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title: "Digital Realty to buy Blackstone’s stake in three Virginia data centres"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/digital-realty-to-buy-blackstone-s-stake-in-three-virginia-data-centres-nl9pl1vpe
source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/digital-realty-blackstone-data-centers
type: article
source: "The Next Web"
published: 2026-06-30T11:28:04.509Z
updated: 2026-06-30T11:28:23.470Z
tags: ["ai-infrastructure"]
reading_time: 4
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# Digital Realty to buy Blackstone’s stake in three Virginia data centres

**[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Digital Realty is acquiring Blackstone's 64% equity stake in three fully leased Northern Virginia data centres for $3.5 billion ($1.2B cash + $2.3B in stock), valuing the portfolio at $7.8 billion. The three facilities — two in Manassas and one in Sterling — collectively provide 288 megawatts of IT capacity, all leased to investment-grade hyperscale tenants. The deal reflects surging AI-driven demand for contracted data centre capacity in Northern Virginia, where power constraints make fully energised, occupied assets especially scarce and valuable. For Digital Realty, it's a fast path to scale without construction risk; for Blackstone, it's a partial exit that keeps exposure to the sector via Digital Realty shares.

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