TOP 10 – DATA CENTRE M & As

CEO: ANDREW SCHAAP( ALIGNED

DATA CENTERS) DATE: OCTOBER 2025 KEY PLAYERS: BLACKROCK, MICROSOFT, NVIDIA, MGX, XAI

In a record-shattering US $ 40bn deal, Aligned Data Centers was acquired by a consortium led by BlackRock and featuring industry heavyweights like Microsoft and Nvidia. This transaction represents the pinnacle of data centre M & A, merging unprecedented capital with the primary architects of the AI revolution. The deal, managed through BlackRock’ s Global Infrastructure Partners, signals a new era where the hardware, software and physical real estate of AI are financially entwined. It sets a new benchmark for valuation, predicated on Aligned’ s unique liquid-cooling technology and its massive development pipeline tailored for dense AI clusters.

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46 June 2026