US EditionBlackRock and Nvidia in $40bn data centre takeover to power AI growth
- On October 15, 2025, a consortium including Nvidia, BlackRock, MGX and Microsoft agreed to acquire Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion, taking 100% equity in the Plano-based firm.
- The Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership was set up last year by BlackRock, GIP, MGX, Microsoft and Nvidia to channel institutional capital, aiming to deploy $30 billion of equity with potential to reach $100 billion including debt.
- In D-FW, Aligned Data Centers employs about 250 people and runs two data centres in Plano, Texas.
- The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2026, with Aligned headquartered in Dallas, Texas, led by CEO Andrew Schaap, generating jobs in construction, electrical engineering and software optimisation.
- Amid recent deals, Ahmed Yahia said `These data centres are effectively the infrastructure of the 21st century` as AI firms race to expand costly infrastructure, highlighted by Nvidia and OpenAI's $100 billion partnership.
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AI Infrastructure Partnership inks $40B deal for DC outfit
More air for the AI bubble, courtesy of firms including xAI, BlackRock The AI bubble just keeps getting bigger. A consortium featuring BlackRock, Microsoft, Nvidia, xAI, and MGX is buying Aligned Data Centers in a deal valuing the operator at around $40 billion, in what is reportedly the biggest datacenter acquisition to date.…
A consortium including the asset manager BlackRock, but also the chip giant Nvidia and Microsoft will buy the Alined Data Centers data center specialist from the Australian Macquarie Financial Services Group for about $40 billion.
Tech Titans Unite In $40 Billion Aligned Data Centers Takeover
Nvidia, Microsoft, Elon Musk’s xAI, and BlackRock have joined forces in a $40 billion deal to acquire Aligned Data Centers, one of the largest data center operators in the Americas. The consortium — which includes BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Abu Dhabi’s MGX, and members of the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) — will purchase 100% of Aligned’s equity from Macquarie Asset Management. Investors led by B…
A group of investors, led by BlackRock-Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), and with the participation of Nvidia and Microsoft, have reached an agreement to acquire Aligned Data Centers, so far owned by Macquarie Asset Management, in a transaction that values the company at $40 billion (more than €34.4 billion), including debt.
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