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Bain Capital bids to acquire Koch’s data center firm in agreement exceeding $15 billion
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The private equity giant's pursuit of Edged marks its first major move into US data center investments after sitting out the AI infrastructure boom.
Key facts
- Bain Capital is in talks to acquire Edged, a data center developer owned by Koch Inc., in a deal that could top $15 billion
- Combined, those sites deliver more than 388 megawatts of operational capacity, with an Atlanta campus alone accounting for 169 MW
- The company was co-founded in 2024 by Koch, through its Koch Real Estate Investments subsidiary, and entrepreneur Jakob Carnemark
- Koch Real Estate Investments has brought in Goldman Sachs to help evaluate incoming bids
Summary
Bain Capital is in talks to acquire Edged, a data center developer owned by Koch Inc., in a deal that could top $15 billion. Edged isn’t your standard data center operator. To put that PUE number in the closer to 1.0, the more efficient a data center is at converting electricity into actual compute work rather than waste heat. The company currently operates facilities across five US metro areas: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Kansas City, and Phoenix.