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Siân Howes

Senior associate

Siân Howes is a senior associate in the real estate practice at Hogan Lovells International LLP. Sian acts for both domestic and international investors, lenders and borrowers on the full lifecycle of real estate transactions, from investment sales and purchases, new developments (including strategic site assembly, development pre-lettings and forward fundings), and the financing of real assets. Siân acts across a full range of asset classes, including data centres, London offices and PRS assets. Email: sian.howes@hoganlovells.com

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The key characteristics of data centres in the US and Europe: an overview for those involved in financings – Part 1

In this first article of two, we seek to provide some background for those involved or interested in the financing of data centres, we describe what a data centre is, who uses it and some of its typical key features and hot topics. In a second article, we will consider how data centres are financed, both in the US and Europe, with a particular focus on the securitisation market.

25 OCT 2025