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Digital Realty and Brookfield acquire Ascenty
M&A · Ascenty · US$1.8bn, 24 September 2018.
Key terms
- Company
- Ascenty
- Date
- 24 September 2018
- Type
- M&A
- Value
- US$1.8bn
- Status
- Completed
- Region
- Latin America
What happened
Digital Realty agreed to buy Brazilian operator Ascenty from Great Hill Partners and brought in Brookfield Infrastructure as a 49% joint venture partner, making it the largest colocation platform in South America at the time.
Recorded terms
- Brookfield commitment
- About US$613m for a 49% stake
- Footprint at signing
- Data centres in São Paulo, Campinas, Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza
- Value basis
- About US$1.8bn
- Segment
- Data centres
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Sources
- Digital Realty: third quarter 2018 resultsSource date: October 2018
- Data Center Frontier: Digital Realty acquires Brazil’s Ascenty for $1.8bnSource date: 24 September 2018
About this record
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