Data centres: What potential investors need to know

Data centre and digital infrastructure M&A deals closing in 2020 set a new record of $34.9 billion globally, eclipsing the previous 2017 record of $24.8 billion. 2021 is showing promise of being a strong year with $13.5 billion of deals currently being tracked and expected to complete in the next six months. – Knight Frank Data Centre Report

Over recent years there has been an increased investor appetite for digital infrastructure. With a growing governmental focus on improving connectivity, digital assets including data centres are crucial for supporting the growth of smart and sustainable cities; the shift towards remote working and the digitisation of company operations.

In this webinar, a multidisciplinary panel of data centre operators, investors and lenders from Europe and the US discuss the practicalities of investing in this asset class. Insights will include:

• What's happening in the data centre market and current trends
• How a data centre actually works
• What is important from an investor perspective when investing in data centres
• How to finance a data centre and what is important from a lenders' point of view
• Where the opportunities lie for investors

The webinar will be attended by representatives from investors, financiers, operators and offtakers and there will be opportunity for networking.

Our speakers will include:

• Vincent Bollaert, CEO France, Knight Frank
• Stephen Beard, Head of Data Centres, Knight Frank
• Sicco Boomsma, Managing Director, ING Wholesale Banking
• Christophe Strauven, SVP – Treasurer, Vantage Data Centres
• Matthew Eid-Holm, Vice President, Deutsche Bank Direct Lending
• Kristina Metzger, Senior Vice President & Leader, CBRE Data Center Capital Markets
• Emilie Caruelle, Legal Manager, Sipartech
• Camille Auger Dias, Senior Lawyer, Sipartech
• Joris Ravelli, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright (Amsterdam)
• Dr. Andrea Spellerberg, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright (Munich)
• Dr. Christoph Ritzer, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright (Frankfurt)
• David Barksdale, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright (Los Angeles)