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Selected data centre highlights

DigitalBridge and Vantage Data Centers on:

the €1.4bn investment in Vantage Data Centers’ EMEA data centre platform by GIC and MEAG.
the US$9.2bn equity investment, led by investment vehicles managed by DigitalBridge and Silver Lake, to enhance Vantage Data Centers’ capabilities in North America and EMEA.

the €2.5bn investment partnership with long-term investors, including DigitalBridge, MEAG, and Infranity, in relation to Vantage Data Centers’ stabilised assets across Europe. Awarded Europe Data Centre Deal of the Year and Legal Advisory Trailblazer at the TMT Finance M&A EMEA Awards 2025.

AustralianSuper’s €1.5bn investment into Vantage Data Centers’ EMEA development platform, which secured them a significant minority stake.

the establishment of Vantage Data Centers’ European and APAC data centre and colocation platforms, supported by a consortium of investors including DigitalBridge, as well as advising on strategic investments and a series of subsequent non-core disposals.

the acquisition of Etix Everywhere, a provider of colocation services through its global network of hyperscale, edge and HPC data centres.

the acquisition of Next Generation Data, a purpose-built, carrier-neutral Tier III data centre facility in Wales.

DigitalBridge on:

the acquisition of Yondr Group, a global developer, owner and operator of hyperscale data centres.

its joint venture with Liberty Global and Telefónica to create AtlasEdge. Awarded European Digital Infrastructure Deal of the Year at the TMT Finance M&A EMEA Awards 2021.

the establishment of Scala Data Centers, a Latin American hyperscale data centres platform, through the acquisition of data centre and colocation assets from UOL Diveo.

BlackRock: advising on the launch of a data centre partnership with Mainova at Mainova WebHouse, incl. the acquisition of a 50.1% stake in Mainova WebHouse GmbH.

EXA Infrastructure: advising on the sale of seven edge data centres in the UK and Europe to nLighten.

Data4: advising on its €3.3bn debt raise, the largest digital infrastructure financing of its kind in Europe.

AirTrunk:

Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund and PSP Investment on the acquisition of AirTrunk, a leading Asian data centre operator.

The lead structuring banks on the acquisition financing for a consortium, comprising Blackstone and the CPPIB, on the acquisition of AirTrunk for an implied enterprise value of A$24bn (approximately US$16.1bn). This represents the largest buyout in Australia in 2024.

IPI Partners: advising on debt financing for the acquisition of DigiPlex, a leading owner and operator of data centres in the Nordics, with eight data centres across Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Ardian: advising on the acquisition of Verne (formerly Verne Global), a leading data centre platform headquartered in the UK and diversified across Northern Europe, from Digital 9 Infrastructure plc.

Actis: advising on the acquisition of Nabiax's 11 data centres located in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru and the US.

Selected fibre highlights

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board: advising on its acquisition of a 17.5% interest in NetCo, the most extensive telecoms network in Italy, for up to €2bn as part of a transaction which values the business at an enterprise value of approximately €18.8bn. Awarded Europe Fibre Deal of the Year at the TMT Finance M&A EMEA Awards 2025.
Infrafibre Germany: advising the lender group and hedge providers in relation to the existing €500m senior facilities with Infrafibre Germany amidst sale of the Infrafibre Group. The acquisition will strengthen the position of UGG as a provider of fibre optic infrastructure and accelerate the planned expansion of 2.2m households across Germany with modern fibre optic technology.
InfraVia Capital Partners: advising on its £4.5bn joint venture with Liberty Global and Telefónica to build a new fibre network in the UK. Awarded Europe Fibre Deal of the Year at the TMT Finance M&A EMEA Awards 2024.

CK Hutchison: advising on the merger of Three UK and Vodafone UK, combining their respective telecommunications operations in the UK to create the largest mobile operator in the UK.

Vodafone/Altice joint venture: advising Vodafone on the establishment of the €7bn joint venture with Altice Group for the deployment of fibre access infrastructure in Germany, and on the associated €4.6bn financing.

