Plano-Based Aligned Data Centers Raises Over $12B in Equity and Debt Capital

The company said the raise encompassed new primary equity from funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management, alongside multiple large global investors with significant experience in digital infrastructure.

Plano-based Aligned Data Centers announced the completion of another round of capital, raising more than $5 billion of new primary equity and over $7 billion of new debt commitments to fund “accelerated platform expansion and ongoing innovation.”

Aligned Data Centers is a technology infrastructure company offering innovative, sustainable, and adaptive Scale Data Centers and Build-to-Scale solutions for global hyperscale and enterprise customers.

The company said its raise encompassed “new primary equity” from funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management, alongside multiple large global investors with significant experience in digital infrastructure. Aligned said the funding will accelerate development of its 5+GW of planned future capacity across the Americas, positioning the company to meet surging demand for AI-ready infrastructure amongst its hyperscale and large enterprise customers.

“We appreciate the commitment of our esteemed investors as we capitalize on the significant growth opportunities presented by the increasing demand for AI and cloud services,” CEO Andrew Schaap said in a statement. “With a world-class team, history of successful deployments in strategically selected, scalable locations, and over a decade of deploying innovative cooling solutions optimized for the demands of the most powerful GPUs, Aligned is uniquely positioned to meet this market opportunity. This investment will fuel our continued growth, enabling us to deliver cutting-edge solutions that meet the evolving demands of our customers today and in the future.”

“We’re excited to continue to support the impressive growth of Aligned Data Centers,” Anton Moldan, senior managing director at Macquarie Asset Management, said in a statement. “The partnership and strong demand from some of the world’s leading digital infrastructure and technology investors is a true testament to the Aligned team’s track record of successful delivery, customer-centric culture, innovation, and growth. With the underlying trends of digitization, cloud adoption, and evolving needs of high-performance compute and AI applications, we see significant opportunity to provide Aligned’s customers with world-leading data center solutions.”

Aligned Data Centers said this funding round reflects its strong momentum, aggressive pursuit of growth opportunities, and successful execution of its strategic plan to date.

In September, Aligned Data Center announced that Meghan Baivier had been appointed as CFO. The company also announced the transition of former CFO Anubhav Raj to Aligned’s new chief investment officer.


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