GIC/Equinix acquisition and development of six hyperscale data centres in Europe

2/7/2019
Private acquisition, Real estate acquisition

Announced

2/7/2019


Overview:

  • GIC, has entered into a $1 billion 80:20 joint venture agreement with Equinix to acquire and develop six hyperscale data centres in Europe.
  • The deal sees the pair acquire two operational data centres in London and Paris and develop four more additional data centres in Amsterdam, Frankfurt and London. 
  • The sites combined will provide approximately 155 megawatts of power capacity.
  • Equinix will develop, operate, and manage the data centres.

Sam Duke

 

Jurisdictions:

France
Germany
Netherlands
United Kingdom

Deal types:

Private acquisition
Real estate acquisition

Practice area:

M&A

Industry sectors:

Real estate
Logistics


Firms:

Party: Equinix (Acquirer, Joint venture partner)


Party: GIC (Acquirer, Joint venture partner)