Macquarie Asset Management has unveiled its latest flagship infrastructure fund, MIP VII, targeting $7 billion, shortly after a major $40 billion sale of Aligned Data Centers, signalling its focus on booming digital infrastructure and mid-market assets across the Americas.
Macquarie Asset Management has swiftly returned to the market with the launch of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VII (MIP VII), a flagship Americas-focused infrastructure fund targeting $7 billion in capital commitments. This new vintage follows closely after the final close of its predecessor, Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VI (MIP VI), which raised $6.8 billion in June 2024 along with $1.3 billion in co-investments. The launch of MIP VII marks a continuation of Macquarie’s strategic focus on mid-market, brownfield infrastructure assets across Canada, the US, Mexico, and Brazil.
MIP VII adheres to a core-plus investment approach, deploying capital across sectors such as digital infrastructure, transport, utilities, energy, and waste management. The fund targets a net internal rate of return (IRR) of 10-12%, complemented by a 4-6% cash yield, reflecting Macquarie’s ongoing commitment to delivering stable, cash-generative infrastructure investments. The firm has conducted roadshows, marketing initiatives, and official webinars over the past two months to engage potential investors, although it declined to comment publicly on the launch.
The timing of MIP VII’s unveiling coincided with Macquarie’s significant sale of Aligned Data Centers for approximately $40 billion to a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), backed by BlackRock, alongside Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partners and the AI-focused investment group MGX. Aligned Data Centers, headquartered in Texas, has grown under Macquarie’s ownership to become a leading hyperscale platform with over 5 gigawatts of operational and planned capacity across the Americas. This transaction is notable for its scale and ties to the booming digital infrastructure sector, especially in support of AI development and cloud computing.
MIP VI had an impressive fundraising journey, amassing over $8 billion in total commitments, including both the blind-pool fund and co-investments. The fund demonstrated strong investor confidence with more than 70% of commitments from existing Macquarie clients and a notable 50% of capital sourced from North American investors, the highest proportion for any MIP vintage to date. This diverse investor base spans pension schemes, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, and investment managers globally. MIP VI has also achieved rapid capital deployment, reaching over 85% invested by June 2024 in a range of diversified infrastructure assets. These include the US Gulf Coast services provider Diamond Infrastructure Solutions, fiber network operator Swyft Fiber, the TraPac container terminals in Los Angeles, development at Montreal Metropolitan Airport, and the Boca Raton-based Coastal Waste & Recycling company.
The broader Macquarie real assets division oversees roughly $210 billion in investments, including infrastructure, green investments, and natural assets, positioning Macquarie among the largest global infrastructure investors. Alongside the Americas-focused funds, its European infrastructure fund series recently closed on over €8 billion with a thematic focus on decarbonisation, digitalisation, the circular economy, and demographic trends, illustrating the firm’s expansive geographic reach and sectoral diversity.
Macquarie’s strategy of early identification and value creation in key infrastructure thematics, such as digital infrastructure, is exemplified in its development and eventual sale of Aligned Data Centers, which achieved several pioneering sustainability finance milestones under its ownership. The success of these flagship funds underscores Macquarie’s strong track record, spanning more than 22 years with over 55 portfolio investments and 26 exits in the Americas, which continues to underpin investor confidence as it seeks to capitalise on evolving market opportunities with MIP VII.
- https://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/macquarie-launches-latest-americas-infra-fund-targeting-7bn-exclusive/ – Please view link – unable to able to access data
- https://www.macquarie.com/us/en/about/news/2025/macquarie-asset-management-closes-macquarie-infrastructure-partners-vi.html – Macquarie Asset Management announced the final close of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VI (MIP VI) with over $6.8 billion in fund commitments and an additional $1.3 billion in co-investments. Approximately half of the fund commitments came from North American investors, marking the highest proportion for any MIP vintage. Over 70% of commitments were from investors who had previously invested with Macquarie Asset Management’s Real Assets division. MIP VI focuses on high-quality investments across transportation, digital infrastructure, utilities, energy, and waste sectors.
- https://www.reuters.com/en/gip-nears-deal-buy-aligned-data-centers-about-40-billion-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-10-03/ – Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a BlackRock-owned firm, is in advanced discussions to acquire Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie, with the deal potentially valuing Aligned at around $40 billion. The acquisition would rank among the largest private data center purchases and reflects the rising investor interest in digital infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence (AI). Abu Dhabi-based MGX, an AI investment firm backed by Mubadala and G42, is also involved and may invest as part of the transaction. Aligned, headquartered in Texas, specializes in AI-related infrastructure and serves cloud and AI customers like Lambda. The company operates nearly 80 data centers and recently raised over $12 billion. This potential acquisition highlights the growing strategic importance of data centers globally, particularly with initiatives like the $500 billion Stargate supercomputer project. Additionally, GIP is nearing a separate $40 billion deal to buy utility company AES, further demonstrating its aggressive investment strategy in high-growth sectors.
