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A consortium led by Microsoft and Nvidia has agreed to pay the sum of $40 billion to acquire Aligned Data Centers, making it one of the largest infrastructure deals of the year.
This acquisition highlights Big Tech’s competition to control the foundation of the global AI revolution.
The acquisition marks a strategic push by leading AI players to expand their control over high-capacity data infrastructure needed to power next-generation artificial intelligence systems.
Aligned Data Centers, one of North America’s fastest-growing data center providers, operates facilities across the U.S. designed for massive energy efficiency and scalability—both critical to AI model training and deployment.
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The consortium known as the AI Infrastructure Partnership, or AIP, was formed last year by Microsoft, Abu Dhabi’s state-backed investment organization MGX, and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners division
The AIP consortium said the acquisition will help it to accelerate its mission of “advancing the infrastructure and innovation needed to power the future of AI.”
“With AIP, MGX and GIP’s global reach, extensive resources, and deep expertise across AI, energy and finance, we are poised to scale faster, innovate further and redefine what’s possible in sustainable data center infrastructure,” said Aligned Data Centers Chief Executive Andrew Schaap.
With the acquisition, Microsoft and Nvidia’s consortium positions itself at the forefront of a new era—where control over data infrastructure could define the future of artificial intelligence itself.
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