London (July 7, 2025) – BGO, a leading global real estate investment management firm with over $86 billion in assets under management, proudly announced the launch of BGO DataCenters, a dedicated real estate investment and development platform focused on delivering customised sustainable, hyperscale, and AI-optimized digital infrastructure across Europe. With a robust pipeline exceeding 1.2 gigawatts of future projects, the platform is actively engaged in Tier 1 and Tier 2 data center markets.
Key Highlights:
“The launch of BGO DataCenters marks a major milestone in our strategy to scale into the digital future,” said John Carrafiell, Co-CEO of BGO. “We’ve backed an elite team with high-conviction capital, serious scale, local expertise in key markets, and the global research edge to lead in one of real estate’s fastest-growing sectors.”
“BGO DataCenters is purpose-built to meet the speed, scale, and reliability that hyperscalers demand. Our team has delivered hundreds of megawatts to support our customers’ rapid growth, and we know what it takes to execute at pace and at scale. With BGO’s backing, we are entering key European markets with conviction, momentum, and the flexibility to deliver custom, high-performance solutions that grow with our clients,” added Dave Newitt, CEO, and Dharman Sury, CFO, BGO DataCenters.
BGO DataCenters is led by a team of industry specialist with a proven track record of delivering over 350MW of data center capacity across global markets, including the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Sweden, Germany, India, Singapore, the U.S., and Canada.
For more information about BGO DataCenters, its offerings, and capabilities, please visit www.bgodatacenters.com
BGO is a leading, global real estate investment management advisor and a globally-recognized provider of real estate services. BGO serves the interests of more than 750 institutional clients with approximately $86 billion USD of assets under management (as of March 31, 2025) and expertise in the asset management of office, industrial, multi-residential, retail and hospitality property across the globe. BGO has offices in 25 cities across twelve countries with deep, local knowledge, experience, and extensive networks in the regions where we invest in and manage real estate assets on behalf of our clients in primary, secondary and co-investment markets. BGO is a part of SLC Management, the institutional alternatives and traditional asset management business of Sun Life.
The assets under management shown above includes real estate equity and mortgage investments managed by the BGO group of companies and their affiliates, and as of 1Q21, includes certain uncalled capital commitments for discretionary capital until they are legally expired and excludes certain uncalled capital commitments where the investor has complete discretion over investment.
For more information, please visit www.bgo.com
Media Contact:
Rahim Ladha
Global Head of Communications, BGO
media@bgo.com