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Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) Chairman & CEO Adebayo Ogunlesi, BlackRock Chairman & CEO Larry Fink, Microsoft Vice Chairman & President Brad Smith and MGX CEO Ahmed Yahia Al Idrissi announce the Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership (GAIIP). GAIIP is designed to make investments in new and expanded data centers to meet growing demand for computing power, as well as energy infrastructure to create new sources of power for these facilities.

We are pleased to announce that Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), BlackRock, Microsoft and MGX have launched a new AI partnership to invest in data centers and supporting power infrastructure. This partnership will be supported by NVIDIA, which will offer its expertise in AI data centers and AI factories to benefit the AI ecosystem. The partnership will initially seek to unlock $30 billion of private equity capital over time from investors, asset owners, and corporates, which in turn will mobilize up to $100 billion in total investment potential when including debt financing. We invite you to read more below:

We are delighted to partner with Khazanah Nasional Berhad, EPF Malaysia and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), with whom we have strong and productive strategic relationships, as part of this offer for MAHB. Given Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)'s substantial expertise in owning and operating airports, together with our partners, we can focus on improving customer service, elevating operational excellence, growing passenger volumes and enhancing employee engagement at MAHB’s network of airports in Malaysia and Türkiye. We look forward to working with our partners to build a bright future for Malaysia, MAHB and all stakeholders.

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)'s Founding Partner Matthew Harris and Global Head of Energy Salim Samaha joined other leaders at the Milken Institute Global Conference to discuss this year’s theme of “Shaping a Shared Future”. Throughout the conference, we were approached by a wide variety of people focused on the increased global demand and need for infrastructure.   In our view, two of the most important enablers of global development and prosperity will be energy and technology – namely, the increased need for renewables and for AI, which dovetail elegantly with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)’s expertise across Energy, Digital, Transportation and Water & Waste, as well as our commitment to furthering the global energy transition. We at Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) are focused on serving growing market needs for affordable, carbon-free and more secure sources of energy and it was terrific to connect with global leaders who appreciate the importance of these issues.

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is pleased to announce our partnership with CPP Investments | Investissements RPC to acquire ALLETE, a leading energy company and provider of safe, reliable, and competitively priced energy with a national footprint in the United States of America. We look forward to providing ALLETE with additional capital so they can continue to decarbonize their business to benefit the customers and communities they serve. Their demonstrated commitment to clean energy, coupled with GIP's role as one of the world’s premier investors in renewable power, furthers our commitment to serve growing market needs for affordable, carbon-free and more secure sources of energy.

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is a founder-led firm that celebrates and embraces entrepreneurship, precision, and excellence in what we do. We believe we are stronger through hiring and supporting individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences and points of view. This is precisely why we have been a longtime supporter of SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity), an organization that has created a more equitable society by closing the educational and career opportunity gap for ambitious young people by providing education, mentorship, peer-to-peer support and networking programs. Jointly with our friends at KKR, we are proud to launch Alternative Futures, a new, first-of-its-kind SEO program for undergraduates specifically focused on the alternatives space. The goals of the new program are to raise awareness of the alternatives sector among targeted undergraduate populations, establish a robust undergraduate pipeline of talent and deliver world-class training aligned with industry needs. Additionally, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) will be joining the newly formed Credit Academy at SEO as Steering Committee Members. The program curriculum will introduce participants to careers in the credit sector and will primarily target individuals who are eligible for Associate roles, with plans to engage candidates across the conventional recruitment cycle.

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Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) enjoyed being invited to speak at the recent FII Institute Summit in Miami. Our President & Chief Operating Officer (COO), Raj Rao, had a terrific discussion with Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran of The Economist, Rayan Fayez of NEOM and Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Capital Group during which Raj spoke about the critical role infrastructure plays in building the cities of tomorrow. Cleaner forms of energy, a growing demand for digitalization, world-class transportation hubs and water / waste solutions are all crucial elements to help cities across the globe prosper.

We are excited to announce that we have entered into an agreement with BlackRock for them to acquire Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). This transaction creates a world leading infrastructure private markets investment platform with over $150 billion of equity, credit and solutions assets under management that will be overseen by the Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) leadership team, which will remain in place. Investors have adopted private infrastructure investing for its ability to provide stable cashflows, less correlated returns, and a hedge against inflation. Global corporates have turned to private infrastructure as a fast innovator and a more commercially agile owner of infrastructure assets that aren't core to their commercial businesses. This platform is set to be the preeminent, one-stop infrastructure solutions provider for global corporates and the public sector, mobilizing long-term private capital through long-standing firm relationships. Importantly, we share with BlackRock a culture of collaboration, client focus, investment partnership, and commitment to excellence. We are convinced that together we can create the world’s premier infrastructure investment firm and look forward to the road ahead.