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Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership, MGX and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners
Acquirer counsel
Kirkland & Ellis
Andrew Calder, P.C.Partner
Melissa D. Kalka, P.C.Partner
Rainmaker
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP advises Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership, MGX and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners on $40 billion acquisition from Macquarie Asset Management and co-investors
Deal Overview
- Value
- $40bn
- Deal type
- M&A
- Structure
- Data in progress
- Status
- Data in progress
Advisors
ACQUIRER
Kirkland & Ellis Overview
- Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership is a newly launched buyer consortium founded by BlackRock, GIP, MGX, Microsoft and NVIDIA, with anchor investors including the Kuwait Investment Authority and Temasek. This acquisition is its first investment.
- AIP, MGX and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners agreed to acquire Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management and co-investors at an implied enterprise value of about US$40 billion.
- The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2026 subject to regulatory approvals; Aligned chief executive Andrew Schaap and the existing leadership team will stay on, and the buyers are positioning the transaction to accelerate next-generation cloud and AI infrastructure.
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Macquarie Asset Management and co-investors
Seller counsel
Seller counsel not yet recorded
Overview
- Macquarie Asset Management sold Aligned Data Centers to Aligned Data Centers as part of a acquisition on 2025-10-15.
- Deal value was 400000000000 (source: Extracted) Seller position: 100% acquisition; Sector: Data Centers; Location: USA.
- On the seller side, the advisory team included David Beller, Jason Webber.