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[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

Andrew Schaap is Aligned’s chief executive officer. [5]
Chris Drumgoole became chief operating officer in September 2026, overseeing Operations, Platform Delivery, and Information Technology. [5]

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