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Read Aligned Data Centers Sold in $40bn Deal
Aligned Data Centers Sold in $40bn Deal

Aligned Data Centers Sold in $40bn Deal

October 11, 2025 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers is being sold to BlackRock and MGX in a deal worth $40 billion, the biggest ever acquisition in the digital infrastructure space. Macquarie Asset Management selling it to a group comprising the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX, and BlackRock-owned Global...

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Read Aligned to Develop 200-Acre Data Center Campus
 Aligned to Develop 200-Acre Data Center Campus

Aligned to Develop 200-Acre Data Center Campus

July 25, 2025 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers this week announced plans to expand in Central Ohio with the development of a data center campus inside the Conesville Industrial Park in Coshocton. Coshocton is located approximately 63 miles (101 km) northeast of Columbus.Aligned will develop a 197-acre parcel adjacent to...

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Read Aligned to proceed with stalled data center camps at Maryland
Aligned to proceed with stalled data center camps at Maryland

Aligned to proceed with stalled data center camps at Maryland

May 24, 2024 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has revealed its plans to proceed with its previously halted data center campus in Maryland after recent regulatory changes. around backup generators, easing restrictions for data center firms. With this move, Aligned will now be moving ahead with its plans for a campus in...

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Read Aligned Data Centres unveils new liquid cooling system
Aligned Data Centres unveils new liquid cooling system

Aligned Data Centres unveils new liquid cooling system

January 16, 2024 Aligned

Data center firm Aligned recently unveiled a new liquid cooling system designed to support high-density compute requirements and supercomputers and can cool densities up to 300kW per rack. This cooling system, called DataFlow is said to be a turnkey solution which supports current and future...

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Read Alligned Reveals New Brownfield Land Acquisition for DC Campus in Ohio
Alligned Reveals New Brownfield Land Acquisition for DC Campus in Ohio

Alligned Reveals New Brownfield Land Acquisition for DC Campus in Ohio

September 28, 2023 Aligned

On September 25, 2023, Aligned Data Centers announced the acquisition of a new brownfield land in Perkins Township., Northeast Ohio. The firm purchased the 129-acre parcel to construct a new four-building hyperscale data center campus. Aligned said its NEO-01 data center, the first of the four...

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Read Mubadala makes an investment in Aligned Data Centers and acquires a minority stake
Mubadala makes an investment in Aligned Data Centers and acquires a minority stake

Mubadala makes an investment in Aligned Data Centers and acquires a minority stake

August 02, 2023 Aligned

Mubadala Investment Company, the sovereign investment branch of Abu Dhabi, has invested in Aligned Data Centers. Mubadala will become a minority shareholder in the U.S. company, although the scale of the investment was not disclosed. Macquarie Asset Management remains the majority shareholder of...

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Read Pittsburgh Data Center up for Sale or Lease
Pittsburgh Data Center up for Sale or Lease

Pittsburgh Data Center up for Sale or Lease

June 01, 2023 Pittsburgh

A data center for sale or lease is available in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Colliers and Five 9s Digital are offering the McKees Rock facility located at 615 McMichael Road. The site is listed for lease in Colliers' materials, but Five 9s claims it can be purchased or leased. The circa...

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Read Aligned Data Centers Concludes the Purchase of Odata
Aligned Data Centers Concludes the Purchase of Odata

Aligned Data Centers Concludes the Purchase of Odata

May 25, 2023 Aligned

Odata, a LATAM provider of data centers, has been fully acquired by Aligned Data Centers. According to Aligned, the transaction places the company among the biggest private data center owners in the Americas, with more than 2.5GW of critical capacity throughout over 40 data centers at full...

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Read Aligned Gets Maryland Data Center Planning Permission
Aligned Gets Maryland Data Center Planning Permission

Aligned Gets Maryland Data Center Planning Permission

May 18, 2023 Aligned

Planning approval has been given for Aligned Data Centers to build a data center on the enormous Quantum Loophole campus in Frederick County, Maryland. Last week, the Frederick County Planning Commission authorized the initial site plan for the Quantum Loophole campus's first data center. The...

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Read Aligned Data Centers Enters Canada, Invests In QScale
Aligned Data Centers Enters Canada, Invests In QScale

Aligned Data Centers Enters Canada, Invests In QScale

May 09, 2023 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has invested in the Canadian company QScale. The "strategic investment" received "strong support" from existing shareholders, according to QScale. The scale of the investment was not disclosed; however, it is described as a "major financing round" and is anticipated to close...

