O’Melveny Worldwide

Data Centers

O’Melveny empowers clients to navigate the digital frontier.

O’Melveny empowers clients to navigate the digital frontier.

O’Melveny features deep experience advising on the acquisition, disposition, financing, and operation of data centers, data center assets, and related technology and services businesses. We are committed to helping stakeholders capitalize on opportunities in the data center sector. Having advised on hundreds of complex transactions, regulatory compliance matters, and real estate and infrastructure development projects and capital raising transactions, our team provides strategic counsel to help clients structure, negotiate, and execute high-value deals with confidence.

We understand the evolving legal and commercial challenges unique to this sector. Our multidisciplinary approach ensures seamless guidance across real estate and project finance, project development, energy procurement and interconnection, and policy and regulatory issues.

We represent the full spectrum of clients involved in the data center lifecycle, including:

  • artificial intelligence services
  • bitcoin miners
  • hyperscalers
  • investment firms
  • lenders and underwriters
  • facilities operators
  • real estate developers
  • semiconductor manufacturers
  • software developers
  • start-ups
  • technology companies
  • water sector participants

Areas of Focus

  • acquisitions
  • capital raises
  • carbon reduction strategies
  • construction
  • credit facilities
  • data privacy & security
  • debt & equity financing
  • dispositions
  • environmental compliance
  • exits
  • funding
  • interconnection arrangements
  • joint ventures
  • land use & acquisition
  • leasing, zoning & permitting
  • maintenance agreements
  • power procurement
  • power purchase & supply agreements
  • real estate
  • regulatory & compliance
  • renewable energy solutions
  • site selection
  • structured financing
  • tax planning
  • technology arrangements
Apax Partners

Apax Partners in its recapitalization of CenterBeam

Apollo Real Estate

Apollo Real Estate in its acquisition of Volta (f/k/a Data Centre)

Banco ltau BBA S.A. and Natixis New York Branch

Banco ltau BBA S.A. and Natixis New York Branch, as global coordinators, with US$825 million in senior credit facilities for Ascenty Data Centers e Telecomunicaoes S.A., the largest provider of data center and connectivity services in Latin America

Bitmain

Bitmain and its affiliate (Antpool), the world’s leading manufacturer of digital currency mining servers, in multiple bitcoin mining datacenter deals

Cisco Systems

Cisco Systems in its joint venture with Inspur for data center and IT infrastructure services

Citibank

Citibank in US$4.2 billion in global credit facilities for Digital Realty Trust

Clearlake Capital

Clearlake Capital in its acquisition of Vision Solutions

CoreSite

CoreSite in its establishment of data center operations and systems

Cormint Data Systems

Cormint Data Systems, a bitcoin mining company that develops data centers, in the acquisitions of 100% of the membership interests of Northern Consultants LLC

Dell

Dell in its acquisitions of Clerity Solutions and Enstratius

GDS Holdings

GDS Holdings in its US$1.67 billion secondary public offering

Insight Partners

Insight Partners in its acquisition of the RagingWire data center business

Interxion

Interxion in its US$8.4 billion merger with Digital Realty Trust

Lancium

Lancium in site structuring for data center commercial and energy supply agreements to power AI and bitcoin mining operations

Mitsui & Co.

Mitsui & Co. in its joint venture with Lippo Group for high-quality data centers

Multinational Technology Company

Multinational technology company as lead counsel on structuring and power supply, including backup generation and natural gas contracts for 1,000 MW hyperscale project

Primus Telecommunications

Primus Telecommunications in the sale of its BLACKIRON data centers business to Rogers Communications

Rackspace

Rackspace in its US$4.3 billion acquisition by Apollo Global Management

Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, with Vantage Data Center Holdings’  US$345 million revolving credit facility and US$225 million term loan, secured by two data centers in Santa Clara, California, and another in Quincy, Washington

Satoshi Energy

Satoshi Energy, a bitcoin mining company, on commercial agreements to co-locate flexible data center loads directly with operating wind farms in the ERCOT market

Soluna Computing

Soluna Computing in data center commercial and energy supply agreements and development of bitcoin mining and AI data center facilities in Texas

Yovole Networks

Yovole Networks in multiple private funding transactions

Representative Clients
Apollo Management, L.P.
Bitmain
Cisco Systems
Citibank, N.A.
Cormint Data Systems
Mitsui & Co.
RBC Capital Markets
Satoshi Energy
Soluna Computing
Stack Infrastructure, Inc.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

“O’Melveny’s energy group shines with the expertise, firepower and bench to handle any situation.”

—Client Testimonial, Chambers Global

Band 1-firm for Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity) in Texas

Chambers USA

>US$15 billion in data center sector transactions completed over the last five years

“O’Melveny & Myers attorneys stay current on technology and legal developments. They take the time to learn about our products and offer practical advice.”

—Client Testimonial, Chambers USA FinTech Legal

“O’Melveny boasts a strong project finance department…Conventional and renewable power generation assets are another core pillar of the practice, structuring energy supply agreements for both public and private industry clients.”

—Legal 500 US, Project Finance: Energy & Power (2025)

“O’Melveny’s project development and real estate group is sought after for its robust offering which covers acquisitions, development, and construction, as well as financing. With a range of experience handling matters in the renewable and alternative energy space, the practice has built a strong client base which consists of businesses from the financial services and energy sectors…”

Legal 500 US, Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power (2025)