SoftBank closes out $3.1bn DigitalBridge buy to scale in AI infra

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Source: Unsplash / Laura Ockel

Japanese conglomerate completes takeover of international infra investor behind numerous EMEA players such as Netomnia, Freshwave, and GD Towers. Move adds more data centres to SoftBank’s portfolio amidst an aggressive push to expand in the AI sector…

This article includes:

  • Organisations: AIMS; Allianz; ArcLight; AtlasEdge; DataBank; Deutsche Funkturm; Deutsche Telekom; DigitalBridge; e&; Expedient; Freshwave; GD Towers; Liberty Global; MGX; Netomnia; nexfibre; Nippon Gateway Infrastructure; OpenAI; Oracle; Singtel; SK Telecom; SoftBank; Sprint; Substantial Group; Syntelligence; Takanock; T-Mobile US; TOWERS Infra Austria; Vantage Data Centers; Yondr; Zayo.
  • Geographies: Asia-Pacific; Austria; Belgium; Europe; France; Germany; Greece; Japan; Netherlands; North America; Portugal; United Arab Emirates (UAE); United Kingdom (UK); United States of America (USA).
  • People: Marc Ganzi.
  • Themes: Acquisition; alternative asset management; artificial intelligence; artificial intelligence infrastructure; carrier-neutral data centres; colocation services; connectivity; data centre capacity; data centre campuses; data centres; digital infrastructure; fibre infrastructure; global power bank; hyperscale leasing; infrastructure investment; Internet of Things; joint ventures; long-haul fibre; market capitalisation; metro fibre; power infrastructure; private equity; small cells; strategic investments; telecommunications infrastructure; wireless infrastructure.

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