DigitalBridge
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UnclaimedA global investment manager focused on digital infrastructure, including data centers, fiber networks, wireless assets, and edge infrastructure.
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Overview
DigitalBridge is a United States-based investment manager specializing in digital infrastructure. The company owns, invests in, and operates assets and operating businesses connected with the growth of data-intensive communications and computing. Its investment scope includes data centers, fiber networks, wireless towers, small-cell systems, edge infrastructure, and related digital platforms. The firm serves institutional investors through infrastructure equity, credit, and other investment strategies, while also maintaining ownership interests in operating companies across the digital-infrastructure ecosystem. The business has roots in Colony Capital, a real-estate and alternative-investment firm established before its later concentration on digital infrastructure. Colony’s earlier activities included investments in hotels, resorts, entertainment, sports, real estate, and other assets. In 2017, Colony Capital combined with NorthStar Realty Finance and NorthStar Asset Management to form Colony NorthStar. The group subsequently reorganized its portfolio and strategic priorities, moving away from much of its legacy real-estate exposure and toward communications and technology infrastructure. It adopted the DigitalBridge identity as its digital-infrastructure strategy became the central focus of the company. DigitalBridge’s platform combines fund management with direct and indirect ownership of infrastructure businesses. Its portfolio and affiliated platforms have included data-center companies such as Switch, DataBank, and Vantage Data Centers; tower and wireless-infrastructure interests; fiber operators; and specialist infrastructure investment businesses. The company has also participated in growth financing for emerging infrastructure and enterprise-technology companies, including fiber, private cellular, and artificial-intelligence ventures. Its geographic footprint extends beyond the United States, with offices and activities in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The firm expanded substantially during 2022 and 2023. It acquired AMP Capital’s global infrastructure equity investment-management business, later branded InfraBridge; bought Switch; increased or restructured investments in DataBank and Vantage; and established or supported platforms serving international fiber and tower markets. It also launched a dedicated digital-infrastructure credit strategy. These transactions reflected the company’s effort to build a broad capital-management franchise rather than operate as a single-asset owner. DigitalBridge is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DBRG. Its business is exposed to long-term demand for cloud computing, mobile connectivity, artificial intelligence, enterprise networking, and data storage. The company’s infrastructure holdings and managed funds are therefore positioned around recurring demand for physical facilities and networks that support digital services. As reported in the supplied reference material, the firm had approximately $106 billion in assets under management as of June 2025; this figure is time-specific and should not be treated as a current value without an updated company filing or announcement. On December 29, 2025, DigitalBridge announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by SoftBank Group in an all-cash transaction reported at approximately $4 billion. The announced terms contemplated SoftBank acquiring the outstanding common shares for $16 per share and DigitalBridge continuing as a standalone subsidiary after closing, subject to customary conditions and approvals. The transaction was described as supporting SoftBank’s broader artificial-super-intelligence strategy by adding access to digital infrastructure capacity. Until completion is confirmed, DigitalBridge remains a separately listed public company in the available reference material. DigitalBridge Group is a global investment firm focused on digital infrastructure, including data centers, fiber networks, wireless communications, and edge computing. DigitalBridge is publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker DBRG. Its business is oriented around long-term demand from cloud computing, mobile connectivity, artificial intelligence, enterprise networking, and data storage. Accordingly, the company’s infrastructure holdings and managed funds are positioned around recurring demand for the physical facilities and networks that support digital services. According to the supplied reference material, it managed approximately $106 billion in assets as of June 2025; that figure is time-specific and should not be treated as current unless confirmed by newer company filings or announcements.
