Watson Farley & Williams (“WFW”) advised Vantage Data Centers (“Vantage”), a leading global provider of hyperscale data centre campuses, on the real estate law aspects of its strategic partnership signed with Altarea to develop an AI and cloud data centre campus expected to be one of the largest in France. Freshfields acted as Vantage’s corporate and regulatory counsel, with Boivin & Associés advising them on environmental matters.
The campus will be developed on land owned by Altarea close to Bordeaux in southwest France. Altarea has already secured a 400 MW power connection with the French utility, enabling rapid time to market to meet accelerating AI and cloud customer demand. The campus marks Vantage Data Centers’ first expansion into the French market.
Headquartered in California, Vantage is a global leader in digital infrastructure serving the world’s most influential AI and cloud providers with operations spanning North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific.
Listed on Euronext Paris, Altarea is a leading French low-carbon urban transformation group, with a comprehensive real estate and infrastructure offering to serve cities and users.
The WFW Paris Real Estate team that advised Vantage was led by Partner Cyrille Gogny-Goubert, assisted by Senior Associate Kodou Diouf, and Associate Marie Jannet.
