The Investor
25 Sep 2025, 17:30
Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Blue Owl Capital announced a strategic partnership to launch a digital infrastructure platform aimed at expanding global computing capacity for hyperscalers amid accelerating cloud and AI adoption. The platform will start with over $3 billion in initial data center assets and is expected to grow, combining QIA’s long-term capital and global investment expertise with Blue Owl’s permanent capital strategy in digital infrastructure.
Blue Owl, which has raised $39 billion for its Digital Infrastructure strategy across 104 facilities in 28 markets, said the venture aligns with its Real Assets platform focus on mission-critical assets powering cloud and AI transformation. Both firms emphasized their commitment to scaling data connectivity worldwide, with QIA highlighting the importance of meeting rising storage and compute demands and Blue Owl underscoring its role in financing resilient infrastructure portfolios.
Blue Owl, which has raised $39 billion for its Digital Infrastructure strategy across 104 facilities in 28 markets, said the venture aligns with its Real Assets platform focus on mission-critical assets powering cloud and AI transformation. Both firms emphasized their commitment to scaling data connectivity worldwide, with QIA highlighting the importance of meeting rising storage and compute demands and Blue Owl underscoring its role in financing resilient infrastructure portfolios.