GI Partners and Hamilton Lane Invest in Flexential (~$1B total equity raised)

ACS Group and Global Infrastructure Partners (BlackRock) Create €2 Billion Data Center Venture

November 16, 2025

Data & Analytics

ACS Group and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), an affiliate of BlackRock, announced a 50-50 joint venture to build and operate next-generation data centers with an initial 1.7 GW capacity. The venture will include ACS’s existing €2.0 billion (100% basis) development portfolio across Europe, the United States, and Australia and is expected to expand for hyperscalers, AI companies, and enterprise customers; the agreement is subject to regulatory approvals.

AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) Acquire Aligned Data Centers

October 15, 2025

Data & Analytics

The AIP, MGX, and BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) consortium has completed the acquisition of 100% of the equity in Aligned Data Centers from private infrastructure funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management and co-investors. The transaction values Aligned at approximately $40 billion and the consortium committed an additional $5 billion of growth capital to expand AI-ready data center capacity.

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and GI Partners Invest in Flexential

October 21, 2024

Infrastructure

Flexential, a US data center and digital infrastructure provider, has received a strategic common-equity investment from Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), which will partner as a co-control investor alongside existing investor GI Partners to provide primary capital to accelerate expansion. The capital will fund growth of Flexential's FlexAnywhere platform, active development of its national data center footprint, and support demand from enterprise, cloud and AI workloads. The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2024 subject to regulatory approvals.

Inflexion Partnership Capital Invests £434m in GlobalData's Healthcare Business

December 1, 2023

Data & Analytics

Inflexion's Partnership Capital has agreed to make a £434 million minority equity investment to carve out GlobalData Plc's Healthcare division as a standalone business in a deal valuing the unit at £1.1 billion. GlobalData will retain majority ownership while partnering with Inflexion to accelerate organic growth, product and content investment, cross-selling, and selective M&A.

GI Partners Acquires Controlling Interest in LightEdge

September 14, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

GI Partners, through its GI Data Infrastructure Fund, has acquired a controlling interest in LightEdge, a Des Moines–based provider of colocation, cloud and managed services. The investment—sourced from GI Partners’ data infrastructure strategy—will support LightEdge’s growth and expand its cloud and colocation capabilities; LightEdge was previously majority‑owned by The Anschutz Corporation.

H.I.G. Growth Partners Invests in JumpCloud (Series E $100M)

January 12, 2021

Cloud & SaaS

H.I.G. Growth Partners (through an affiliate) invested in a $100 million Series E growth financing for JumpCloud, the Denver-area cloud-based directory and identity management platform. The capital will be used to expand product development, marketing and global sales as JumpCloud continues to scale its IAM, SSO, MFA and device management offerings.