Global law firm Ashurst Perkins Coie is advising Arcus Infrastructure Partners ("Arcus"), an independent fund manager focused solely on long-term investments in European infrastructure, on the acquisition by Arcus European Infrastructure Fund 4 of 100% of Volta Data Centres (“Volta” or the “Company”), currently operated as Verne’s UK data centre.
The 6MW carrier-neutral colocation and interconnection facility is located in central London and serves customers across financial services, telecoms, IT and enterprise sectors. Located near the City of London, the facility provides essential colocation services from a 6MW site with stable contracted revenues, low customer churn and strong connectivity infrastructure, including more than 40 on-site carriers and over 1,200 cross-connects.
The acquisition builds on Arcus’ existing colocation expertise through Portus Data Centres, an Arcus European Infrastructure Fund 3 investment, and follows an 18-month review of European markets in which the UK was identified as offering a compelling combination of demand growth, constrained supply and long-term investment opportunity.
The transaction is expected to complete in July 2026, subject to the fulfilment of contractual requirements.
The Ashurst team was led by partner Aaron Shute, supported by senior associate Aoife Fenlon and associate Layla Kimmie.
Partners Chris Bates and Rebecca Clarke, senior associates Julia Bell and Matthew Hewitson and associates Nathan Harris and Nick Hwong advised on commercial contract matters, partners Lee Foxcroft and Charlie Reid and senior associate Michael Condlyffe advised on real estate and planning matters, and partners Katie Williams and Nicholas Hilder, counsel Justyna Bremen, senior associate James Henderson and associate Lucinda Merrett advised on power and construction related matters. Partner Nicholas Gardner, senior associate Ben Doeh and associate Freddy Pilkington provided tax advice, partner Chris Eberhardt, senior associate Laura Carter and associate Eleanor Popplewell provided regulatory advice, and partner Eleanor Reeves and counsel James Nierinck provided EHS advice. Employment advice was provided by partner Ruth Buchanan and solicitor James Furber, pensions advice was provided by counsel John Gordon, data protection and IP advice was provided by partners Rhiannon Webster and David Futter, senior associate Tom Brookes and associate Nilesh Ray, and compliance advice was provided by partner Neil Donovan.
