BlackRock/GIP → Aligned Data Centers: $40B acquisition
AIP, MGX and GIP buy Aligned for $40 billion. First investment by the AI Infrastructure Partnership (BlackRock, GIP, MGX, Microsoft, Nvidia): 100% of Aligned from Macquarie, closed on 21/07/2026.
This deal is 72% of everything BlackRock/GIP pays and 800% of everything Aligned Data Centers receives in this database.
- Date
- Oct 15, 2025
- Paid by
BlackRock/GIP- Received by
Aligned Data Centers- Type
- Acquisition
- Amount
- $40B
- Status
- closed
- Note
- AIP+MGX+GIP consortium; +$5 billion of capital
Sources
All deals between BlackRock/GIP and Aligned Data Centers
- Oct 15, 2025 BlackRock/GIP → Aligned Data Centers · AIP, MGX and GIP buy Aligned for $40 billion $40B
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