History
DigitalBridge’s corporate history begins with Colony Capital, an alternative-investment firm whose earlier portfolio included real estate, hospitality, entertainment, sports, and other assets. In July 2005, Colony purchased Raffles International, adding the Raffles and Swissôtel hotel businesses. The following year it acquired Fairmont Hotels and Resorts with Kingdom Hotels International and acquired a stake in French football club Paris Saint-Germain. These transactions illustrate the diversified investment model that preceded the company’s digital-infrastructure specialization. In 2007, Colony agreed to take Station Casinos private in a transaction structured with members of the Fertitta family. The investment encountered the economic downturn and Station Casinos filed for bankruptcy in 2009. After additional financing and the company’s emergence from bankruptcy in 2011, Colony owned a substantially smaller interest. Colony also participated in transactions involving Neverland Ranch, financing and marketing arrangements for photographer Annie Leibovitz, and the 2010 acquisition of Miramax from Disney through the Filmyard Holdings joint venture. A major corporate restructuring occurred in January 2017, when Colony Capital, NorthStar Asset Management Group, and NorthStar Realty Finance combined to form Colony NorthStar. The new company subsequently sold its Townsend Group unit to Aon and worked to simplify its portfolio. Its legacy real-estate exposure and the complexity of the combination created pressure for a more focused strategic direction. Colony’s involvement in the proposed purchase of The Weinstein Company in 2017 became associated with the sexual-misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Colony entered discussions but reportedly became reluctant to proceed, and the contemplated acquisition was not completed. In 2018, The New York Times reported that Colony NorthStar had raised more than $7 billion after the 2016 United States presidential election, with a portion of the capital attributed to investors from the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. These episodes formed part of the public record surrounding the company’s earlier investment activities, although they were not the basis of its later digital-infrastructure identity. The company progressively moved toward communications and technology infrastructure. Its strategy came to emphasize assets such as cellular towers, fiber networks, data centers, small cells, and edge facilities. The transition was accompanied by the DigitalBridge branding and the disposal or restructuring of significant legacy real-estate holdings. In December 2021, the company sold most of its other equity and debt real-estate assets to Fortress Investment Group, reporting net value realized of $506.8 million. During 2022, DigitalBridge expanded its institutional platform. It closed its second flagship fund with $8.3 billion in commitments, bought out Wafra’s investment-management stake for a reported $800 million, and changed from a REIT structure to a traditional C-corporation. It also agreed to acquire Switch, a major data-center operator, in a transaction reported at approximately $11 billion. Other activity included the acquisition of AMP Capital’s global infrastructure equity investment-management business, investment in fiber and private-cellular companies, a Belgian tower transaction, and the sale of part of its DataBank stake to institutional investors. In 2023, the AMP Capital business was completed and renamed InfraBridge. DigitalBridge continued to develop its portfolio through investments in DataBank, Vantage Data Centers, international fiber platforms, and telecommunications towers, including a majority acquisition of Deutsche Telekom’s tower business. It recapitalized DataBank, sold a minority interest in Landmark Dividends to the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and closed DigitalBridge Credit with $1.1 billion in commitments. The firm also supported expansion by Surf Internet and participated in new capital for Vantage. In January 2024, DigitalBridge and Intel launched Articul8, an independent enterprise-generative-AI company. DigitalBridge continued to deploy capital across data centers and network infrastructure, including a stake in Vantage and a large Vantage equity round led with Silver Lake. DataBank announced a further equity raise, while DigitalBridge pursued a tender offer involving Japan’s JTOWER and agreed to acquire Yondr Group, a hyperscale data-center platform. The company remained publicly traded under the DBRG symbol in the supplied reference material. As of June 2025, it was reported to manage approximately $106 billion in assets. On December 29, 2025, DigitalBridge announced that SoftBank Group had agreed to acquire it in an all-cash transaction reported at approximately $4 billion. The announced plan called for DigitalBridge to operate as a standalone SoftBank subsidiary after closing, while retaining its Boca Raton headquarters. Completion remained subject to transaction conditions and approvals.
- 2025
SoftBank acquisition agreement announced
[1]SoftBank Group agreed to acquire DigitalBridge in an announced all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4 billion.
- 2024
Articul8 launches
[1]DigitalBridge and Intel launched Articul8 to develop enterprise generative-artificial-intelligence solutions.
- 2023
InfraBridge becomes the AMP Capital successor platform
[1]DigitalBridge completed its purchase of AMP Capital’s global infrastructure equity investment-management business and rebranded it as InfraBridge.
- 2023
DigitalBridge Credit closes
[1]The company closed its digital-infrastructure credit fund with reported commitments of $1.1 billion.
