Stephen Beard has more than a decade of specialist experience and leads Knight Frank’s global data centre advisory and transactions business. Working across EMEA, APAC and Latin America, he has completed deals exceeding US$5 billion and secured more than 200MW of IT capacity.
His expertise spans data centre site acquisition and power provisioning, development, leasing and corporate M&A. He advises hyperscalers, colocation operators, cloud and telecom providers, and institutional investors on digital infrastructure investment strategies, joint ventures and built-to-suit structures.
Having delivered assignments in more than 30 international markets, Stephen has extensive experience in hyperscale development across EMEA region, as well as colocation and powered shell leasing in established and emerging markets.
Notable Experience
• Site acquisitions for Microsoft and Google
• Sale of three European data centre sites to Vantage
• Record-setting powered shell lease agreement for SEGRO in Milan
• Colocation capacity acquisition in Riyadh
• Multiple hyperscale transactions in Athens, including a land sale, joint venture and powered shell structure
His expertise spans data centre site acquisition and power provisioning, development, leasing and corporate M&A. He advises hyperscalers, colocation operators, cloud and telecom providers, and institutional investors on digital infrastructure investment strategies, joint ventures and built-to-suit structures.
Having delivered assignments in more than 30 international markets, Stephen has extensive experience in hyperscale development across EMEA region, as well as colocation and powered shell leasing in established and emerging markets.
Notable Experience
• Site acquisitions for Microsoft and Google
• Sale of three European data centre sites to Vantage
• Record-setting powered shell lease agreement for SEGRO in Milan
• Colocation capacity acquisition in Riyadh
• Multiple hyperscale transactions in Athens, including a land sale, joint venture and powered shell structure
