TOP 10 – FASTEST GROWING DATA CENTRE COMPANIES

HQ: PLANO, TEXAS, US CEO: ANDREW SCHAAP

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS: AROUND 5GW OF OPERATIONAL AND PLANNED CAPACITY ACROSS ROUGHLY 50 CAMPUSES IN THE AMERICAS AND LATAM, FOLLOWING ACQUISITION BY A CONSORTIUM INCLUDING BLACKROCK, MICROSOFT, NVIDIA, XAI, TEMASEK AND KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY WATCH NOW

We’ re proud to share that AIP, MGX, and GIP will acquire 100 % of the equity in Aligned

Aligned Data Centers, backed by the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership( AIP) consortium, now sits at the epicentre of sustainable AI‐grade colocation. The platform’ s ~ 5GW of operational and planned capacity across about 50 campuses in the Americas and Latin America is being deployed with a strong emphasis on efficient, flexible power and industry‐leading cooling. Aligned has long focused on adaptable infrastructure that can scale power density without sacrificing efficiency – the AIP acquisition adds strategic capital and anchor customers such as Microsoft, Nvidia and xAI to accelerate the rollout of AI‐ready, low‐latency facilities. Aligned’ s growth encapsulates the next chapter for the industry where specialist operators become critical partners to hyperscalers and AI labs, delivering rapid, sustainable capacity expansions that align with grid constraints, ESG mandates and the explosive growth of frontier AI workloads.

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50 February 2026