Mubadala, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investment company, has invested in Aligned Data Centres, a leading pan-Americas data centre company. The investment, the quantum of which was not disclosed, will see Mubadala becoming a minority partner in the company.
The investment is part of Mubadala’s rapidly expanding global digital infrastructure portfolio headed by Executive Director, Mounir Barakat. This is the second big investment by Mubadala in data centres.
Last year, the company invested $350 million into Princeton Digital Group, a leading pan-Asian data centre company focused on expanding world-class data centre services to meet increasing demand across Asia.
The data centre company offers both Scale Data Centres (colocation) and Build-to-Scale (build-to-suit) solutions to support global hyperscale and enterprise customers. Its footprint will span more than 2.5 GW of critical capacity across 40+ data centres at full buildout.
Aligned recently expanded into Latin America with its acquisition of ODATA, a LatAm data centre provider, ODATA. The group’s growing LatAm operations include data centres in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. The acquisition positions Aligned among the largest private data centre operators in the Americas.
Aligned: Fast-growing data centre provider
Khaled Abdulla Al Qubaisi, Chief Executive Officer of Real Estate and Infrastructure Investments at Mubadala, commented: “Mubadala is pleased to invest in Aligned, one of the fastest-growing and dynamic data centre providers in the Americas.
“Our investment will support Aligned’s rapid expansion, further reinforcing the company’s position as a preferred partner in the Pan-American data centre market. In addition to Aligned’s continued business growth, we are further excited by its AI-ready status, making it strategically positioned to support infrastructure requirements for a broad set of AI, ML, and DL services.”
Macquarie Asset Management manages the majority owners of the data centre company.
Andrew Schaap, Chief Executive Officer at Aligned, said: “We are excited to partner with the Mubadala team in support of Aligned’s continued growth trajectory and expanding data centre platform, as well as a collective focus on building a more sustainable future through innovative, efficient infrastructure.
“This investment is a testament to our world-class data centre solutions, high-calibre teams, and ability to quickly address the growing capacity demands and requirements of our loyal hyperscale and enterprise customers across the Americas.”
The Aligned investment builds on Mubadala’s growing digital infrastructure presence in the US. In June this year, Mubadala committed to investing $500 million in Brightspeed, a broadband and telecommunications services company, which is aiming to deliver fibre services that can reach up to three million homes and businesses over the next five years. Mubadala has also invested £800 million ($1.01 billion) into CityFibre, the UK’s largest independent full-fibre platform.
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