Newbridge International
We originate, structure and capitalise data centre and powered-land projects across the UK and Europe.
Working directly with leading operators and investors to bring power-secured sites to market.
What we do
Demand for data centre capacity is growing faster than power and land can be secured. Newbridge sits between the two sides of that market. We work with landowners and developers to originate and structure sites, and with operators and investors to deploy capital into them.
- Originate: identify and secure powered land and development opportunities in the UK and Europe.
- Structure: build the commercial, technical and financial case that operators and funders need to commit.
- Capitalise: raise debt and equity, and take projects from term sheet through to financial close.
- Connect: introduce projects directly to leading operators and investors.
Current pipeline
3.7GW of projects in development:
- 700MW in the UK
- 1.4GW across several sites in Finland
- 1.6GW across sites in Eastern Europe
We’re actively speaking with operators and investors. If you’re looking for capacity or capital, we’d like to hear from you.
Nolan Everard
Nolan leads origination and partner relationships at Newbridge. Over 20 years he has built a network of leading property owners and principal investors, and he has transacted on property deals worth hundreds of millions of pounds. He now applies that experience to data centre and powered-land projects, securing sites and bringing them to operators and investors across the UK and Europe, including a current pipeline of 3.7GW.
Track record:
Over 20 years, our team has originated, structured and financed property transactions worth hundreds of millions of pounds, with individual deal values from £10m to £100m+. The skills are the same ones data centre projects need: securing sites, building the case, and raising capital to get projects delivered.
- Origination at scale: sourced and coordinated the acquisition of more than 2,000 student beds across multiple UK cities.
- Structuring and capital raising: brought together the developer, equity and debt for a major accommodation programme, working with a leading UK housing operator.
- Disposals: sold large residential and student accommodation buildings, with transaction values from £10m to £100m+.
- Portfolio transactions: sourced and acquired portfolios for institutional residential funds and specialist care providers.
Services:
Powered Land and Site Sourcing
We identify and secure sites with the power, land and planning potential that data centre development requires. Working with landowners, developers and utilities, we find opportunities early and take them through to projects that operators and investors can commit to.
Our work includes:
- Site identification: screening land and existing assets for grid proximity, available capacity, connectivity and planning prospects.
- Power strategy: assessing grid connection routes, capacity timelines and the path to energisation.
- Land and option agreements: securing sites on terms that protect value through development.
- Appraisal: early-stage technical, commercial and financial assessment, so each site is tested before capital is committed.
- Portfolio assembly: building multi-site platforms that give operators and investors scale across a region.
Building the Business Case
A powered site only becomes a project when operators and funders can see how it works commercially. We develop the technical, commercial and financial case for each opportunity, and tailor it to the audience, whether that’s an end-user operator, a developer or a source of capital.
Our work includes:
- Demand assessment: testing market demand for capacity in the region, across hyperscale, colocation and AI workloads.
- Use and configuration: defining the right development concept for the site, including scale, phasing and power profile.
- Operator and tenant identification: identifying and approaching operators and end-users best matched to the site.
- Delivery team: identifying suitable developers, contractors, engineers and other specialist providers.
- Delivery cost assessment: assessing build costs, power infrastructure requirements and programme.
- Financial case: developing the model for both debt and equity, with returns, sensitivities and funding structure
Capital Introductions
Data centre projects need substantial capital, and the right structure depends on the stage of the project and the appetite of the funder. We raise debt and equity for powered land and data centre developments, and we work with operators and investors directly to secure it.
We support capital raising for:
- Land and early-stage development: equity and structured capital to secure sites, power and planning.
- Development and construction financing: debt and equity to fund the build.
- Joint ventures and platform investment: bringing investors and operators together to back single assets or multi-site programmes.
- Refinance and recapitalisation: private debt and publicly raised debt for stabilised or operating assets.
- Portfolio financing: debt or equity across multi-site portfolios.
Contact us
Partners
Address
105 Seven Sisters Road, London, N7 7QR, United Kingdom