Ardian Infrastructure: advising on the acquisition of Mila, the largest telecoms provider in Iceland that owns a comprehensive network comprised of fixed broadband, mobile access and backhaul covering the entire country.

Predica Prévoyance Dialogue du Crédit Agricole and Vauban Infrastructure Partners: advising on the €1bn acquisition of a 45% stake in Bluevia Fibra, a company holding Telefónica's FTTH network mainly in Spanish rural areas.

InfraVia/eircom joint venture: advising the banks on the €1bn financing of a joint venture between InfraVia and eircom to create a dedicated fibre company focused on the deployment of FTTH across the Republic of Ireland.

TDC NET: advising the lenders on the €3.3bn common debt platform for TDC NET that delivers mobile and fixed broadband infrastructure, with a focus on 5G and fibre roll-out.

I Squared Capital: advising on the US$2.15bn acquisition of the infrastructure division of GTT Communications, which provides pan-European, North American, sub-sea and trans-Atlantic fibre network and data centre infrastructure services to customers.

Unsere Grüne Glasfaser: advising the banks on the €3.35bn financing of Unsere Grüne Glasfaser, a 50/50 joint venture of Allianz and Telefónica, in connection with the roll out of an open-access FTTH network across Germany.

Selected tower and telecoms highlights

A consortium of leading telecoms operators, including AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone: advising on the formation of a venture with Ericsson, to combine and sell network Application Programming Interfaces on a global scale.

Bharti Global: advising the international investment arm of Bharti Enterprises (a leading Indian business group with world-class companies in telecoms, digital infrastructure and space communications) on its acquisition of a c.24.5% interest in BT Group plc from Altice UK S à.r.l.

Vodafone on:

its €16.2bn strategic partnership with GIP and KKR and subsequent bid to acquire Vantage Towers.

its £18bn separation of its towers business to create Vantage Towers and their subsequent €2.3bn listing.

the €1.3bn sale of a further 10 percent stake in Oak Holdings 1 GmbH, which controls Vantage Towers AG.

the sale of Vodafone Italia to Swisscom (acting as antitrust advisor).

CK Hutchison on:

the €10bn sale of its pan-European portfolio of towers assets to Cellnex.

the creation of a €3.4bn joint venture comprising Wind Tre’s mobile and fixed telecoms network and wholesale business, and investment by CK Hutchison and EQT into the joint venture.

DigitalBridge: advising on the acquisition of macro tower portfolios from Sýn (formerly Vodafone Iceland) and Nova, two of the largest mobile network operators in Iceland, and related financing.

EdgePoint Infrastructure: advising on the US$750m sale and leaseback acquisition of more than 4,200 telecommunications towers from PT Indosat Tbk, one of Indonesia’s leading digital telecoms providers.

Zain Saudi Arabia: advising on the c.US$1bn sale and leaseback of its entire portfolio of telecoms towers in Saudi Arabia to investors led by the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia.

Allianz Capital Partners: advising on the €530m acquisition of a 10% stake in ATC Europe from American Tower and long-term partnership.

A Canadian leading pension planning company: advising on its sale of a controlling stake to CDPQ in Connexa, a leading designer, builder and operator of New Zealand’s most comprehensive mobile tower infrastructure network.

Arqiva: advising on the £2bn sale of its telecoms division (towers business) to Cellnex.

Other highlights

Wildstone: advising DigitalBridge on the creation, growth and sale of the Wildstone, the leading owner of independent outdoor media infrastructure in the UK.
2Africa subsea cable: advising MTN on their participation in a consortium led by Meta to develop a subsea cable network to provide increased connectivity to the African continent.
CK Hutchison/EQT JV: advising CK Hutchison on the carve-out of Wind Tre’s mobile and fixed telecoms network into a joint venture, the investment by EQT of a 60% stake in the joint venture, and the entry into a long-term services agreement between the joint venture and Wind Tre’s retained retail telecoms business.
NEOM satellite project: advising NEOM on the establishment of a joint venture with OneWeb to provide Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite connectivity to support the network infrastructure for the smart city in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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