Aligned Data Centers
Dallas-based data centre operator with 51 campuses and more than 6.4 GW of capacity, acquired in July 2026 by an AIP, MGX and BlackRock GIP consortium at about USD 40 billion.
Industry: Data centres | Location: Dallas, United States | Founded: 2013 | Total Funding: USD 12B
About Aligned Data Centers
Aligned Data Centers builds and operates data centres for hyperscalers, AI cloud providers and enterprises, and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Its website lists hyperscale and build-to-scale campuses, gigascale campuses, multi-tenant and enterprise data centres, federal solutions and managed data centre services. In July 2026 the company described a portfolio of 51 campuses with more than 6.4 GW of operational and planned capacity.
Caproasia reports that Jakob Carnemark and Thomas Doherty founded Aligned in 2013. Andrew Schaap has been chief executive since 2017 after 11 years at Digital Realty. The leadership page also lists Meghan Baivier as chief financial officer, Chris Drumgoole as chief operating officer, Anubhav Raj as chief investment officer, Eric Jacobs as chief commercial officer and Michael Welch as chief technology officer.
Aligned's campuses are in Northern Virginia, Chicago, Dallas, Ohio, Phoenix, Salt Lake City and other US locations, and in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico. The company says it uses air-cooled closed-loop cooling to limit water use. It has announced a 2 GW campus called Project Phoenix at Shippingport, Pennsylvania.
On 15 January 2025 Aligned announced a raise of more than USD 12 billion, made up of over USD 5 billion of new primary equity and over USD 7 billion of new debt commitments. Funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management were among the investors, and the money was to speed development of more than 5 GW of planned capacity. On 28 July 2026 it priced about USD 1.183 billion of asset-backed securities, its first issuance since 2023, secured on four campuses.
Caproasia reported in October 2025 that BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners was in talks about an investment at a USD 40 billion valuation. On 21 July 2026 the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership, MGX and Global Infrastructure Partners completed the purchase of 100 percent of Aligned's equity from private infrastructure funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management, at an enterprise value of about USD 40 billion, and committed a further USD 5 billion of growth capital. Schaap and the existing management team remain in place.
Leadership
- Jakob Carnemark, Co-founder
- Thomas Doherty, Co-founder
- Andrew Schaap, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
- Meghan Baivier, Chief Financial Officer
- Chris Drumgoole, Chief Operating Officer
- Anubhav Raj, Chief Investment Officer
- Eric Jacobs, Chief Commercial Officer
- Michael Welch, Chief Technology Officer