DigitalBridge to Buy ArcLight for $1.05 Billion as AI Power Demand Drives Convergence
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Updated · Utility Dive · May 27
DigitalBridge to Buy ArcLight for $1.05 Billion as AI Power Demand Drives Convergence
9 articles · Updated · Utility Dive · May 27
$1.05 billion will buy ArcLight Capital Partners, giving DigitalBridge a private power platform alongside its data-center and digital infrastructure assets.
20.8 GW of owned generation and a roughly 15-GW project pipeline make ArcLight a large U.S. power owner, including about 7 GW in PJM, a key data-center growth region.
More than $150 billion in combined assets would position the merged platform around power, AI and digital infrastructure, while ArcLight continues as a separately managed business.
The deal cannot close unless a SoftBank affiliate first completes its previously announced acquisition of DigitalBridge, and it still needs antitrust, CFIUS, FERC and FCC approvals.
The transaction extends an existing tie-up: in March, ArcLight agreed to buy InfraBridge's 50% stake in Invenergy's 5.4-GW AMPCI Thermal Power portfolio, and DigitalBridge owns InfraBridge.
As tech giants acquire power assets, how will this reshape the competitive landscape for the entire AI industry?
Can the nation's grid be upgraded for AI's needs without passing the immense costs onto residential consumers?
Does merging critical data and power infrastructure create a new, concentrated national security vulnerability for the US?