Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is the world's largest independent infrastructure management fund.

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The company manages assets of more than $100 billion at the beginning of 2024. More than 40 GIP portfolio companies generate over $75 billion in annual revenue, employing about 115,000 people worldwide.

GIP specialists focus on infrastructure assets in the transport, power, digital, water and waste management sectors.

GIP is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Brisbane, Dallas, Delhi, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, Mumbai, Singapore, Stamford and Sydney.

Among the GIP investments at the beginning of 2024:

• airports, Gatwick Edinburgh and Sydney,
• CyrusOne (data centers),
• Suez (water supply and waste),
• Pacific National and Italo (railways),
• Peel Ports and Port of Melbourne, and several major renewable power platforms including Clearway, Vena, Atlas and Eolian.

History

2024: BlackRock buys company for $12.5 billion

In January 2024, BlackRock acquired the infrastructure firm GIP (Global Infrastructure Partners) Adebayo Ogunlesi for about $12.5 billion, which will allow the world's largest money manager to be among the investors making long-term bets on power, transport and digital infrastructure. The deal would make the company one of the largest infrastructure investors.

BlackRock will acquire 100% of GIP's business and assets for a total consideration of $3 billion in cash and about 12 million ordinary shares of BlackRock.

2022: Purchase of stake in Vantage Towers from Vodafone in $3.21 billion deal

In November 2022, Vodafone Group announced the sale of a stake in Vantage Towers, which focuses the group's telecommunications infrastructure. Asset buyers were investment companies KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). Read more here.

2021: Purchase of data center operator CyrusOne for $15 billion

On November 15, 2021, investment companies KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners announced the purchase of the operator data centers CyrusOne for $15 billion. This amount includes the debts of the company being sold. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2022. More. here