Vantage Data Centers Explores $100 Billion IPO as AI Infrastructure Valuations Surge
Vantage Data Centers is exploring an IPO or sale that could value the hyperscale operator at about $100 billion and raise roughly $10 billion.
Why it matters: A $100 billion Vantage valuation would provide a powerful market benchmark for scarce, power-connected AI data-center capacity.
Vantage Data Centers is exploring strategic options that could include one of the largest data-center initial public offerings ever attempted, as investor demand for assets supporting artificial intelligence continues to push infrastructure valuations higher. Reuters reports the company could seek a valuation of roughly $100 billion and raise about $10 billion in an IPO as soon as 2027, while a sale remains another possibility. The talks are preliminary. Vantage has raised substantial private capital and operates hyperscale campuses designed for the power, cooling and connectivity requirements of AI and cloud workloads. A public valuation near $100 billion would establish a new benchmark for power-secured data-center capacity as investors increasingly treat these campuses as strategic AI infrastructure rather than conventional real estate.