman Group on a €160 million loan from Aareal Bank for the acquisition of the “Frankfurt I Data Center” in Mörfelden-Walldorf.
Press releaseAdvice on the implementation of an edge data centre platform with multiple data centres.
Advice on the construction of a large number of data centre projects as part of the implementation of their European data centre strategy with colocation and development projects.
Advice in negotiations with Allianz Capital Partners to set up the co-investment structure for a EUR multi-billion investment in broadband infrastructure in Germany (including SHA, SPV structures, Investment Agreements, JV Agreements, Framework Agreements, Development and Service Agreements, Partner Services and Subcontracting Structure).
Press releaseWe advised Norwegian data centre Green Mountain, owned by Azrieli Group Ltd, on an agreement with energy company KMW to establish a new 54 MW data centre site in Mainz. Both companies hold a 50% stake in the joint venture, which will be supported by renewables from KMW's portfolio and operated to high sustainability standards.
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Power Play: Renewable Energy Update
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Challenges for data centre operators?
The key aspects of the Draft Bill and the requirements for data centre operators.
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