Aligned
Hyperscale Campus and Build to Scale
Aligned Data Centers is a Dallas-headquartered operator of hyperscale, multi-tenant and enterprise data center campuses in the United States and Latin America. A consortium of AIP, MGX and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners bought it from Macquarie-managed funds in a deal valued at about US$40 billion.
Official website ↗Overview
Aligned operates 50 campuses across the United States and Latin America, including hubs in Northern Virginia, Chicago and São Paulo, with more than 5GW of operational and planned capacity. Its website lists North American locations including Abernathy, Maryland, Atlanta, Ohio, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Dallas, Phoenix, Hillsboro, Salt Lake City and Virginia, and Latin American locations in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. It also highlights the groundbreaking of a 2 GW "Project Phoenix" campus at the Shippingport legacy energy site.
Profile
- Ownership and history
- In October 2025 a consortium of the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners agreed to buy 100 percent of the equity from funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management for an enterprise value of approximately US$40 billion. The acquisition was completed in July 2026, with an additional US$5 billion in growth capital committed. CEO Andrew Schaap and the existing management team remain, and the company continues to operate from Dallas.
- Data center solutions
- Aligned Data Centers, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, organizes its offering into four solution lines on its website: Hyperscale Campus and Build to Scale, Gigascale Campuses, Multi-Tenant and Enterprise Data Centers, and Managed Data Center Services. These are delivered across a portfolio of 50 campuses in the United States and Latin America. Since July 2026 the company has been owned by a consortium of AIP, MGX and GIP, which agreed in October 2025 to buy it from Macquarie-managed funds for about US$40 billion.
Organization
- Legal name
- Aligned Data Centers
- Organization type
- Hyperscale Campus and Build to Scale
- Headquarters
- Dallas, TX, United States
- Business activities
- Hyperscale Campus and Build to Scale; Multi-Tenant and Enterprise; Gigascale Campuses; Managed Data Center Services
Coverage in Ask the Grid
Asset relationships- Linked asset profiles
- 4
- Linked capacity
- —
- Roles in coverage
- 1
Coverage includes the published profiles below. Linked capacity adds their reported ratings.
Related power assets
| Asset | Relationship | Capacity | Effective | |
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| Aligned IAD-03 | operator | — | Not dated | |
| Aligned ORD-01 | operator | — | Not dated | |
| Aligned ORD-02 | operator | |||