Kao Data, the specialist developer and operator of high-performance data centres for enterprise, 云, 高性能计算与人工智能, has announced that leading infrastructure investment firm, Infratil, 和法律 & 一般资本, have increased their equity stakes in the company.
Infratil will now hold a majority stake of 53%, Legal & 一般资本 will hold 32%, and Goldacre NOÉ Group, Kao Data’s founding investors, will hold 15%.
自2021年以来，Infratil Ltd .和Legal & 一般资本 have together invested in Kao Data, growing the company from a single data centre developer/operator to a multi-site platform.
Earlier this year Kao Data unveiled plans for a new 40 megawatt (MW) data centre in Greater Manchester, a development that represents an investment of £350M and aims to create a leading infrastructure hub to support the city region’s growing technology, AI, 科研生态系统.
The new shareholdings will provide streamlined ownership and additional funding for Kao Data’s growth - accelerating its plans to scale across the United Kingdom, 包括西北部, and underpinning its mission to provide customers with world-class and sustainable, high-performance data centre infrastructure.
Vincent Gerritsen，英国负责人 & 莫里森的欧洲 & Co, Infratil经理, said: “Increasing our shareholding in Kao Data is in line with our strategy of investing in ’ideas that matter’ and continues our active support to scale the platform through contributing our extensive data centre experience. With the expanding presence of artificial intelligence and its transformative impact on key technological and digital thematics at a global scale, increasing Infratil’s Kao Data stake demonstrates our confidence in the sector’s prospects.”
“Society’s digital infrastructure needs will only continue to increase, and meeting these needs will unlock productivity, 创新, and economic growth locally and internationally,Matteo Colombo说, Managing Director of Strategic Private Capital Investments at Legal & 一般资本. “法律 & General are enthusiastic to support this as an active shareholder of Kao Data on its continuing exciting growth journey, having successfully grown from a single site since investment to now four sites.”
大卫•布鲁姆, 合作伙伴, Goldacre NOÉ集团及董事长, Kao Data commented: “This moment marks an important next step in the Kao Data journey. 用Infratil和L&G raising their stakes in the business, we are well-positioned for the growth opportunities presented by the data centre market, including the exploration of opportunities across Europe. The founder investors had a clear vision for this business, and their continued presence as shareholders gives confidence about our ability to realise the potential of Kao Data.”
斯宾塞羊肉, 首席商务官, Kao Data added: “Technologies such as GPU-powered generative AI and high-performance computing are driving transformative change across the sector, and it’s vital we continue to build out the Kao Data platform to the highest standards of performance, 能源效率和可持续性, while retaining our position as one of the world’s leading data centre providers for advanced computing.”
“With our new capital structure and the ongoing support of our large, 机构投资者, we believe Kao Data is perfectly placed to underpin the next wave of hyperscale and artificial intelligence 创新 during a time of exponential growth in digital infrastructure. The shareholding change enables us to move quickly on our proposed development of a new high-performance data centre in Greater Manchester, and will support the region’s position as one of the fastest-growing technology and economic hubs in the UK.”
For further information about Kao Data’s high-performance data centre platform, visit the website.
