DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Investment / M&A / Financing, Global Infrastructure Partners
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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AT&T to combine Forged Fiber 37, Gigapower into one JV
Carrier continues towards its 60 million buildout target
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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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GIP, EQT strike $10.7bn deal to acquire US power producer AES
AES is one of the biggest providers of renewable power to the US data center market
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DC Blox secures $240 million in holdco financing from BlackRock subsidiary
The funds will be used for future DC expansion
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ACS and BlackRock's GIP form €2bn data center development JV
Will manage pipeline across four continents
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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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Spain’s ACS looks to sell stake in data center business to BlackRock’s GIP – report
Construction firm looks to raise €1 billion from sale of data center and energy biz
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Global Infrastructure Partners to invest more than $1bn in Thai data centers
BlackRock-owned firm to partner with CP Group and True IDC
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Nvidia and Elon Musk's xAI join $30bn AI data center fund from Microsoft and BlackRock
Fund yet to announce any investments
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Microsoft and Abu Dhabi's MGX to back $30bn BlackRock AI infrastructure fund
Nvidia to advise the data center and energy investment effort
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Vodafone sells another 10% stake in Vantage Towers for €1.3bn
The stake sale is the final part of a deal agreed in 2022
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BlackRock to acquire Global Infrastructure Partners for $3 billion cash + shares
Investment firm to acquire CyrusOne and Vantage Tower stakeholder
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GIP loans Vantage Data Centers $450 million
Money to be used for North American build-out
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Vodafone nets half a billion euros from latest Vantage Towers sale
Reduces its ownership in Oak Holdings to 60 percent
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Vodafone sells part of its Vantage Towers unit to KKR and GIP
Sets up joint venture and deconsolidates its majority stake - subject to approval
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KKR & GIP close $15bn CyrusOne acquisition
Biggest data center deal in history closes
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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