Advisor Savills has launched its EMEA data centre advisory team with the appointment of Scott Newcombe, who joins as head of the new service line based at the firm’s Margaret Street head office in London.
The team will form part of the EMEA industrial &logistics offer.
Newcombe has more than 30 years’ experience in the IT and data centre sectors, both in the UK and internationally. He joins Savills having most recently worked for Digital Realty, one of the largest data centre operators in the world and the largest across EMEA. While there, he focused on working with key clients to provide data centre solutions including colocation, shell & core to scale and build to suit facilities. Prior to this, Newcombe also held roles with both global and London based data centre operators, including Colt DCS and Infinity SDC.
At Savills, he will play an instrumental role in launching a dedicated data centre team to capitalise on the significant demand for this type of specialist asset class. This will include advising across the entire life cycle, from site identification, acquisition, commercialisation and the disposal of fully occupied and operational facilities.
Scott Newcombe, EMEA head of data centre advisory at Savills, commented: ‘I am excited to be joining Savills at such a pivotal time for the sector. The pandemic has proven the critical importance of online infrastructure and this, coupled with the continued development of 5G, terrestrial and subsea networks across Europe has created significantly more demand for data centres in both established and emerging markets. I very much look forward to spearheading this new team and harnessing expertise from across the business to help provide clients with the best possible offer.’
