Top 10 Data Center Capital Raises and Investors in the U.S. – July 1st – 31st, 2026
Several interesting transactions closed in the Data Center sector over the past month. 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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- EdgeConneX, a modular data centers for a diverse portfolio of industries, including cloud, networks, gaming, automotive, and security services, received $2.78 billion of development capital from Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings, Meitav Investments House, MORE Investment House, Migdal Insurance and Financial Holdings and CPP Investments.
- Sabey Data Center Properties, a colocation, powered shell, and build-to-suit data center services that caters to clients in SaaS, finance, healthcare, government, media and entertainment, received development capital from Ares Dynamic Credit Allocation Fund.
Buyout/LBO
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- Aligned Data Centers, a data centers that supports cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and enterprise digital infrastructure, was acquired by BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft, xAI, MGX, Kuwait Investment Authority, Temasek Holdings, and Global Infrastructure Partners through a $40 billion LBO.
Joint Venture
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- 400MW Gas-Powered Data Centre, a 400MW gas-powered data centre located in Abilene, Texas, was formed as a joint venture between PowerPlay AI and Sharon AI.
Corporate Asset Purchase
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- 10NetZero and Big Digital Energy, a 50-acre live-powered industrial site located in Texas, United States, was acquired by 10NetZero and Big Digital Energy.
- 311 Mega Watt Data Center in Texas, a data center that covers 30,000 square feet of land, was acquired by 10NetZero and Big Digital Energy.
- CleanCore Solutions, a 200 megawatt data center campus located in Texas, was acquired by CleanCore Solutions.
Early Stage VC
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- Cardinal Data Power, a gigawatt-scale data center campuses that supports the development of power generation for computing infrastructure, raised $70 million through a combination of Series A-1 and Series A-2 venture funding in a deal led by Hood River Capital Management.
- Keystone Infrastructure, AI infrastructure campuses that maximizes compute capacity per megawatt through integrated power, cooling, and energy optimization, raised venture funding from Innova Capital Partners.
- StratGrid, an AI data centers and power-generation infrastructure that delivers hyper-efficient, modular, edge-optimized computing capacity for AI workloads, raised $1.75 million of venture funding from Jet.AI.
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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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