BlackRock’s (BLK) (BX) Global Infrastructure Partners is in advanced negotiations to buy Macquarie-backed Aligned Data Centers, targeting a major beneficiary of AI spending, Bloomberg’s Ryan Gould, Michelle F. Davis, Matthew Monks, and Manuel Baigorri report. According to people familiar with the matter, Aligned could be valued at roughly $40B in a transaction, and a deal could be announced within days. GIP is also nearing a $38B deal to buy utility group AES (AES), the report notes.
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