07
Jan
AI, CRE, and zoning – What it all means for data centers
Data center M&A accounted for roughly 34% of all digital infrastructure trading in 2023 – the same proportion as the year before and 2021. That pace is expected to continue as executives seek capital to upgrade existing facilities and buildout others that conform to the demands of AI. Yet, companies will have to contend with expensive commercial real estate that’s accessible to power and cooling infrastructure and a growing chorus calling for restrictive zoning laws. Attendees will hear panellists discuss what the capex picture looks like for data centres over the next year or so.
- What are the opportunities and challenges around AI?
- How are retail colo’s going to compete in the new environment?
- How will executives deal with restrictive zoning regulations and public opposition to development?
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SpeakersJonathan Winer Co-Founder and Co-CEO Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners
Chris Moon Managing Director, Credit DigitalBridge Investment Management
Joshua Pang Managing Director and Head of Digital Infrastructure Carlyle Global Infrastructure
Alexander Ramirez Senior Managing Director Guggenheim Partners
Adam Cieply Partner White & Case
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Jonathan is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP). Over two decades Jonathan has led three private equity platforms and personally led investments of over $3B with a focus on the application of technology to real assets.
Previously, Jonathan was Head of Investments for Alphabet’s urban innovation platform. In this role, Jonathan managed dedicated investment funds related to technology venture capital, real estate, and infrastructure.
He previously founded Nereus in 2009, a private equity fund that invests in alternative energy infrastructure in Asia. Prior to Nereus, Jonathan worked at the D. E. Shaw group where he built the private equity team across venture capital, growth equity, and structured finance. Jonathan started his career by founding startups in natural language processing and computational biochemistry.
Jonathan graduated from Yale with degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science. Jonathan is based in SIP’s Brooklyn office and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Chris Moon is a Managing Director, Credit at DigitalBridge Investment Management. Mr. Moon is responsible for origination in the Americas and European regions and has over 20 years of experience in the Communications and Technology sectors including over 15 years of direct experience in sourcing transactions in digital infrastructure. Prior to joining DigitalBridge, Mr. Moon was a Managing Director and founding member of the TMT Sector Lending Group at ING Bank and had responsibility for origination, structuring and underwriting leveraged transactions in North America and LatAm. Prior to ING, Chris was an Analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Management Division and a CPA at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in the Communications and Technology practice. Mr. Moon received an MBA and MS in Tax and a dual Bachelor of Science in Finance and Computer Information Systems from Northeastern University. He is a CFA Charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant (inactive)
Joshua Pang is a Managing Director and the Head of Digital Infrastructure for Carlyle Global Infrastructure. He is based in New York.
Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Pang served as Managing Director at Blackstone. Throughout his career, he has been investing in and partnering with leading businesses and management teams across digital infrastructure asset classes, including data centers, bandwidth/broadband and mobile infrastructure, and adjacencies such as communications IT, services, and software.
Before Blackstone, Mr. Pang was a Principal in the U.S. Buyouts group at BC Partners, where he primarily focused on telecom. He began his career as an analyst at Blackstone. He received his B.S. in Finance and Financial Accounting from the Stern School of Business at New York University, where he graduated magna cum laude.
Alex is a Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim. He leads the global investment banking coverage of telecom, network infrastructure and data center industries. He has acted as an advisor on a wide range of landmark transactions during his career, including both M&A and debt and equity capital markets transactions. Prior to Guggenheim, Alex was a Managing Director at Citi in the Global TMT group. He led the global coverage of clients in the data center and cloud industries and was responsible for managing key infrastructure fund relationships. During his 18 year career at Citi, Alex also worked in Citi’s Asia Pacific Technology, Media and Telecom investment banking team based in Hong Kong and in the Equity Capital Markets division. Alex was named one of TMT Finance's 2019 Top 10 Comms M&A Dealmakers.
Adam Cieply is a partner in White & Case's Mergers & Acquisitions practice group. Mr. Cieply represents domestic and international private equity funds and corporate clients in private and public domestic, cross-border and global mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures and private investments in a broad range of industries. Mr. Cieply also has broad experience advising distressed companies and holders of distressed debt on corporate restructurings, equity raises and distressed M&A transactions, whether in-court or out-of-court.
Prior to joining White & Case, Mr. Cieply practiced corporate law, focusing on public and private mergers and acquisitions and securities law, at a major Canadian law firm, working in both their Montreal, Canada and London, UK offices.