お知らせ • Jul 21
A group of buyers completed the acquisition of Aligned Data Centers, LLC from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V, L.P., Macquarie Infrastructure Partners IV SCSP funds managed by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners Inc., CenterSquare Investment Management LLC and its co-invest partners.
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK), Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, Kuwait Investment Authority, MGX Fund Management Limited, X.AI LLC, Microsoft Corporation (NasdaqGS:MSFT), NVIDIA Corporation (NasdaqGS:NVDA) and Global Infrastructure Management, LLC agreed to acquire Aligned Data Centers, LLC from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V, L.P., Macquarie Infrastructure Partners IV SCSP funds managed by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners Inc., CenterSquare Investment Management LLC and its co-invest partners for an enterprise value of $40 billion on October 15, 2025. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
Guggenheim Securities, LLC acted as lead financial advisor to the sellers, with Wells Fargo, TD Securities, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan, Citizens JMP Securities, LLC and BofA Securities, Inc also serving as financial advisors. David Beller, Jason Webber, Tony Del Pino, Carlos Ardila, Bradd Williamson, Katharine Moir, Ana O'Brien, Andrew Galdes, Jessica Cohen, Joseph Bargnesi, Robert Brown, Mandy Reeves, Caitlin Fitzpatrick, Peter Todaro, Jana Dammann de Chapto, Max Hauser, Stephanie Teicher, Matthew Chase, Nineveh Alkhas, Dustin Paige and David Langer of Latham & Watkins served as legal counsel to the sellers and Jeremy L. Goldstein, Christopher S. Harrison, Kristy Fields, Michael Gilligan and Evan Coren of Sterlington, PLLC served as legal advisor to Management Team of Aligned Data Centers. Kirkland & Ellis LLP acted as legal advisor to the consortium including Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX, and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners. Calvin Lam, Pradyut Pratap, Aala Saifi, Brian O'Connell and Jim Collins of Morgan Stanley acted as financial advisors to AIP, MGX and GIP. Allison R Schneirov and Michael E Leiter of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP acted as legal advisor to MGX Fund Management Limited. The team of Milbank LLP led by John Franchini, Aaron Stine, Andrew Walker, Max Goodman, Michael Rivkin, Jenna McGrath, John Beahn, Thomas Goslin and Paul Denaro acted as legal advisor for Wren House Infrastructure Management Limited, the direct infrastructure investments arm of the Kuwait Investment Authority.
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK), Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, Kuwait Investment Authority, MGX Fund Management Limited, X.AI LLC, Microsoft Corporation (NasdaqGS:MSFT), NVIDIA Corporation (NasdaqGS:NVDA) and Global Infrastructure Management, LLC completed the acquisition of Aligned Data Centers, LLC from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V, L.P., Macquarie Infrastructure Partners IV SCSP funds managed by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners Inc., CenterSquare Investment Management LLC and its co-invest partners on July 21, 2026. The group aims to deploy $30 billion of equity capital initially, with the potential of reaching $100 billion, including debt. Andrew Schaap, chief executive of Aligned Data Centers since 2017, will continue to lead the company.