With the digital economy already accounting for 7% of the UK’s GDP and the estimated spend on the Internet of Things (IoT) being in excess of £20bn in 2021, it is clear that the data centre market in the UK and around Europe is on a long-term upward trend.
Throughout industry, Industrial Control Systems (ICS) have long been targeted with cyber crime but now, more malicious and sophisticated strains of malware and ransomware are specifically targeting Operational Technology (OT) environments.
DIAL were appointed by a leading US Investment Firm, as part of a proposed debt refinance transaction, to carry out a Fast-track due diligence assignment on a Regional Datacenter Operator in South Central USA.
DIAL was appointed and acting in partnership with an international real estate and infrastructure fund to explore an interesting commercial property acquisition with a data centre twist on the US West Coast.