BlackRock-backed AI consortium to buy Aligned Data Centers in $40 billion deal

Today, a consortium comprising the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX, and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) announced that it will acquire 100% of the equity in Aligned Data ￰0￱ consortium announced via a press release that it will acquire Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management and other ￰1￱ consortium believes this acquisition will fuel the expansion of next-generation cloud and AI ￰2￱ their press release, the companies pointed out that the acquisition values Aligned at approximately $40 ￰3￱ consortium aims to position Aligned Data Centers as a cornerstone of next-generation compute infrastructure, enabling large-scale AI workloads across North and Latin America.

AIP’s landmark investment in Aligned Data Centers Aligned Data Centers is one of the top three hyperscale AI infrastructure Operators in ￰4￱ designs, builds, and operates cutting-edge data campuses and data centers for the world’s premier hyperscalers, neocloud, and enterprise innovators #AI #DataCenter #MGX … ￰5￱ — mgxai (@mgx_ai) October 15, 2025 BlackRock, GIP, MGX, Microsoft, and Nvidia formed AIP last year to direct institutional funds toward the high-performance computing and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. AIP’s goal is to invest $30 billion in equity, with the possibility of adding debt to reach a total of $100 ￰6￱ investments aim to finance the global expansion of digital ￰7￱ Yahia Al Idrissi, Managing Director and Chief Executive of MGX and Vice Chairman of AIP, said the acquisition of Aligned marks a defining step in AIP’s plan to deploy $30 billion in equity and expand global AI ￰8￱ Idrissi described Aligned Data Centers as one of the top three hyperscale AI infrastructure companies in the United ￰9￱ claimed that the $40 billion enterprise value makes it the largest private equity digital infrastructure transaction on record.

“We are entering a new era in which AI will fundamentally reengineer our economies and enable accelerated ￰10￱ infrastructure at scale will be foundational to that progress.” – Ahmed Yahia Al Idrissi , Managing Director and CEO of MGX and Vice Chairman of ￰11￱ Vice Chairman of AIP added that AIP’s investment in Aligned Data Centers will direct scalable capital to an operator built for efficiency and ￰12￱ Idrissi outlined that the “scale feature” made Aligned Data Centers a fit for the ￰13￱ asserted that the data centers can build gigawatt-scale sites, which is critical for scaling compute infrastructure in a cost-efficient way. Aligned’s portfolio includes 50 campuses and more than 5 gigawatts of operational and planned ￰14￱ Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock and Chairman of AIP, claimed that as AI continues to transform the global economy, AIP is well-positioned to meet the increasing demand for ￰15￱ emphasized that the AIP, MGX, and GIP partnership is bringing together top businesses to boost productivity and drive global economic ￰16￱ Consortium noted that the investment will provide Aligned Data Centers with the necessary funding and tactical assistance to accelerate ￰17￱ by the Consortium, the data center will rapidly expand its footprint, drive further innovation, and continue to deliver next-generation data center ￰18￱ expands global footprint in AI infrastructure The acquisition of Aligned Data Centers comes amid a boom in AI infrastructure in the UAE and ￰19￱ May, G42 established Stargate UAE, a one-gigawatt computing cluster, which will operate in the emirate’s 5GW UAE-US AI Campus in collaboration with SoftBank Group, OpenAI, Oracle, and ￰20￱ Cryptopolitan reported , G42’s data center campus will utilize Nvidia’s Grace Blackwell GB300 systems, representing about 20% of the campus’s total ￰21￱ facility is expected to launch in ￰22￱ Idrissi, CEO of MGX, said.

“Stargate is an initiative, it’s not a company.” He asserted that Khazna Data Centres, a G42 company, will contribute to the development of ￰23￱ CEO of MGX explained that MGX effectively operates Vantage, Aligned, Khazna, and the AI Compass within its AI infrastructure ￰24￱ Idrissi mentioned MGX sees these international investments as a component of the same infrastructure that is propelling the AI economy across ￰25￱ Idrissi noted that MGX brings an end-to-end view of the AI ￰26￱ added GIP contributes extensive experience in infrastructure, whether traditional or digital, including power and now digital ￰27￱ Idrissi said BlackRock brings the scale of capital critical to this ￰28￱ CEO of MGX added that Microsoft, xAI, and Nvidia bring the technology expertise and the ￰29￱ smartest crypto minds already read our ￰30￱ in?

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