October 3, 2025 at 2:08 AM UTCUpdated on October 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM UTCBlackRock Inc.’s Global Infrastructure Partners is in advanced talks to acquire Aligned Data Centers, targeting a major beneficiary of AI spending in one of the year’s biggest deals, according to people familiar with the matter.Aligned, which is backed by Macquarie, could be valued at about $40 billion in a transaction, one of the people said. An agreement could be announced within days, the people added, asking not to be id...