DigitalBridge and Silver Lake Lead $6.4B Equity Investment in Vantage Data Centers
January 9, 2024
Vantage Data Centers announced a $6.4 billion equity investment led by investment vehicles managed by DigitalBridge and Silver Lake to accelerate expansion across North America and EMEA. The capital — incremental to a recently announced €1.5 billion EMEA commitment from AustralianSuper — will fund development of hyperscale, energy-efficient data center capacity to meet rising cloud and AI demand; the transactions are expected to close in Q1 2024.
- Buyers
- DigitalBridge (investment vehicles managed by DigitalBridge Group, Inc.), Silver Lake, AustralianSuper
- Targets
- Vantage Data Centers
- Industry
- Infrastructure
- Location
- Colorado, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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