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Our data centre lawyers advise on planning, development, operation and expansion projects. Combining infrastructure, energy, real estate, cybersecurity and regulatory expertise to support clients across multiple jurisdictions.
Supporting investors, developers, operators and users through the planning, development, operation and expansion of data centres.
Our international team helps clients navigate regulatory, commercial and operational challenges across multiple markets.
Combining expertise across real estate, construction, energy, cybersecurity, data privacy and commercial contracting.
Data centres are critical to the growth of the digital economy, bringing together infrastructure, energy, technology and real estate considerations. Our international, multidisciplinary team supports investors, developers, operators and users throughout the full data centre lifecycle, from planning, land rights and energy supply arrangements to construction, cybersecurity, data privacy and commercial contracts.
Working across multiple jurisdictions, we help clients navigate regulatory complexity, manage risk and bring new capacity to market while supporting long-term operational success.
Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
Advised Pure Data Centres Group on the construction and energy aspects of its €7.5 billion AI campus development in Seinäjoki, Finland. The project is expected to become one of Europe's largest AI infrastructure developments, with an initial 110MW campus and capacity to scale beyond 550MW.
Advised a global data centre provider on a strategic City of London asset, its UK pipeline and German developments, focusing on demonstrating the energy solution via a 14 km private distribution network cable route and advising on ownership options for grid connection infrastructure, including private distribution networks, independent distribution network operators or a hybrid.
Supported MMG Australia Limited on the outsourcing of services for the management of critical data centres.
Advising an international data centre operator on the design and construction of two data centres in Victoria, and assisting with discussions and negotiations with the Distribution Network Service Provider regarding the connection works and distribution agreements to supply energy to the facility.
Represented a UK-based construction company in negotiating its first international framework agreement with a global technology firm for developing and constructing data centres across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, ensuring compliance with UK and Irish law and managing risks such as data loss.
Advising a global producer of base metals including copper and zinc operating across Australia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Peru, with the transition of the managed service of its data centres globally from an embedded supplier to a new provider.
Advised a leading energy trading company on procuring a gas supply agreement for a data centre, highlighting our market-leading expertise in gas supply arrangements and our role as the adviser of choice for energy projects interfacing with the digital/tech sectors.
Advised a data centre developer, on the establishment of joint ventures with landowners for the phased construction of a new-build data centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Advised a data centre services provider, on a dispute regarding a price increase notice issued by UK-based provider of cloud, colocation, and connectivity services under a co-location services agreement.
Advised a German utility company on a joint venture concerning the construction and operation of a data center. This included regulatory advice on smart grid capacity management, including designing a contract solution for load shedding among neighboring subscribers to realize a campus solution with multiple Tier IV data centers.
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Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, on a landmark Islamic green financing supporting the development of the Plaza District within The Sustainable City - Yiti in Muscat, Oman.
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