Macquarie Bets on AI Data-Center Boom Even After AirTrunk Sale
- Data center capacity investments are a key strategy, CEO says
- Shemara Wikramanayake speaks in interview with Bloomberg
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Macquarie Group Ltd.’s recent megadeal to sell AirTrunk was just a warm up act when it comes to data centers, chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake said.
The Australian investment bank owns 4.3 gigawatts of data center capacity worldwide, and almost a third of the investments by its asset management arm are in digital infrastructure, Wikramanayake said. The firm is betting on higher income in that unit from the sale of more investments in the future, with a swathe of data center businesses part of that.