US EditionSoftBank Group to Acquire DigitalBridge for $4 Billion to Scale Next-Gen AI Infrastructure
SoftBank's $4 billion acquisition of DigitalBridge enhances its AI infrastructure holdings, with DigitalBridge managing $108 billion in digital assets, officials said.
- On Monday, SoftBank Group will acquire DigitalBridge Group in a deal valued at US$4-billion, though both companies declined to comment, Bloomberg reported.
- To deepen its AI exposure, SoftBank has ramped up investments while DigitalBridge focuses on digital infrastructure including Vantage Data Centers, Zayo, Switch and AtlasEdge.
- Shares of DigitalBridge surged as much as 50% in premarket trade and were last seen 40.5% higher at 4:35 a.m. ET, while the $16 per share offer values the firm at US$2.92-billion with a 15-per-cent premium.
- Marc Ganzi will stay on to lead DigitalBridge as a separately managed platform managing around US$108-billion in assets, expanding SoftBank's exposure to AI-focused digital infrastructure.
- Masayoshi Son has been publicly pitching AI, and SoftBank participates in the Stargate project with OpenAI and Oracle, planning five new computing sites across Texas, New Mexico and Ohio.
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