Photo: GettySoftBank has agreed to acquire private equity firm DigitalBridge in a deal valuing the data centre investor at $4bn (€3.4bn) including debt. DigitalBridge is one of the biggest investment firms focused on digital infrastructure, with about $108bn of assets under management at the end of September, according to its website. The deal will bring to SoftBank relationships with more investors keen to deploy money in the data centre industry. SoftBank has separately been discussing a potential acquisition of Switch, a data centre operator backed by investors including DigitalBridge. It later sold its stake to a group including Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala and Fortress management.

Source: Irish Independent December 30, 2025 07:04 UTC