Innovative datacentre financing: portfolio vs. ABS
This article explores two approaches currently shaping datacentre financing: portfolio financing and asset-backed securitisation (ABS). Portfolio financings allow developers to consolidate multiple single-asset financings into a unified structure, reflecting t…
Powering datacentres – from atoms to bytes
Maryam Adamji, Partner, Energy and Infrastructure, Linklaters explores the benefits of nuclear power for datacentres, highlighting how small modular reactors (SMRs) provide a sustainable solution to meet the increasing demand for energy.
Digital Infra Investment Review 2024
Our report Digital Infra Investment Review 2024 is now available. 2024 was a record-breaking year for Digital Infrastructure M&A, with billion-dollar deals redefining the market. We invite you to download a sample for a deep dive into the biggest deals, key t…
BNP Paribas: XpFibre Refinancing Deal Deep Dive
BNP Paribas’s Andras Kranicz, offers insight into the largest European fibre debt refinancing deal completed in 2024, exploring the complexities of the deal and its impact on the wider market.
Navigating Global Growth in Data Centres: Riding the AI Wave
Navigating Global Growth in Data Centres: Riding the AI Wave, developed in collaboration with DLA Piper, is now available. This comprehensive report uncovers the key trends shaping the future of the data centre industry: M&A on the rise: Financial sponsor acqu…
Datacentres as real estate: not just humming sheds
David Martin and Jack Shand of Linklaters explain the varied pressures and changes underway in the rapidly growing datacentre sector.
TMT M&A Global Review H1-24 and Outlook
H1 2024 saw European M&A market growth surpass pre-pandemic levels with 849 new deals, a 57.3% rise in value. Asia’s M&A volume rose 33.7%, though values slightly decreased. In the Americas, tech M&A led in the US with 980 deals, and telecom values increased s…
Filtering the noise: a deep dive into IT services’ key valuation drivers
Lincoln International TMT head Chris Brooks and directors Oliver Dino-Guida and Patrice Maas examine what is driving strategic and private equity interest in IT services companies. The IT services sector continues to see robust M&A activity fuelled by strong m…
TMT M&A Global Review Q1-24 and Outlook
Our report ‘TMT M&A Global Review Q1-24 and Outlook’ is now available. Despite economic and geopolitical challenges, Q1-24 brought optimism to TMT M&A, with data showing broad increases in both volume and value, especially in sectors such as datacentres, AI an…
TMT M&A Global Review 2023 and Outlook 2024
Our report ‘TMT M&A Global Review 2023 and Outlook 2024’ is now available. This report analyses TMT M&A activity in 2023 globally, historic trends, plus deal outlook for the rest of 2024 and beyond. Key insights: Asia TMT FY 2023 – strongest year by volume…