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Large-scale battery system enables Aligned Data Centers’ Pacific Northwest facility to access grid power years ahead of schedule. [Photo: Aligned Data Centers]
Dallas’ Aligned Partners With Calibrant to Deploy ‘First-of-its-Kind’ On‑Site Battery Storage for Data Centers
by Lance Murray | Oct 23, 2025
“This project flips the script on how data centers access power,” said Calibrant CEO Phil Martin. “Rather than the false choice between waiting years for system upgrades or having to go off grid entirely, we're working with leading data center providers like Aligned to use distributed energy solutions to facilitate and accelerate grid interconnection.” The news comes a week after AIP, MGX, and BlackRock announced their $40 billion acquisition of Aligned Data Centers.
by Lance Murray |
Oct 15, 2025
A consortium of big industry players called the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP) and other partners are snapping up Aligned and its 50 data center campuses across the U.S. and Latin America. AIP's first-ever investment aims to help meet "the growing demand for the infrastructure required as AI continues to reshape the global economy," said BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 17, 2025
In his newly created position of CFOO at Aligned, Billie Haggard will oversee both day-to-day data center operations and personnel globally while driving the operational strategy for data center technology enhancements, efficiency, and innovation.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 25, 2025
With more than a decade of innovation in cooling technologies and 5,000+ MW of future capacity, Plano-based Aligned plans to open a new data center on a 27-acre site in Mansfield.
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Aligned Data Centers CEO Andrew Schaap [Photo: Aligned Data Centers]
Plano-Based Aligned Data Centers Raises Over $12B in Equity and Debt Capital
by Lance Murray | Jan 15, 2025
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.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 25, 2024
The Innovation Awards 2025 recognizes 76 companies and trailblazers paving the way for the future of innovation in North Texas. Here's who made the finalists list.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 27, 2024
Meghan Baivier is the new CFO of the technology infrastructure company that offers innovative, sustainable, and adaptive scale data centers and build-to-scale solutions for global hyperscale and enterprise customers. Aligned also announced the transition of former CFO Anubhav Raj to Aligned’s new chief investment officer.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 19, 2024
Think your laptop gets hot? Imagine the computing power in a data center packed with supercomputers running AI and machine learning applications. Aligned's new DeltaFlow liquid cooling technology aims to help customers realize the benefits of graphics processing units across a wide range of computing applications, while mitigating time-to-market, cost, and risk.
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Linear Labs founders Fred Hunstable and Brad Hunstable are among the winners. [Image: Courtesy Linear Labs]
EY Announces Southwest Region Winners of the Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 Awards
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Oct 8, 2020
Here are the nine victors.
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by Quincy Preston and Alex Edwards |
Oct 6, 2020
The Roaring Twenties-themed virtual event will be a live, cinematic experience complete with a "Speakeasy Party To Go" feature for at-home watch parties. See who could take home an award.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jul 20, 2020
The finalists chosen for the prestigious business award program were named in a special at-home virtual announcement. EY Partner Morgan Watson and Program Manager Candice Moody will take the EOY reigns from longtime leader Debra von Storch, who had a cameo appearance on the video.
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