DLA Piper advises Ark Data Centres on its more than EUR600 million investment to develop a data center in Barcelona

DLA Piper has advised Ark Data Centres Limited on the acquisition of 30,000 square meters of industrial land in Barcelona for the development of a new data center campus.

The transaction is part of an investment exceeding EUR600 million to develop a facility with an expected capacity of up to 45 MW IT in “La Maquinista” area, contributing to Barcelona’s positioning as a hub for digital infrastructure.

The legal team advising on the transaction was led by José María Oliva, Head of Real Estate in Spain, and supported by a cross-office team across Madrid and London. Key members of the team included José María Barrios, partner in Litigation and Regulatory; Fátima Rico-Villademoros and Alejandro Márquez, senior associates in Real Estate; Rodrigo Iglesias and Elena Texeira, associates in Real Estate; Mateo Soler, associate in Litigation and Regulatory; and Alberto Lobato, senior associate in Tax.

DLA Piper has market-leading data centre expertise, having advised on EUR63 billion of data centre transactions in 2025. Among the transactions we have advised on are:

• Assisting a pool of financial institutions on the EUR375 million financing for Retelit Datacenter
• Guiding Digitalland Services (Thailand) Ltd on a THB28 billion (approximately USD770 million) financing package for the development of a new hyperscale data centre
• Advising Astra Partners, a specialist investor and developer in the data centre market, on receiving a EUR340 million financing facility to fund the development of a datacentre in Kildare, Ireland.
• Supporting the Qatar Investment Authority on its investment in d-matric, a leader in GenAI for datacentres
• Advising Helios Investment Partners on the acquisition of Maroc Datacentre, Munisys, and Medasys, creating 3MDC, a new digital infrastructure platform
• Guiding Prime Capital AG on the acquisition of WBS Flugplatz GmbH and the establishment of a joint venture to develop a hyperscale data center
• Advising Echelon on the creation of a joint venture with Iberdrola for the development of data centres in Spain
• Supporting Digital Gravity Partners on the acquisition of an enterprise datacentre in England
• Leading the legal counsel on the sale of hyperscale datacentre solution provider, AirTrunk, to Blackstone for AUD24 billion.