- https://www.macquarie.com/ie/en/about/news/2024/macquarie-european-infrastructure-fund-7-reaches-8-billion-of-investor-commitments.html – Macquarie Asset Management announced that over €8 billion has been committed to Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 7 (MEIF7) upon the fund’s Final Close, making MEIF7 the industry’s largest-ever fund focused on European infrastructure. MEIF7 reached Final Close in December 2023, having attracted commitments from more than 100 pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers, and fund of fund investors. Approximately 92 per cent of commitments came from investors who have previously invested with Macquarie Asset Management. The strategy also attracted commitments from 24 investors new to the Macquarie Asset Management platform. MEIF7 is the seventh vintage of Macquarie Asset Management’s successful European Infrastructure Fund series and was raised with a target size of €7-8 billion. The strategy aims to create a diversified portfolio targeting infrastructure companies aligned to the key investment themes of decarbonisation, digitalisation, the circular economy, and demographic shifts.
- https://finance.yahoo.com/news/macquarie-asset-management-lead-sale-113000365.html – Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie Infrastructure Partners IV (MIP IV), made its initial investment in Aligned in April 2018, and via Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V (MIP V), acquired an additional stake in Aligned in July 2020. Under Macquarie Asset Management’s ownership, the Company has expanded from two operational facilities in Dallas and Phoenix with 85 MW of critical capacity to become a leading hyperscale data center platform with over 5 GW of operational and planned capacity, including assets under development, across 50 data centers in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and Colombia. Aligned also obtained the first-ever green data center securitization, and first-ever sustainability-linked financing for a data center platform. This transaction underscores Macquarie Asset Management’s ability to consistently identify key thematics early and find opportunities that create value for our clients and partners.
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250617787003/en/Macquarie-Asset-Management-Closes-Macquarie-Infrastructure-Partners-VI-With-Over-%24US8-Billion-of-Total-Fund-and-Co-Investment-Commitments – Macquarie Asset Management announced the final close of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VI (MIP VI) with over $US8 billion of total commitments, including over $US6.8 billion of Fund commitments and an additional $US1.3 billion of closed and funded co-investment in MIP VI portfolio companies to date. The co-investment completed to date alongside MIP VI is expected to increase further and builds on approximately $US8 billion of closed co-investment across the previous three MIP vintages. Macquarie Infrastructure Partners is Macquarie Asset Management’s series of Americas-focused, unlisted infrastructure funds. MIP VI continues the investment philosophy and approach of the MIP platform, which has the longest track record of any infrastructure manager investing in the Americas region. This track record now spans more than 22 years of infrastructure investment expertise in the region and includes more than 55 portfolio company investments and 26 realizations. Consistent with prior MIP vintages, the Fund is focused on high-quality investments across the transportation, digital infrastructure, utilities and energy, and waste infrastructure sectors. MIP VI’s investments to date include Diamond Infrastructure Solutions, SwyftFiber, TraPac Terminals, Montreal Metropolitan Airport and Coastal Waste & Recycling. MIP VI has attracted commitments from a diverse group of returning and new investors from around the world, including public and private pension plans, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and investment managers. The Fund saw strong support from its existing investor base, with more than 70% of total commitments coming from investors that have previously invested with Macquarie Asset Management’s Real Assets division. Notably, half of the fund commitments were from North American investors, marking the highest proportion of any MIP vintage to be sourced within North America.
- https://globebanner.com/stories/673249430-macquarie-finalizes-over-8-billion-closure-for-infrastructure-fund – Macquarie finalizes over $8 billion closure for infrastructure fund. Macquarie Asset Management has finalized the closure of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VI (MIP VI), securing over $8 billion in total commitments. This figure includes more than $6.8 billion from fund commitments and an additional $1.3 billion through closed and funded co-investments in MIP VI portfolio companies. The current co-investment is anticipated to grow, adding to approximately $8 billion from previous MIP series. MIP VI, part of Macquarie’s unlisted infrastructure funds focused on the Americas, adheres to the investment strategy established by its predecessors. With a history of over 22 years in infrastructure investment within the region, this platform has engaged in more than 55 portfolio company investments and 26 realizations.
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