Americans for Financial Reform
March 3, 2025

Report: Private Equity and the New Silicon Rush

Private equity firms have poured record amounts into the data center sector, snapping up billions of dollars’ worth of digital real estate. Private equity has spent nearly $200 billion to finance data center deals, with the vast majority of this spending hidden from public view. Private equity was behind nearly 80 to 90 percent of completed mergers and acquisitions in the sector since 2022.