Overview
Data centers are a unique asset class with complex regulatory and operational challenges, requiring experienced legal counsel to successfully navigate all intricacies of the sector. Our attorneys have extensive experience representing investors, developers, operators, lenders, and users in all aspects of data center projects and transactions. We have helped our clients tackle the industry’s most complicated challenges, including the acquisition, development, entitlement, joint venture, sale, financing, environmental review, power sourcing, and leasing of data centers.
Our in-depth knowledge of the data center ecosystem, including supporting real estate infrastructure and power requirements in data center markets, gives us the unique ability to efficiently handle virtually all facets of our clients’ legal needs.
Experience
Represented an institutional owner and developer in connection with obtaining land use entitlements for multiple new data centers in the Bay Area.
Represented a data center operator in the sale of three operating data centers to a publicly traded REIT.
Represented a data center operator in the $71.6 million acquisition of data center properties in Santa Clara County from a technology company.
Represented an institutional investor investing $300 million in a platform joint venture with a private investment firm to acquire, develop, and operate real estate projects used primarily for data center operations, in U.S. markets. Projects can be acquired as stabilized or for value creation, speculative development, or build-to-suit. At least 75% of capital is committed to primary markets, with up to 25% in other markets.
Represented a technology company in the purchase of a data center in California.
Represented an institutional investor in a joint venture with a private investment firm to acquire, develop, renovate, refurbish, and operate technology-related value-add real estate projects, primarily projects that have been enhanced with core building system upgrades as required for data storage, computer processing, and/or network connection, in the metro areas of major U.S. cities.
Represented a lender in connection with the financing and due diligence of a data center.
Represented a developer in the diligence process for a data center project in the San Francisco Bay area.
Represented a developer in entitlements due diligence for a data center project in San Jose, California.
Represented a developer on the entitlement of two data centers in Los Angeles County.
Represented a real estate investor/owner in a crane access agreement with a data center tenant.
Represented a data center operator in the purchase of a data center in Texas.
Represented a large landholder in the contribution and sale of over 1,800 acres in Reno, Nevada and subsequent formation of a joint venture with the buyer for the entitlement of the real property and development of one or more data centers in a deal valued at over $100 million.
