MGX, Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (“AIP”), MGX and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”) closed the acquisition of Aligned Data Centers.
The transaction reflects Aligned Data Centers’ enterprise valuation of approximately $40 billion.
Aligned’s Chief Executive Officer Andrew Schaap and the existing management team will continue to lead the company.
The consortium also committed an additional $5 billion of growth capital to fund Aligned's continued expansion and scale-up of AI-ready capacity.
Aligned will remain headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
The acquisition is from private infrastructure funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management and its co-invest partners.