Record funding in Asia Pacific information facilities | EUROtoday

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Funds managed by Blackstone along with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have reached an settlement to purchase Australian information middle operator AirTrunk for AUD$24 billion (US$16.1 billion). This is Blackstone’s largest funding in Asia Pacific. AirTrunk is the area’s largest information middle operator with information facilities in Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Currently, the capability already dedicated to prospects exceeds 800 MW and the group says it has the property to help future development of over 1 GW within the space. Blackstone has invested in a number of information middle corporations, each by way of fairness investments and by underwriting debt securities, together with Qts, Coreweave and Digital Realty. According to the forecasts reported in a word, within the coming years, investments of 1 trillion {dollars} are estimated for information facilities within the United States and one other trillion outdoors the United States.