A global consortium including BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Kuwait Investment Authority, Singapore state-owned Temasek and technology investor MGX is acquiring an Americas data-centre developer from Macquarie Asset Management in a $40 billion (€34.4 billion) deal.
The Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), which is also backed by Microsoft and NVIDIA, has agreed to buy Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie-managed infrastructure funds and co-investment partners.
The Aligned Data Centers portfolio includes 50 campuses and more than 5GW of operational and planned capacity.
Source: realassets.ipe.com on 15 October 2025
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