• Blackstone Credit & Insurance has increased its senior secured credit facility to exceed US $1 billion in support of Aligned’s expansion across the Americas.
• The injection will help Aligned deliver over 5 GW of capacity and advance its energy-efficient, AI-optimised data centre portfolio.
What happened:Blackstone expands credit facility
Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI) has upsized its existing senior secured credit facility for Aligned Data Centres, bringing its total commitment to more than US $1 billion.
This funding is managed entirely through BXCI’s Infrastructure & Asset-Based Credit Group and underpins Aligned’s strategy to roll out in excess of 5 GW of future capacity across the Americas — specifically designed to support surging demand for AI, cloud, and enterprise infrastructure.
Aligned CFO Meghan Baivier emphasised that the deal signals “market confidence” in the firm’s long-term strategy and strengthens its capital structure for sustainable growth . Rick Campbell, head of US Private High-Grade Credit at BXCI, underlined how the financing aligns with Blackstone’s mission to deliver large-scale, flexible capital for critical digital infrastructure .
As a leader in environmentally friendly and effective data center design, Aligned has integrated cutting-edge liquid and air cooling systems to support high-density AI workloads with low PUE (power usage effectiveness).
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Why it’s important
This significant credit upsizing underscores the pivotal role private credit plays in fuelling the AI-era digital infrastructure boom. Aligned’s aggressive expansion—funded in part by Blackstone—is a clear response to escalating demand for infrastructure capable of supporting AI and cloud workloads.
The combined use of BXCI’s funding and Aligned’s engineering expertise in energy-efficient design offers a prime example of how to integrate sustainability and scalability in data center development. In fact, as the digital economy develops faster, investors back greater scale and sustainable infrastructure. Additionally, this funding is part of a larger trend in which private financial markets have assumed over the funding of digital infrastructure, indicating its strategic significance and anticipated long-term significance. It’s a clear indication of how the data center industry is altering itself, moving from purely capacity expansion to innovative, environmentally conscious deployment.
