BlackRock subsidiary buys up 78 data centers totaling 5 gigawatts in $40 billion deal — AI vendor Aligned added to company’s portfolio

Another day, another blimp with billions flying the skies of AI. Today’s currency transfer comes from BlackRock subsidiary Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), an investment fund set to write a big check to buy out Aligned Data Centers, a large AI datacenter company. Bloomberg cites sources with knowledge of the deal and pins the amount at a tidy $40 billion.

Aligned may not be a household name in tech news, but according to its website, the company has 78 datacenters in locations around the U.S. and…