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Read Aligned Acquires 177k Sq. Ft. Office Building in Chicago for New Data Center Campus
Aligned Acquires 177k Sq. Ft. Office Building in Chicago for New Data Center Campus

Aligned Acquires 177k Sq. Ft. Office Building in Chicago for New Data Center Campus

April 18, 2023 Aligned

Aligned bought an office property in the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Elk Grove. It is currently unknown whether the company intends to convert the facility occupied by CitiBank into a data center. The Real Deal reports, citing Cook County public records, that Aligned purchased 50 Northwest...

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Read Aligned joins the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership
Aligned joins the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership

Aligned joins the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership

April 11, 2023 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has announced that it has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, which aims to encourage organizations to voluntarily utilize green power for the benefit of the planet and human health. Through signing up for the Green Power Partnership,...

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Read Aligned plans 108MW Hillsboro campus
Aligned plans 108MW Hillsboro campus

Aligned plans 108MW Hillsboro campus

January 11, 2023 Aligned

Aligned has announced plans for an expansion into Hillsboro, Oregon, with a 27-acre, 108 MW data center campus. At the campus, the initial data center, PDX-01) is expected to offer 72MW of critical capacity and feature 12 6MW data halls across 27 acres. The company has shared that this site will...

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Read Aligned To Develop a 264MW and 3.3 Million Square Feet Facility at Quantum Loophole's Maryland campus
Aligned To Develop a 264MW and 3.3 Million Square Feet Facility at Quantum Loophole's Maryland campus

Aligned To Develop a 264MW and 3.3 Million Square Feet Facility at Quantum Loophole's Maryland campus

December 13, 2022 Aligned

Aligned has revealed plans for its new data center at the 2,100-acre Quantum Loophole campus in Frederick County, Maryland. Quantum Loophole revealed in May 2021 that it is developing a gigawatt-scale data center campus in Frederic County, Maryland. A year later, Aligned became the first company...

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Read Bloomberg Reporting Aligned is Close To Odata Acquisition
Bloomberg Reporting Aligned is Close To Odata Acquisition

Bloomberg Reporting Aligned is Close To Odata Acquisition

December 09, 2022 Aligned

According to Bloomberg, Aligned is looking to acquire Brazilian data center operator Odata. The report states that the discussions are in the advanced stage of a potential $1.8 billion deal. However, there’s still uncertainty about the deal, and it is more likely to fall through as it is to be...

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Read Aligned Data Centers Plans To Develop 192MW Data Center at Quantum Loophole's Maryland campus
Aligned Data Centers Plans To Develop 192MW Data Center at Quantum Loophole's Maryland campus

Aligned Data Centers Plans To Develop 192MW Data Center at Quantum Loophole's Maryland campus

December 06, 2022 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has announced its plan for a massive data center in Frederick County, Maryland. The company plans to develop a gigawatt-scale facility at the 2,100-acre Quantum Loophole Campus. Earlier in May 2022, Aligned announced that it would develop a data center at the Quantum Loophole...

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Read Aligned Data Centers continues investment in Phoenix with two new data center campuses
Aligned Data Centers continues investment in Phoenix with two new data center campuses

Aligned Data Centers continues investment in Phoenix with two new data center campuses

October 17, 2022 Aligned

After acquiring two parcels of land in Arizona, Aligned Data Centers has announced plans for two new construction projects, mega campuses, spanning 400MW of IT load and approximately two million square feet. The facilities will reportedly prioritize sustainability, using Delta³ cooling technology...

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Read Aligned Data Centers announces expansion in Northern Virginia
Aligned Data Centers announces expansion in Northern Virginia

Aligned Data Centers announces expansion in Northern Virginia

August 03, 2022 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has announced its expansion in Northern Virginia, with the addition of a new 72 MW four-story data center across 430,000 sqft based at its new campus in Sterling. This addition will be the company’s third in the area and part of phase one of the campus development. The...

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Read Aligned To Develop a 100MW Facility in Salt Lake City, Utah
 Aligned To Develop a 100MW Facility in Salt Lake City, Utah

Aligned To Develop a 100MW Facility in Salt Lake City, Utah

June 23, 2022 Aligned

Aligned has announced that it is developing a new data center in Salt Lake, Utah. The data center will be called SLC-03, and it will be developed on its campus in West Jordan, Utah. The development will see Aligned add over 100MW capacity to the West Jordan campus. When this happens, it will add...

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Read Sustainably-linked loan for Aligned
Sustainably-linked loan for Aligned

Sustainably-linked loan for Aligned

May 20, 2022 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has announced that it has increased its existing sustainability-linked (SLL) from $375 million to $1.75 billion in an effort to “accelerate its next phase of strategic growth and expansion.” This loan is linked to ESG goals, and if the company manages to reach the pre-agreed...

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