Top 10 Data Center Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – January 1st to March 31st, 2026
Several interesting transactions closed in the Data Center sector over the past quarter. If you would like more info on these deals or would like to discuss the capital raising market for your company, please contact me.
PE Growth/Expansion
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- Big Watt Digital, data centers to utilize proprietary technology to increase mining service productivity, efficiency, and useful life, received $306.55 million of development capital.
- Rowan Digital Infrastructure, renewables-powered hyperscale data center campuses across the United States, received development capital from Blackstone.
Merger/Acquisition
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- Carbon60 Operating (Saint John Data Center Business), data center services based in Toronto, Canada, was acquired by Carrier Connect Data Solutions for approximately $3.1 million.
- Texas Criticial Data Centers, net-zero energy data center based in the United States, was acquired by New Era Energy & Digital for $70 million.
Buyout/LBO
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- 365 Data Center (Three Co-Location Center Facilities in United States) had its assets acquired by HyscaleIX Data Centers via its financial sponsor, Novacap, through an LBO.
- Aligned Data Centers, modular data center and mechanical cooling infrastructure systems development and operation services intended for cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers, was acquired by BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft, xAI, MGX, Kuwait Investment Authority, Temasek Holdings and Global Infrastructure Partners through a $40 billion LBO.
- Altum Digital Infrastructure, data center facilities that serves enterprise and co-location users in the United States, was acquired by Igneo Infrastructure Partners through an LBO.
- Park Place Technologies, third-party maintenance data center hardware maintenance support that provides services for storage, servers, and network equipment, was acquired by Service Express, via its financial sponsor Warburg Pincus, through an LBO.
- US Signal (New Data Center in Aurora), data center located in Aurora, Illinois, was acquired by US Signal, via its financial sponsor Igneo Infrastructure Partners, through an LBO.
Later Stage VC
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- Nautilus Data Technologies, water-cooled data center that sets a standard for energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and global scalability, raised an estimated $21 million through the combination of Series B, Series B1 and Series B2 venture funding in a deal led by Pangaea Ventures.
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Axel Reijmers
Managing Director
Former Head of Corporate Finance M&A Americas for the Royal Bank of Scotland and ABN AMRO Bank, based in New York. Began his career at ABN AMRO Bank in Japan, and subsequently in The Netherlands in the Corporate Finance department. Was seconded to New York in 2006 to co-establish the ABN AMRO North America Corporate Finance M&A department and grew it by advising medium and large companies on domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, capital raisings and capital structurings. Led the management buyout of RBS Bank Mexico and RBS Broker-Dealer Mexico in 2014 and spearheaded the subsequent growth of the bank as Head of Investment Banking & Corporate Development. During his tenure he supported companies with capital and financing solutions with a focus on companies in the US and Mexican energy infrastructure sector and fintech sector. Holds a master’s degree in economics from Groningen University, The Netherlands. Holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses.
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