Legal expertise for critical digital infrastructure
Data Centres
DLA Piper Norway has one of the country’s leading legal teams dedicated to data centres and digital infrastructure.
We advise many of the most significant developers, investors, owners and operators in the sector, supporting projects that are shaping the future of Norway’s digital economy.
As demand for digital infrastructure accelerates, driven by artificial intelligence, cloud services and data intensive technologies, data centres have become a critical asset class. At the same time, the sector faces increasing complexity, including power constraints, regulatory scrutiny, sustainability requirements and rising development costs. Our team helps clients navigate these challenges with clear, commercially focused legal advice across the full lifecycle of data centre projects.
Data centre development and operations raise a wide range of legal and commercial issues, spanning corporate, real estate, regulatory and operational disciplines.
Our Norwegian data centre team advises throughout the entire lifecycle of data centre investment and development, including:
- Mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures and strategic investments
- Project structuring and tax
- Financing and refinancing
- Land acquisition and site control (options, title, easements, rights of way)
- Site development (zoning, planning and permitting)
- Construction and procurement (EPC, design-build, supply chain)
- Power procurement and grid connection (PPAs and related frameworks)
- Fibre, telecoms and wider digital infrastructure
- Leasing, customer contracts and service levels (colocation, hyperscale, SLAs)
- Technology, IP, outsourcing and critical vendor contracting
- Data protection, data residency and cybersecurity (including incident response)
- Regulatory, environmental and ESG compliance
- Operations, asset management and long-term value optimisation
- Dispute resolution, claims strategy and risk management
We are closely involved in some of the largest data centre projects in Norway, advising across hyperscale, colocation and multi site campus developments.
Power, sustainability and operational complexity
Power availability, grid access and sustainability considerations are central to modern data centre projects. Our work goes beyond traditional legal advice to address the operational realities of data centre environments. We assist clients with power procurement strategies aligned with local grid conditions and regulatory frameworks, including long term power purchase agreements (PPAs), on site generation and energy efficiency measures.
Sustainability is integrated throughout our approach, from site selection and permitting to long term operations and investment strategy, helping clients manage regulatory exposure, reputational risk and ESG objectives in an increasingly demanding environment.
A global platform with strong local insight
DLA Piper operates through a powerful global data centre platform, combining international reach with deep local market knowledge. Our Norwegian team works seamlessly with colleagues across Europe, the Nordics, the US and Asia to support cross border transactions and developments, ensuring consistent, high quality advice wherever our clients build and operate.
With decades of sector experience, we help clients move decisively in a fast evolving market.
Welcome to our new video series, Data Center Insights with DLA Piper, offering quick, high-level insights into the latest trends shaping the data center industry.