- 2022
DigitalBridge expands its digital-infrastructure platform
[1]The company closed its second flagship fund, acquired Switch, bought out Wafra’s management-company stake, and advanced multiple fiber, tower, and data-center investments.
- 2021
Sale of legacy real-estate assets
[1]DigitalBridge sold most of its other equity and debt real-estate assets to Fortress Investment Group.
- 2017
Formation of Colony NorthStar
[1]Colony Capital, NorthStar Asset Management Group, and NorthStar Realty Finance combined to create Colony NorthStar.
- 2006
Fairmont Hotels acquisition
[1]Colony and Kingdom Hotels International acquired Fairmont Hotels and Resorts in a reported $3.24 billion transaction.
- 2005
Colony acquires Raffles International
[1]Colony Capital purchased Raffles International, including the Raffles and Swissôtel hotel businesses.
Products and positioning
Institutional investment manager specializing in large-scale digital infrastructure and technology-enabled real assets.
Infrastructure equity funds
DigitalBridge Partners funds
DigitalBridge’s flagship investment funds provide institutional capital for digital-infrastructure assets and operating platforms. Their investment universe includes data centers, wireless infrastructure, fiber networks, small cells, and related services. The funds are designed to combine long-duration infrastructure exposure with active ownership and platform-building, rather than functioning solely as passive securities portfolios.
Infrastructure credit · 2023
DigitalBridge Credit
DigitalBridge Credit is the company’s digital-infrastructure credit strategy. It supplies debt-oriented capital to businesses and assets supporting connectivity, computing, and data services. The strategy broadens DigitalBridge’s offering beyond equity ownership and is intended to address financing needs across the digital-infrastructure capital structure.
Infrastructure investment management · 2023
InfraBridge
InfraBridge is the brand applied to the global infrastructure equity investment-management business acquired from AMP Capital. It operates as part of DigitalBridge’s broader investment-management platform and provides access to infrastructure opportunities beyond the company’s original North American digital-infrastructure base.
Digital infrastructure
Data-center platforms
DigitalBridge invests in and operates data-center platforms serving cloud providers, enterprises, content companies, and other high-density users. Referenced portfolio businesses include Switch, DataBank, and Vantage Data Centers. These platforms provide facilities, power, connectivity, and related services required for cloud computing, storage, networking, and artificial-intelligence workloads.
Connectivity infrastructure
Fiber and wireless infrastructure
The company’s connectivity investments include fiber networks, telecommunications towers, small-cell systems, and related wireless infrastructure. These assets support mobile operators, broadband providers, enterprises, and other network users. DigitalBridge has pursued both mature infrastructure platforms and growth investments in expanding fiber and private-cellular businesses.
Controversies
2017
Proposed Weinstein Company transaction
Colony Capital entered discussions about a possible transaction involving The Weinstein Company shortly after public allegations of sexual misconduct against co-founder Harvey Weinstein. Reports said Colony became hesitant during exclusive negotiations, and the proposed acquisition was not completed. The episode connected the company to a major corporate-governance and reputational controversy, although the supplied material does not indicate that Colony completed the transaction.
Brand decisions
2025
Agreement to be acquired by SoftBank GroupM&ABackground
SoftBank described digital infrastructure as a strategic complement to its ambitions in artificial super intelligence and large-scale AI deployment.
Action taken
SoftBank agreed to acquire all outstanding DigitalBridge common shares for $16 per share in an all-cash transaction.
Aftermath
The announced plan contemplated DigitalBridge continuing as a standalone subsidiary with its Boca Raton headquarters after closing, which was expected in the second half of 2026 subject to conditions and approvals.
Reported transaction value. Approximately $4 billion (Agreement announced December 29, 2025; proposed closing second half of 2026)
2024
Launch of Articul8 with IntelProduct launchBackground
Enterprise customers were seeking deployable generative-artificial-intelligence tools and supporting infrastructure.
Action taken
DigitalBridge and Intel launched Articul8 as an independent enterprise-AI company.
Aftermath
The venture linked DigitalBridge’s infrastructure-investment capabilities with Intel’s AI software and technology resources.
2023
Acquisition and rebranding of AMP Capital infrastructure businessM&ABackground
DigitalBridge sought to broaden its global infrastructure investment-management capabilities.
