Vantage Knowledge Facilities has accomplished a USD 9.2 billion fairness funding led by present traders DigitalBridge and Silver Lake. The corporate mentioned the capital increase was considerably oversubscribed with participation from a number of world traders and was upsized by USD 2.8 billion from the USD 6.4 billion introduced earlier this yr. This brings the finished funding to USD 9.2 billion, Vantage mentioned in a press release.
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Mixed Investments
Along with the EUR 1.5 billion funding by Australian Tremendous introduced in September 2023, combination new funding in Vantage over the previous 9 months totals roughly USD 11 billion, of which greater than EUR 7 billion is main fairness, the corporate mentioned.
Increasing World Footprint
In accordance with Vantage, main proceeds can be used to fund Vantage’s development throughout North America and EMEA, accelerating and increasing the corporate’s capabilities to companion with world hyperscalers in assembly unprecedented cloud and AI demand.
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Vantage at the moment owns or controls greater than 25 websites in North America and EMEA, with a complete anticipated capability of over three gigawatts. The funding is predicted to drive a further USD 30 billion in improvement.
Vantage will proceed its improvement of next-generation information facilities, together with energy-efficient and sustainable designs purpose-built for AI and large-scale cloud deployments, the official launch mentioned.
Vantage develops and operates information facilities throughout 5 continents: North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific.