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Investor group buys Aligned Data Centers in $40B AI deal

BlackRock , Nvidia , Microsoft and xAI among key backers

Acquisition aims to secure large-scale AI infrastructure

An investor group including BlackRock, Microsoft and Nvidia is buying one of the world’s biggest data center operators with nearly 80 sites in a deal worth $40 billion to secure coveted computing capacity for artificial intelligence.

The purchase of U.S.-based Aligned Data Centers from Australian Macquarie Asset Management on Wednesday is the first deal for the AI Infrastructure Partnership formed last year which also includes Abu Dhabi-based fund MGX and Elon Musk’s startup xAI among its backers.

“With this investment in Aligned Data Centers, we further our goal of delivering the infrastructure

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