Blackstone-led consortium nears $13.5 billion deal to acquire AirTrunk, Reuters reports

Blackstone-led consortium nears .5 billion deal to acquire AirTrunk, Reuters reports


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A consortium led by Blackstone is nearing a deal to acquire Australian data center group AirTrunk for A$20 billion ($13.53 billion) including debt, a person with knowledge of the situation said on Monday.

Blackstone and its partner, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, emerged as the preferred buyer for AirTrunk, after outbidding a rival investor group, the person said, declining to be named as the information was private.

The deal could be announced in the coming days, the person said.

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Bloomberg first reported the news on Monday, adding that AirTrunk owners Macquarie Group and Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board are negotiating final details of a transaction.

Blackstone, CPPIB, Macquarie and PSP declined to comment.

Reuters reported last week that two bidding groups led by Blackstone and IFM Investors lodged final offers on Tuesday to buy AirTrunk.

The IFM-led consortium consists of DigitalBridge, GIP, Mubadala’s MGX and Silver Lake.

Macquarie and PSP own 88% of the data center business but have not disclosed their individual stakes.



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