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Aligned Data Centers

Data centre developer with 51 campuses in the US, Latin America and Chile.

Value
About $40B enterprise value (deal closed 21 July 2026)
Growth
51 campuses with more than 6.4 GW of operating and planned capacity
Based in
Dallas, US
Listed
Private
Why it is winning

A consortium of AIP, MGX and BlackRock's GIP bought it and added $5B of growth capital.

The risk to watch

The deal price is high relative to current revenue, so returns depend on building the planned capacity.

Money coming in

Who pays Aligned Data Centers, and for what.

Money going out

Who Aligned Data Centers pays to do what it does.

No suppliers of Aligned Data Centers mapped yet.

Where it sits on the map

Competitors and neighbours

Nebius
NBIS Supplier

GPU cloud that builds its own data centre campuses and rents capacity to Microsoft and Meta.

Up to 1.2 GW campus under way in Missouri

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Equinix
EQIX

Operates data centres that link cloud and network providers, and leases whole campuses through xScale.

Revenue of $2.63B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)

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QTS Data Centers
Supplier

US data centre operator owned by Blackstone, and one of the largest in the country.

Blackstone bought QTS for about $10B in 2021

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Eaton
ETN Supplier

Makes switchgear, transformers and power distribution equipment that sit between the grid and the server hall.

Record revenue of $8.5B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)

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Quanta Services
PWR Supplier

Builds the transmission lines, substations and power connections that bring new electricity to data centres.

Revenue of about $9.6B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)

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Schneider Electric
SU Supplier

Makes power, cooling and control equipment for data centres and grids.

H1 2026 revenue of EUR 21.2B (six months to June 2026)

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Comfort Systems USA
FIX Supplier

Mechanical and electrical contractor that installs heating, cooling and power systems in data centres.

Revenue of about $3.3B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)

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Digital Realty
DLR

Owns and leases large data centre buildings to cloud and AI companies.

Record $1.9B of signed rent waiting to start

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EMCOR
EME Supplier

Electrical and mechanical contractor that builds and fits out data centres and other large buildings.

Revenue of about $5.15B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)

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Sources: aligneddc.com, pulse2.com

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