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Retrieved sources

[^E1] Aligned Data Centers — https://aligneddc.com/

Aligned Data Centers, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, develops and operates sustainable, adaptive data-center infrastructure for hyperscale campuses and turnkey data halls. Its stated focus is performance, resilience, energy efficiency, and global reach. [^E1]

Value Proposition & Features

Aligned serves hyperscale and demanding-compute customers with scalable data-center capacity designed to combine rapid deployment, operational resilience, and energy efficiency. [^E1]

Core features include:

Adaptive infrastructure: Modular, standardized systems intended to support changing customer requirements and phased expansion. ¹⁴
Hyperscale campuses: Large-scale campuses designed for high-density digital infrastructure and advanced compute workloads. ¹
Turnkey data halls: Ready-to-deploy environments for customers requiring dedicated capacity. [^E1]
Liquid-cooling support: Aligned’s ODATA subsidiary is deploying hybrid air- and liquid-cooling architectures through DeltaFlow at facilities in Brazil and Mexico. ⁶
Water stewardship: The Shippingport campus uses closed-loop cooling designed to protect local water resources. ¹¹
Ultra-efficient operations: The company positions its infrastructure around energy efficiency, resilience, and performance. [^E1]
Sustainability certification: Aligned says its new facilities are covered by an initiative seeking Green Globes certification. ¹⁴
Global reach: The company operates across the Americas through its data-center portfolio and ODATA platform. ¹⁵

Aligned’s campus-scale infrastructure pairs naturally with Datacenter Operations for monitoring, reliability, and downstream reporting.

Screenshots

No three official product screenshots were identified in the retrieved results.

Product Roadmap / Announcements

As of October 8, 2026,

September 29, 2026: Aligned announced a partnership with Phaidra to deploy the Prism AI-operations platform across its data-center portfolio. ⁴
September 23, 2026: Aligned appointed Chris Drumgoole as chief operating officer, with responsibility for Operations, Platform Delivery, and Information Technology. ⁵
September 17, 2026: ODATA announced deployment of DeltaFlow liquid cooling at its SP04 campus in Brazil and QR03 campus in Mexico. ⁶
September 10, 2026: Aligned broke ground on Project Phoenix, a three-facility, 2 GW campus in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. ¹

Recent Developments

Project Phoenix is expected to anchor an estimated $10 billion in regional economic investment. ¹
Aligned announced the appointment of Chris Drumgoole as COO during a period of stated global growth and scale. ⁵
ODATA reported a combined $630 million investment supporting phase-one DeltaFlow installation and testing in Brazil and Mexico. ⁶

History and Origin Story

Aligned Data Centers was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas. [^E1] The company developed around adaptive, energy-efficient infrastructure for hyperscale campuses and turnkey data halls, later expanding its Americas footprint through ODATA. [^E1] A major recent inflection point is Project Phoenix, which repurposes a legacy industrial site in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, for a planned 2 GW campus. ³

Fundraising History

Round	Date	Amount	Lead investor
Debt financing	July 1, 2026	$1.183 billion	Not disclosed
Equity and debt financing	2025	More than $12 billion	Macquarie Asset Management
Total	Through July 2026	$18.338 billion reported	Various

Aligned’s supplied company data reports total funding of $18.338 billion, including debt financing and secondary-market activity. [^E1] SAVRN reports a capital raise exceeding $12 billion, consisting of approximately $5 billion of equity led by Macquarie Asset Management and roughly $7 billion of debt. ¹⁵

Investors and financing participants identified in the retrieved material:

CenterSquare ¹⁵
Macquarie Asset Management ¹⁵
Mubadala ¹⁵
Patrizia ¹⁵

Notable Team Members

Market Sizing

Category, Market Size, and Category Growth

Aligned operates in the data-center development, colocation, hyperscale infrastructure, and digital-infrastructure operations categories. Its projects target large-scale demand for advanced compute, including AI workloads. ¹

No reliable analyst-firm market-size or category-growth estimate was found in the retrieved results. Project Phoenix alone is planned as a 2 GW campus and is associated with an estimated $10 billion in regional economic investment. ¹

Pricing

Tier	Pricing
Data-center capacity, turnkey halls, and hyperscale campuses	No public pricing

Aligned’s public materials describe infrastructure and services but do not publish standard customer pricing. [^E1]

Revenue Trajectory Estimates

The supplied entity metadata reports annual revenue of $7.5 million, but the retrieved material does not provide an independently verified revenue series or ARR figure. [^E1]

Competitive Landscape

Who it's for, who it's not for

Aligned is aimed at hyperscalers, large enterprises, AI-compute operators, and other customers needing high-density, resilient, scalable data-center capacity. Its offering is particularly relevant to customers requiring dedicated campuses, turnkey halls, advanced cooling, and phased expansion. [^E1] ¹

It is not positioned as a retail cloud application, small-business hosting provider, or conventional shared-server vendor; the public materials focus on campus-scale and enterprise infrastructure rather than self-service compute plans. [^E1]

Viable Alternatives

Digital Realty: A large global data-center operator offering colocation and interconnection for enterprise and hyperscale customers.
Equinix: A global colocation and interconnection provider suited to customers prioritizing network ecosystems and carrier access.
QTS Data Centers: A hyperscale and enterprise data-center developer and operator with large campuses in North America.
CyrusOne: A large-scale data-center operator focused on hyperscale and enterprise capacity.
Vantage Data Centers: A hyperscale-focused developer and operator competing on large campuses and high-capacity infrastructure.

Competitor Table

Competitor	Description
Digital Realty	Global data-center operator serving enterprise, network, and hyperscale customers.
Equinix	Colocation and interconnection provider with a broad network and data-center ecosystem.
QTS Data Centers	North American hyperscale and enterprise data-center developer and operator.
CyrusOne	Large-scale data-center provider focused on hyperscale and enterprise workloads.
Vantage Data Centers	Hyperscale data-center developer and operator competing on campus-scale capacity.

Sources

¹: Project Phoenix Data Center Campus Breaks Ground | Aligned ²: Proyectos Phoenix Se inicia la construcción del campus del centro de datos | Aligned ³: aligneddc.com · video-resources · project-phoenixShippingport Data Center: Project Phoenix Breaks Ground ⁴: Aligned Data Centers Adopts Phaidra Prism AI Tool ⁵: Aligned Data Centers Names Chris Drumgoole COO ⁶: ODATA Launches DeltaFlow~™ Liquid Cooling in Latin ... ⁷: Aligned Data Centers Chris Drumgoole, director de operaciones, ha sido nombrado. ⁸: Adaptado Data Centers para el crecimiento | Aligned Data Centers ⁹: Advancing Pennsylvania's Digital Future ¹⁰: Aligned Data Centers Chris Drumgoole é nomeado COO (Diretor de Operações). ¹¹: Data Center in Pennsylvania ¹²: Centro de datos Shippingport: Proyecto Phoenix Abre el terreno ¹³: Centro de dados Shippingport: Projeto Phoenix Início das obras ¹⁴: La sostenibilidad como prioridad | Aligned Data Centers ¹⁵: Aligned Data Centers Data Center Capex and Sites - SAVRN

Sources (retrieved)

[^E1]: Exa.ai API response for data on Aligned Data Centers