Nov 11 (Reuters) - Swiss private investment company Partners Group Holding AG (PGHN.S) is investing up to $1.2 billion in U.S. data center operator EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure, the private equity firm told Reuters.
Partners Group will use the fund to acquire a majority stake in EdgeCore and help it build out new data center sites across the United States, the latest of Partners' investment in data center assets.
Some of the themes include cloud computing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, 5G and mobile," said Ed Diffendal, managing director at Partners Group.
In 2021, Partners Group made four digital infrastructure investments, including acquiring atNorth, the largest data center operator in Iceland.
Founded in 1996, Partners Group manages $119 billion across private equity, real estate, infrastructure, credit and secondaries globally.