Blackstone Credit & Insurance and Aligned Data Centers Expand Financing Partnership, Surpassing $1 Billion in Commitments

Blackstone Credit & Insurance and Aligned Data Centers have expanded their financing partnership, surpassing $1 billion in commitments. The upsize supports Aligned's growth and accelerates its portfolio strategy, enabling the company to meet surging demand for sustainable and future-ready infrastructure supporting next-generation workloads. The investment positions Aligned to better meet the evolving needs of its customers.

Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI) and Aligned Data Centers have expanded their financing partnership, surpassing $1 billion in commitments. The upsize, announced on August 21, 2025, is designed to support Aligned's rapid growth and accelerate its portfolio strategy. The investment will enable Aligned to meet surging demand for sustainable and future-ready infrastructure supporting next-generation workloads [1].

The expanded financing partnership supports Aligned's planned 5+ GW of future capacity across the Americas. This investment positions Aligned to better meet the evolving needs of its customers, including those requiring high-density AI implementation, cloud, and enterprise applications [1].

Meghan Baivier, Chief Financial Officer at Aligned, expressed gratitude for the support of stakeholders and noted that the issuance is a testament to the market's confidence in Aligned's long-term strategy. Rick Campbell, Head of U.S. Private High Grade Credit at BXCI, stated that the financing is consistent with Blackstone's focus on providing large-scale and flexible high-grade capital solutions to support critical digital infrastructure [1].

Aligned Data Centers is uniquely positioned to address the growing demand for AI, cloud, and enterprise services, leveraging its history of successful deployments in scalable locations and over a decade of innovation in air and liquid cooling solutions optimized for powerful Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) [1].

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[1] https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/blackstone-credit-insurance-and-aligned-data-centers-expand-financing-partnership-surpassing-1-billion-in-commitments/