DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - North America, KKR
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Samsung invests $1bn into KKR's Helix data center platform
Helix to “leverage Samsung’s capabilities” in construction, energy, and cooling
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Nvidia partners with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR for $500bn financing program
Chip company aims to 'secure capital at attractive rates' for Nvidia customers
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KKR closes Global Infrastructure Investors V fund with $19.2bn to spend on infrastructure
Including data centers, energy, and other AI infrastructure
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KKR launches Helix Digital Infrastructure to deliver hyperscale data centers with secured power
Will invest $10bn in data center projects, led by Adam Selipsky
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Helix Digital Infrastructure: KKR plans $10bn AI data center firm headed by former AWS CEO - report
Will develop data centers and associated infrastructure
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KKR invests $1.5bn in tower company Vertical Bridge
Opportunities to expand wireless infrastructure for 5G and Edge opportunities
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Ecolab to pay $4.75bn for liquid cooling specialist CoolIT
Deal set to close later this year as KKR divests
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KKR in talks to divest liquid cooling provider CoolIT - report
PE firm looks to flip cooling specialist three years after acquisition
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KKR invests in Compass Datacenters' stabilized facilities
Investment in stabilized assets to fund development of new sites
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T-Mobile fiber JV Metronet confirms U.S. Internet acquisition
Expands T-Mobile's fiber push
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KKR hires former AWS CEO Adam Selipsky for AI and tech advisor role
As it spends billions on its data center buildout
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CyrusOne signs 190MW deal with Calpine Energy to power data center in Bosque County, Texas
Expected to be operational in Q4 2026
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T-Mobile, KKR finalize Metronet fiber JV acquisition
Follows on from T-Mobile's acquisition of Lumos earlier this year
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Meta in talks for $29bn data center financing
Social media firm said to be in talks with Apollo, KKR, Brookfield, Carlyle, and Pimco
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Meta plans $35bn data center fund, Apollo Global in talks to lead - report
Hyperscaler looks to new funding sources as it plans unprecedented data center buildout
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KKR, PSP acquire minority stake in two of AEP Ohio's transmission companies
The partners will hold a 19.9 percent stake
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KKR signs $50bn partnership with ECP for data center and power development
The partnership will focus on accelerating data center, power generation, and transmission infrastructure development
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CyrusOne plans $200m data center facility in Dallas, Texas
Company's fifteenth facility in the state
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T-Mobile and KKR create fiber JV, agree to acquire ISP Metronet
The carrier continues its fiber push
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CyrusOne secures $7.9bn credit facility to fuel US data center expansion
Follows $1.8bn facility secured earlier this year
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CyrusOne to build two data centers in Aurora, Illinois
Includes construction of three telco towers
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CyrusOne looks to raise $1.175bn in securitized notes
Series 2024-2 and 2024-3 both awarded A-2 rating by S&P
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KKR acquires liquid cooling firm CoolIT
Terms of deal not shared
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Confirmed: KKR & GIP acquire CyrusOne for $15bn, American Tower acquires CoreSite for $10.1bn
Both companies being taken over in multi-billion dollar deals
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CoreSite nearing sale to American Tower, CyrusOne in negotiations with KKR and Brookfield
Both data center REITs could follow QTS and go private
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Investment firm KKR to acquire managed services provider Ensono
MSP to swap hands for a reported $1.7 billion