Goldman’s Infrastructure Arm Makes $500 Million Data-Center Bet

  • Firm backs entity led by former Digital Realty CIO Peterson
  • Global Compute agreed to buy assets in Poland as first deal
Photographer: Ben Torres/Bloomberg
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Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is betting on data centers.

The New York-based firm’s infrastructure arm, part of its merchant bank, agreed to invest an initial $500 million in Global Compute Infrastructure LP, a platform helmed by Scott Peterson, the former chief investment officer at Digital Realty Trust Inc.