DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - North America, 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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BlackRock's GIP and ACS name data center joint venture Coravel, sign customer in Texas
Former DXC president Howard Boville to lead company
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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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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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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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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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CyrusOne to build two data centers in Aurora, Illinois
Includes construction of three telco towers
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GIP loans Vantage Data Centers $450 million
Money to be used for North American build-out
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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