Nvidia, Microsoft, BlackRock part of $40B Aligned Data Centers deal
An Aligned data center in Northlake, Illinois, USA on Thursday, October 9, 2025.
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Nvidia, Microsoft, Black Rock and Elon Musk’s xAI are part of a consortium of investors that have agreed to buy Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion, the companies announced Wednesday.
Aligned designs and operates data centers and data campuses in North and South America and is owned by Macquarie Asset Management.
MGX in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners and members of the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) will acquire 100% of the company’s equity in what will be the largest global data center deal to date. a version.
AIP was created by BlackRock, MGX, Microsoft and Nvidia in September 2024 to accelerate investment in AI infrastructure. Kuwait Investment Authority, xAI and Temasek joined as additional participants.
The Aligned deal represents AIP’s first investment and is a step towards the group’s goal of deploying $30 billion of equity capital.
“With this investment in Aligned Data Centers, we further our goal of providing our customers with the infrastructure necessary to power the future of AI, while providing compelling opportunities for our customers to participate in its growth,” BlackRock CEO and AIP Chairman Larry Fink said in a statement. he said.
AI companies are racing to build the infrastructure they believe they will need to meet growing demand for the technology.
Companies like OpenAI, Nvidia CoreWeave And Seer There are strikingly ambitious data center and computing deals that will require unprecedented amounts of financing and power.
Data centers are large facilities that house the hardware and equipment needed to run large AI workloads and train models. Aligned currently operates on 50 campuses and has more than 5 gigawatts of operational and planned capacity.
The Aligned transaction is expected to close late next year and is still subject to regulatory approvals and other standard closing conditions.
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