The artificial intelligence boom, which has already drawn hundreds of billions of dollars into financing, funding rounds, and partnerships, is now spilling into an accelerating wave of data centre takeover talks. SoftBank Group Corp. (SOBKY, Financial) joined that momentum in December with a multibillion-dollar agreement to buy DigitalBridge, a deal involving about $3 billion in cash and valued at roughly $4 billion including debt. The transaction reflects how AI-driven computing demand could be reshaping investor appetite for digital infrastructure, particularly as hyperscalers and private capital look to secure capacity, power, and long-term growth exposure.

That backdrop has set the stage for a busy year of data centre-related mergers and acquisitions across regions. Large-scale transactions have ranged from the $40 billion October deal for Macquarie-backed Aligned Data Centres led by investors including BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners, to a $4 billion September agreement for Bain Capital’s data centres in China. Other notable moves included Vantage Data Centres’ acquisition of Yondr’s Johor campus, Northern Data’s sale to Rumble at a valuation of about $767 million, and Samsung Electronics’ (SSNLF, Financial) €1.5 billion purchase of FläktGroup, a European heating and cooling specialist positioned to benefit from rising data centre demand.

Activity has also extended into Asia-Pacific and Europe, with talks and completed deals highlighting the breadth of investor interest. These included KKR (KKR, Financial) discussions around ST Telemedia Global Data Centres at a valuation above $5 billion, Pacific Equity Partners buying a 75% stake in Spark New Zealand’s data centre business, and ongoing talks over Macquarie’s majority stake in the Amsterdam 1 Data centre. Taken together, the transactions suggest that capital is increasingly converging on data centres as a strategic asset class, as AI workloads could continue to drive consolidation, partnerships, and large-scale infrastructure bets globally.

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