DigitalBridge Acquiring ArcLight in $1-Billion Power Infrastructure Deal

DigitalBridge Group said it has a definitive statement to get ArcLight Capital Partners arsenic portion of a $1.05-billion deal. The transaction brings unneurotic 2 groups that the companies said would signifier "a starring alternate plus manager astatine the convergence of power, AI [artificial intelligence], and integer infrastructure, bringing unneurotic 2 specializer platforms with combined assets representing much than $150 billion." ArcLight, founded successful 2001 and based successful Boston, Massachusetts, has owned, controlled, oregon operated much than 70 GW of powerfulness procreation assets. The institution besides has overseen astir 48,000 miles of electrical and state transmission and retention infrastructure, which the institution said represents much than $90 cardinal of endeavor value. ArcLight said its backstage powerfulness procreation portfolios, and improvement pipelines, are among the largest successful North America. The companies connected May 27 said the transaction is conditioned upon completion of a antecedently announced acquisition of DigitalBridge by an affiliate of SoftBank Group Corp. DigitalBridge is headquartered successful Boca Raton, Florida, with offices crossed North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. SoftBank Group Corp. successful precocious December 2025 announced its statement to get DigitalBridge successful a $4-billion deal. "Digital infrastructure is simply a specializer business, and ArcLight has operated with that aforesaid doctrine successful powerfulness infrastructure for much than 2 decades, gathering heavy expertise crossed power, renewables, batteries, transmission, and midstream infrastructure," said Marc Ganzi, CEO of DigitalBridge. "The shared condemnation that specialization creates durable advantages is foundational to this operation and expands what we tin present for our constricted partners and customers. "AI is rewiring the planetary powerfulness equation, accelerating concern crossed generation, transmission, and behind-the-meter infrastructure," said Ganzi. "We judge the firms champion positioned for this adjacent signifier of maturation volition beryllium those that are capable to underwrite some integer and vigor infrastructure with adjacent extent and credibility. Together, DigitalBridge and ArcLight volition assistance make a scaled infrastructure level positioned for that convergence." Daniel Revers, who founded ArcLight, said the institution was "one of the archetypal dedicated powerfulness infrastructure concern platforms, and much than 2 decades aboriginal we are taking different important measurement toward gathering a level for the increasing convergence of power, AI, and integer infrastructure. As request for compute, connectivity, and electrification continues to accelerate, we judge the adjacent signifier of infrastructure investing volition progressively necessitate integrated expertise crossed some powerfulness and integer infrastructure. "This operation builds connected ArcLight's beardown instauration and creates caller opportunities for our investors, customers, and partners, portion preserving the independence, discipline, and semipermanent absorption that has defined our concern since inception," said Revers. "By combining ArcLight's heavy acquisition crossed powerfulness infrastructure with DigitalBridge's planetary integer infrastructure level and longstanding relationships crossed the hyperscale ecosystem, and SoftBank Group's broader exertion and AI leadership, we judge the combined level volition beryllium good positioned to enactment the adjacent procreation of infrastructure development." "Meeting the powerfulness demands of AI infrastructure, reshoring, and electrification is simply a generational opportunity. Power has go the captious bottleneck for integer infrastructure buildout, and solving it takes expertise and dedicated people," said Angelo Acconcia, managing spouse of ArcLight. "We've built 25 years of method knowledge, regulatory relationships, and operational extent successful electrification infrastructure. Over the past 5 years alone, we person importantly expanded our team, resources, and capabilities to make an integrated level to conscionable this request astatine scale. ArcLight looks guardant to gathering connected this momentum successful concern with DigitalBridge arsenic we execute connected an integrated attack to powering the integer economy." The companies connected Wednesday said ArcLight volition run arsenic a separately managed concern arsenic portion of the DigitalBridge platform. The groups said Revers volition service arsenic vice president of DigitalBridge, portion Acconcia volition beryllium managing spouse of ArcLight and proceed day-to-day enactment of the firm. Jake Erhard, presently a spouse astatine ArcLight, volition go elder partner. —Darrell Proctor is simply a elder exertion for POWER.