{"id":89962,"date":"2025-10-16T12:52:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=89962"},"modified":"2025-10-16T12:55:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T09:55:15","slug":"blackrock-nvidia-and-microsoft-to-acquire-data-centre-owner-for-40-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/blackrock-nvidia-and-microsoft-to-acquire-data-centre-owner-for-40-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock, Nvidia, and Microsoft to Acquire Data Centre Owner for $40 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A consortium of investors, including BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Elon Musk&#8217;s xAI, has agreed to purchase Aligned from Macquarie Asset Management for $40 billion, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-10-15\/blackrock-s-gip-buys-aligned-data-centers-in-40-billion-ai-bet\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2026, pending regulatory approval. The company will retain its headquarters in Dallas, Texas, and its current CEO, Andrew Schaap.<\/p>\n<p>Aligned constructs and operates large campuses for cloud and enterprise clients with a total capacity exceeding 5 GW.<\/p>\n<p>The buyers are part of the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership consortium. This was established last year by BlackRock and MGX to invest in AI infrastructure development projects.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, noted that the $40 billion deal implies a price per megawatt of capacity of approximately $8 million\u2014significantly higher compared to public mining companies like Iris Energy (IREN), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Cipher Mining (CIFR), and Hut 8 (HUT), where this figure typically stands around $3 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BLACKROCK &#038; NVIDIA IN $40 B DATA CENTER TAKEOVER:<\/p>\n<p>Macquarie is selling Aligned Data Centers for $40B, with press reports noting the platform is \u201cpoised to expand its capacity to over 5GW.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>>Implies a valuation of roughly $8M per MW of total data-center capacity (operating +\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hkwNjgVe8H\">pic.twitter.com\/hkwNjgVe8H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 matthew sigel, recovering CFA (@matthew_sigel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthew_sigel\/status\/1978435278919332308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIf miners can access project financing, it will provide them with a capital increase of 150% to 500%,\u201d Sigel said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back in October 2024, analysts at JPMorgan <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/miners-face-tight-deadline-for-lucrative-ai-deals\">stated<\/a> that cryptocurrency miners had approximately nine months to strike favourable deals with major cloud providers and AI firms for data centre and high-performance computing services.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2025, TeraWulf <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/terawulf-and-fluidstack-launch-ambitious-ai-project-with-googles-backing\">signed a 10-year contract<\/a> with the cloud AI platform Fluidstack. Supported by Google, the miner will provide about 250 MW for a total of $3.7 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A consortium of investors, including BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft, and Elon Musk&#8217;s xAI, has agreed to purchase Aligned for $40 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft, and xAI to acquire Aligned for $40 billion.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,52],"class_list":["post-89962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"250","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft, and xAI to acquire Aligned for $40 billion.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89964,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89962\/revisions\/89964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}