MGX Data Center Capex and Sites
MGX sits at the intersection of the three largest structures in the atlas. It is one of the initial equity funders of Stargate alongside SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle, a program targeting $500 billion of US AI infrastructure investment over four years with $100 billion deployed immediately, beginning in Texas. It is a founding partner of the AI Infrastructure Partnership ($30 billion equity, up to $100 billion with debt) and a co-acquirer of Aligned Data Centers at a $40 billion enterprise value, closed July 21, 2026, covering 51 campuses and 6.4GW. It also participated in xAI's $6 billion Series C.
Reported and guided spending
Where MGX builds
Financing transactions
Transactions that name MGX as a party or attach to one of its named sites. Amounts are as stated; overlapping commitments are never summed.
| Parties | Instrument | Amount | Date | Site | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OpenAI + SoftBank + Oracle + MGX Stargate launched as a new company intending to invest $500 billion over four years building new AI infrastructure for OpenAI in the United States, starting in Texas, with SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX as initial equity funders. |
platform | ≥$500B | January 2025 | n.a. | |
AIP + MGX + BlackRock GIP + Macquarie Asset Management (seller) + Macquarie Asset Management + Aligned Data Centers The largest North American data center transaction of the period, covering a platform of 6.4GW across 51 locations. Macquarie Asset Management led the sale as exiting sponsor. |
acquisition | ≥$40.0B | announced October 16, 2025; closed July 21, 2026 | n.a. | |
MGX + BlackRock + Kuwait Investment Authority + Temasek + Nvidia + xAI + Microsoft + AI Infrastructure Partnership + GIP MGX is a founding partner of the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), seeking $30 billion of equity scaling to up to $100 billion including debt financing. Kuwait Investment Authority joined in June 2025 and Temasek made an anchor investment at the October 2025 initial closing. |
platform | $30.0B | n.a. in source; KIA joined June 2025, Temasek anchored October 2025 initial closing | n.a. | |
xAI + A16Z + Blackrock + Fidelity Management & Research Company + Kingdom Holdings + Lightspeed + MGX + Morgan Stanley + OIA + QIA + Sequoia Capital + Valor Equity Partners + Vy Capital xAI closed its Series C funding round of $6 billion with participation from key investors, bringing its total funding to date over $12 billion. |
equity raise | ≥$6.0B | 23 December 2024 | n.a. | |
Aligned Data Centers + AI Infrastructure Partnership + MGX + Global Infrastructure Partners After closing the $40 billion acquisition of Aligned from Macquarie Asset Management, the AIP, MGX and GIP consortium plans to invest $5 billion in the company, primarily to expand capacity. Aligned has more than 6.4 GW of operational and planned capacity across the Americas, according to the report |
equity raise | ~$5.0B | Reported by Bloomberg 21 July 2026, via The Real Deal | n.a. | |
SoftBank + OpenAI + Oracle + MGX SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX are the initial equity funders in the Stargate Project, with OpenAI and SoftBank each reported at a 40% stake. |
jv equity | n.a. | Announced January 2025 | n.a. |
Sourced facts on MGX
- MGX is one of the initial equity funders of Stargate, alongside SoftBank, OpenAI and Oracle, a program targeting $500 billion of investment in US AI infrastructure over four years with $100 billion deployed immediately, beginning in Texas.
- MGX is a founding partner of AIP, seeking $30 billion of equity scaling to up to $100 billion including debt financing.
- MGX is a co-acquirer of Aligned Data Centers at $40 billion enterprise value, closed July 21, 2026, covering 51 campuses and 6.4GW.
- MGX participated in xAI's $6 billion Series C.
- SoftBank's Stargate disclosures cite more than $400 billion of investment over three years across five new US sites totalling nearly 7 gigawatts, plus an additional $22.5 billion SoftBank investment in OpenAI completed Dec. 26.
- No other single investor appears in the equity stack of the largest lab programme, the largest sponsor consortium and the largest platform acquisition simultaneously.
Sources for MGX
Every source cited on this page, once each. The full atlas source register is at Capital Atlas sources.
- openai.comOpenAI
- group.softbankSoftBank Group
- esgdive.comESG Dive
- infrastructureinvestor.comInfrastructure Investor
- aligneddc.comAligned
- macquarie.comMacquarie
- blackrock.comBlackRock
- reuters.comReuters
- ropesgray.comRopes & Gray
- reuters.comReuters
- x.aixAI Series C
- en.wikipedia.orgWikipedia: SpaceXAI
- therealdeal.comThe Real Deal
- dmagazine.comD Magazine
- reuters.comReuters
- techinformed.comTechInformed
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