Action taken
It completed the acquisition of AMP Capital’s global infrastructure equity investment-management business and renamed it InfraBridge.
Aftermath
The transaction expanded DigitalBridge’s institutional investment platform and international infrastructure coverage.
Reported acquisition price. $328 million (2022 announcement; completed February 2023)
2022
Conversion from REIT to traditional corporationStrategyBackground
DigitalBridge sought a corporate structure better aligned with an investment-management and digital-infrastructure platform.
Action taken
The company changed from a real-estate investment trust structure to a traditional C-corporation after buying out Wafra’s stake in its investment-management subsidiary.
Aftermath
The restructuring accompanied a broader expansion into digital-infrastructure funds, direct ownership, and operating platforms.
Purchase of Wafra stake. $800 million (April 2022)
2022
Acquisition of SwitchM&ABackground
DigitalBridge wanted to increase its exposure to large-scale data-center infrastructure.
Action taken
The company acquired Switch, a Las Vegas-based data-center operator.
Aftermath
Switch became a major data-center platform within DigitalBridge’s portfolio.
Reported transaction value. $11 billion (2022)
2021
Exit from most legacy real-estate equity and debt assetsStrategyBackground
DigitalBridge was concentrating its business on digital infrastructure and reducing exposure to legacy real-estate strategies.
Action taken
The company sold most of its other equity and debt real-estate assets to Fortress Investment Group.
Aftermath
The transaction supported the company’s strategic shift toward data centers, fiber, wireless infrastructure, and related digital assets.
Net value realized. $506.8 million (December 2021)
Recent events
Reported
DigitalBridge agrees to acquire PCCW’s data center business[3]
PCCW said it would sell its data center business to DigitalBridge for $750 million; funds affiliated with DigitalBridge’s investment management platform agreed to buy the business.
- Unconfirmed
Reported
SoftBank Group to acquire DigitalBridge for $4 billion[4]
SoftBank Group has agreed to acquire DigitalBridge Group, Inc., a US alternative asset manager focused on digital infrastructure, at an enterprise value of approximately $4 billion, or $16 per share in cash. The deal, unanimously approved by DigitalBridge's board, is expected to close in the second half of 2026 subject to regulatory approvals, with DigitalBridge continuing to operate as an independent managed platform led by CEO Marc Ganzi.
- Unconfirmed
Reported
Digital Bridge acquires Chilean FTTH provider Mundo[5]
Chilean fibre-to-the-home provider Mundo was sold to Digital Bridge by its owners Linzor Capital Partners and minority shareholder Teras. The article does not state when the sale closed.
- Unconfirmed
Reported
Superloop and buyers establish strategic partnership[6]
Under the asset-sale terms, Columbia Capital and DigitalBridge will become strategic partners to Superloop and work with it to drive incremental traffic on the INDIGO submarine cable.
- Unconfirmed
Reported
Superloop agrees to sell Hong Kong operations and selected Singapore assets[6]
Superloop entered into a binding agreement to sell Superloop (Hong Kong) Limited and selected assets from Superloop (Singapore) to Columbia Capital and DigitalBridge for A$140 million. Completion was expected in early 2022, subject to customary closing conditions.
Reported
DigitalBridge closes $8.3 billion infrastructure fund[7]
DigitalBridge Investment Management closed its second flagship fund, DigitalBridge Partners II, with $8.3 billion in commitments. The fund's fundraising concluded early in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Sources8 sources
- 1DigitalBridgeen.wikipedia.org
- 2DigitalBridge official websitedigitalbridge.com
- 3DigitalBridge同意收购PCCW数据中心业务datacenterdynamics.com
- 4软银集团将以40亿美元收购DigitalBridgefinance.sina.com.cn
- 5Digital Bridge 收购智利光纤到户服务商 Mundodevelopingtelecoms.com
- 6Superloop 与买方建立战略合作关系itwire.com
- 7DigitalBridge 完成 83 亿美元基础设施基金募集datacenterdynamics.com
- 8Vantage acquires Agile Data Centers, will take over PCCW’s data center businessdatacenterdynamics.com
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