DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Business Operations, Aligned Data Centers
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Aligned breaks ground on gigawatt-scale data center campus in Pennsylvania
Company starts work in Shippingport
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Data center operators sneak in pair of projects hours before moratorium enacted in Hillsboro, Oregon
120-day moratorium aims to give the city time to re-evaluate its data center stance
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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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Aligned raises $1.19bn in asset-backed securities
The latest series in its master trust
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Data center operators offer potential job opportunities to laid off Meta workers
The industry is booming, but hyperscalers keep cutting jobs
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Goldman Sachs acquires Canadian data center firm QScale
Company sold after strategic review earlier this year
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Aligned breaks ground on 540MW data center campus in Texas
Company starts work on Project Caprock near Lubbock
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Aligned secures $2.58bn credit facility to fund US data center build-out
Credit secured by six assets
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QScale conducting “strategic review” and shareholder reorganization that could see large investment from US banks
Company reportedly fielding an offer from Goldman Sachs for $1.5 billion
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Aligned tops out Maryland data center
Structural work on 72MW facility finished
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Aligned looks to Pennsylvania, eyes two natural gas-powered facilities outside Pittsburgh
Company partners with Frontier Group in Shippingport
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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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Aligned Data Centers set for $40bn GIP takeover - report
Colo firm could get new owners
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Blackstone expands Aligned Data Centers' credit facility to more than $1bn
New financing to fuel further expansion
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Aligned to develop 200-acre data center campus in Coshocton, Ohio
Company plans multi-building campus near former power plant site
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Aligned acquires third site in Ohio for data center development - report
Company reportedly buys former power plant site turned industrial park
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Aligned breaks ground on data center in Phoenix, Arizona
Work starts on PHX-13 in Glendale
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Aligned plans second data center campus in Dallas Fort Worth, Texas
Company also files for third facility at Plano campus
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Patrizia and CenterSquare invest in Aligned Data Centers
Supports previously announced $12bn funding raise
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Aligned breaks ground on 72MW Maryland data center in Quantum Frederick Park
Company plows forward after previously stalling plans
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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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OData to spend $1.3bn building two data centers in Colombia
Initial phases to be completed by end of 2026
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Aligned acquires land in Phoenix, Arizona
Company buys property in Peoria area of city
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OData breaks ground on QR04 facility in Mexico
Launched QR02 facility earlier this month
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Aligned tops out PDX-1 data center in Hillsboro, Oregon
Company broke ground in October last year
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OData's QR02 facility goes live in Guanajuato, Mexico
Plans for Mexican expansion announced earlier this year
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Odata breaks ground on fifth Brazilian data center
Specifications of São Paulo facility have not been shared
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Aligned to “move forward” with data center campus at Quantum Loophole park in Maryland
Company welcomes recent regulation changes around backup generators