The biggest data-centre deal in history just closed, then got $5bn bigger
On Tuesday, a group of the world’s most powerful investors finished buying a company most people have never heard of. The price tag explains why it matters. The largest data-centre deal ever The AI Infrastructure Partnership, MGX, and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners completed their purchase of all the equity in Aligned Data Centers. The deal […] This story continues at The Next Web
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Published: 21 July 2026
Source: The Next Web AI
Category: News
Topics: Bias & fairness · Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 22 July 2026
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