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Data Centers

Bringing global insight to the legal challenges of next-generation digital infrastructure. We help clients succeed in a sector undergoing exceptional transformation.

Data center demand has never been greater. Whatever role our clients play - building, financing, operating, powering, or using - navigating the legal and commercial challenges requires a partner who understands the full ecosystem.

Our clients trust us to cut through complexities, anticipate risk, and identify swift, practical answers to intricate problems. With a presence in the world's most active data center markets and experience across the full data center spectrum, we combine deep local knowledge and full cross-border service through the support of a single, coordinated team.

of the Global Fortune 500 rely on us to support their business goals.

Leading Firm recognized BCLP practices in Chambers & Partners

The data center sector is reshaping the global economy. We're ready to help our clients move faster, think bigger and capitalize on every opportunity it has to offer.

The data center sector is reshaping the global economy. We're ready to help our clients move faster, think bigger and capitalize on every opportunity it has to offer.

Supporting the full life cycle

From site selection and planning through construction, leasing, financing, customer and cloud arrangements, regulatory compliance, and cross-border portfolio transactions, clients trust our ability to address challenges at every stage and help drive transformation.

$575 million data center business sale: Represented a Fortune 500 advanced network and technology provider on the sale of its data center business to a US cloud, colocation and managed services provider.
£1bn hyperscale data center in East London: Advised a leading development partner on a flagship hyperscale project delivering c.80MW of IT load across a campus including a data center, offices and high-voltage substation. The project covered procurement strategy, EPC/EPCM contracts, utilities and grid connections, ESG considerations, and a joint venture with an energy utility to deliver a district heating network.
Hyperscale campus land acquisitions across the US Midwest: Advising a multinational technology company on the acquisition of thousands of acres to support the development of multiple hyperscale data center campuses, including complex real estate structuring, utility negotiations and infrastructure strategy.
Global data center program: Advising on procurement strategy and construction documentation across multiple developments spanning jurisdictions in Europe and Asia, with a combined construction value exceeding US$5 billion. Providing additional ongoing support for power procurement and supply chain matters.
100MW greenfield hyperscale campus in Finland: Acting for a pan-European developer on the development of a 28-hectare, up to 100MW data center campus, delivered in phases with significant expansion capacity.

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News
Jul 22, 2026

BCLP Advises SEGRO on £800m Joint Venture with Pure Data Centres Group

Insights
Jul 20, 2026

Data Centre Investment in the UK: If You Build It, Will They Come?

What do you think about when you think about data centres, particularly in the context of the UK government’s commitment to regulate for growth and harness the efficiencies promised by AI innovation? We saw in the recent King’s Speech clear signs the government recognises the essential nature of the services a data centre provides (and its concomitant desire to protect those businesses who rely on data centre services). And with all the talk of token use and the raw compute power required to support the UK’s rapidly increasing adoption of AI, what challenges does the data centres industry face in the UK and how does it keep pace with the increasing levels of demand?

Insights
Jul 14, 2026

The Gulf Data Centre Opportunity and Legal Landscape in the GCC

Insights
Jun 09, 2026

The Energy Nexus: UK Data Centres and Power Strategy

Power decides which UK data centre projects get built. AI and high-performance computing are pushing campus demand into the hundreds of megawatts. Electricity grid capacity is scarce in key UK data centre locations. Connection dates sit at board level. Developers, operators and investors need a power strategy before they commit capital, sign anchor tenants or acquire land.

Insights
Apr 01, 2026

The Energy Nexus: Structuring Integrated Power and Data Centre Infrastructure

Insights
Mar 11, 2026

Dispute resolution in data centre projects: Proactive strategies for a high-stakes environment

The lifecycle of a data centre, from land acquisition to operation, brings together significant capital investment, complex technical systems and layered contractual relationships. While earlier articles in this Insight Series have explored development, financing and transactional execution, an equally critical dimension is the proactive management and resolution of disputes.

Insights
Mar 03, 2026

The rise of strategic joint ventures and alternative structures in data centre investment

The UK data centre sector has evolved into one of the most competitive and capital-intensive asset classes across global real estate and infrastructure. Delivering a single hyperscale facility, often requiring more than half a billion pounds of investment—alongside intense competition for powered land and lengthy grid connection timelines, has made the traditional single-developer financing model unsustainable. In response, a new era of, strategic partnerships have emerged. The market is dominated by complex joint ventures and alternative investment structures, designed to pool capital, allocate risks, and align the interests of specialist developers, institutional investors, and hyperscale tenants.

Insights
Feb 24, 2026

Structuring the next generation of data centre tenant agreements

Insights
Jan 09, 2026

FERC Directs PJM to Facilitate Faster Integration of Large Electric Loads, including Data Centers

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