Record $40 Billion Deal: NVIDIA, Microsoft, BlackRock Consortium Acquires Aligned Data Centers

A consortium led by the AI Infrastructure Partnership—including NVIDIA, Microsoft, xAI, Cisco, MGX, and GIP—announced a record-setting $40 billion acquisition of Aligned Data Centers, significantly surpassing its prior $12 billion valuation and underscoring surging investment in AI infrastructure. The deal, orchestrated by Macquarie Asset Management, aims to bolster scalable, sustainable hyperscale data center capacity across roughly 50 campuses, with closing expected in the first half of 2026 and Aligned continuing under CEO Andrew Schaap.