March 28, 2026
Texas Built the Datacenter Boom. Now It's Auditing the Deal.Risk: Aligned's pending $40 billion acquisition by a BlackRock-led consortium and the Army's conditional status mean both deals carry execution uncertainty through closing.
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BlackRock has invested in renewable energy projects and infrastructure funds that support data center power needs in Texas, including solar and wind facilities that supply electricity to major computing facilities.
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March 5, 2026
**When Public Markets Blink, Private Capital Buys the Grid**The $10.7 billion take-private of AES Corporation by a BlackRock-backed Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT consortium is the day's most consequential story for datacenter infrastructure.
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