AIP Consortium Closes $40 Billion Aligned Buyout
The deal gives BlackRock, MGX, and AIP a scaled foothold in AI data center capacity as power, land, and speed to market become the sector’s scarcest assets.
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Largest mergers and acquisitions by disclosed deal value.
| Acquirer | Target | Type | Value | Headline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Infrastructure Partners | Aligned Data Centers | Acquisition | $40B | AI Infrastructure Partners to acquire Aligned Data Centers in $40,000.0M deal |
| The Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership | Aligned Data Centers | Acquisition | $40B | AIP Consortium Closes $40 Billion Aligned Buyout |
| Amphenol Corporation | CommScope’s Connectivity and Cable Solutions (CCS) business | Acquisition | $10.5B | Amphenol Corporation to acquire CommScope’s Connectivity and Cable Solutions (CCS) business in $10,500.0M cash deal |
| Eaton | Boyd Corporation Thermal business | Sale | $9.5B | Eaton to acquire Boyd Corporation Thermal business in $9,500.0M cash deal |
| CRH | Arcosa, Inc. | Acquisition | $8.5B | CRH Bets $8.5 Billion on Arcosa to Deepen US Scale |
| Ecolab Inc. | CoolIT Systems | Acquisition | $4.8B | Ecolab Inc. to acquire CoolIT Systems in $4,750.0M cash deal |
| Ecolab Inc. | CoolIT Systems | Acquisition | $4.8B | Ecolab Bets $4.75 Billion on AI Data Center Cooling |
| Marvell Technology, Inc. | Celestial AI | Acquisition | $3.3B | Marvell Technology, Inc. to acquire Celestial AI in $3,250.0M cash and stock deal |
| MasTec, Inc. | Electrical Specialists, Inc., d/b/a The Superior Group | Acquisition | $1.7B | MasTec Buys Superior to Push Deeper Into Data Centers |
| GigCapital7 Corp. | Hadron Energy, Inc. | Business Combination | $1.2B | GigCapital7 Corp. to acquire Hadron Energy, Inc. in $1,200.0M deal |
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