BlackRock Inc.’s Global Infrastructure Partners is engaged in advanced talks with Aligned Data Centres, a leading infrastructure company, to finalize a deal to purchase it for $40 billion. BlackRock’s interest in the company grew after a report from reliable sources revealed that Aligned Data Centres successfully raised $12 billion. This fundraising aimed to significantly expand the company’s footprint amid growing demand for facilities that support AI systems. Aligned intends to build bigger and more numerous data centresLike other data centre providers, Aligned has encountered new pressure to build numerous data centres over the past years as AI becomes increasingly adopted. However, the main challenge is that building data centres of the required infrastructure takes time, including power supplies.