DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Colocation & Wholesale, Macquarie Asset Management
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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GIC and Macquarie form Theseus Infrastructure to serve Anthropic's data center needs
New platform to develop facilities for Anthropic, will focus on US
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MGX, AIP, and BlackRock’s GIP complete $40bn acquisition of Aligned Data Centers
Acquisition is the largest-ever in data centers
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Macquarie partners with KINX & Gabia for South Korean data center build-out
$420 million partnership starting with 40MW facility in Ansan area of Seoul
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Virtus appoints Adam Eaton as new CEO
Eaton replaces parent company STT GDC’s Thomas Ee
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Aligned Data Centers sold to BlackRock and MGX in record-breaking $40bn deal
Set to close in the first half of 2026
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Applied Digital secures first tranche of $5bn funding from Macquarie
$112.5 million going towards build-out of CoreWeave-leased site in North Dakota
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Aligned Data Centers set for $40bn GIP takeover - report
Colo firm could get new owners
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Virtus signs cPPA for 31MW of power from UK offshore wind farms
Contract set to commence in October 2025
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Digital Realty expands into Indonesia, forms JV with Bersama Digital Infrastructure Asia
Takes over two BDDC sites in Jakarta
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Aligned secures $12 billion in funding for 5GW data center build out
Company announces $5bn in equity and $7bn in debt
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Macquarie invests up to $5 billion in Applied Digital's AI data center business
Invests an initial $900 million in Ellendale campus in North Dakota
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Blackstone and CPP to acquire APAC data center firm AirTrunk for AU$24bn
Largest ever deal in the data center space
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Macquarie buys 40MW data center in Seoul, South Korea
Transaction valued at $538.4m
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Macquarie to acquire 40MW data center in Seoul, South Korea - report
Facility to launch later this year
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CenterSquare invests in Aligned Data Centers
The size of the investment was not disclosed
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AirTrunk owners step up sale plans - report
Bidders asked to sign non-disclosure agreements
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AirTrunk owners consider AU$12 billion sale plan - report
After talk of an IPO fizzled out, it looks like the data center operator could be sold instead
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Macquarie Asset Management closes minority stake in Virtus Data Centres
LPPI’s The London Fund joins investment
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Aligned Data Centers acquires Brazil’s Odata
US-based operator expands into Latin America
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Report: Warburg Pincus & Macquarie Asset Management aiming to invest $450m in China’s Bohao
Investment firms looking to fund Chinese data center developer
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Macquarie Asset Management takes minority stake in Virtus
Australian fund acquires part of STT GDC's UK data center unit
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Macquarie to invest in NTT's European & North American expansion
Two companies enter ‘strategic real estate partnership’ covering NTT’s wholesale facilities
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Macquarie invests in Aligned Energy, becomes joint owner
But what will Aligned do with the new cash?