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DigitalBridge Group$DBRHP · filed: saw revenue fall 38.3% in FY2025 to $374MWeathered boatCheck ▾Close ▴
What DigitalBridge Group filed
Saw revenue fall 38.3% in FY2025 to $374 million, equity 61.6% of assets. Every figure links to the filing it came from on DigitalBridge Group’s card. Weathered boat: two warning signs.
Figures as filed with the SEC. Ranges, scores and boats are statistical descriptions of past filings, not ratings or recommendations. Reporting, not advice.
In plain words
DigitalBridge's **$4 billion** exit signals peak public valuations in digital infrastructure as private capital consolidates the sector ahead of AI-driven demand.
$4 billion
in an all-cash take-private transaction
1.2x book value
in line with recent comps in the digital infrastructure…
2.1x
multiple the company commanded in early 2022
$77 billion
in digital infrastructure assets across data centers
DigitalBridge Group agreed to be acquired for $4 billion in an all-cash take-private transaction, ending a seven-year run as a public company and closing the book on one of the more volatile pivots in alternative asset management. The buyer consortium includes existing shareholders and infrastructure-focused funds betting on long-duration digital real estate.
The deal values DigitalBridge at roughly 1.2x book value, in line with recent comps in the digital infrastructure space but well below the 2.1x multiple the company commanded in early 2022. DigitalBridge manages approximately $77 billion in digital infrastructure assets across data centers, cell towers, fiber networks, and edge computing facilities. The transaction is expected to close in Q2 2025, subject to regulatory approvals in the U.S. and Europe. The company's shares traded up 14% in after-hours following the announcement, suggesting minimal premium leakage ahead of formal disclosure.
This is the third significant take-private in digital infrastructure since September. Equinix received a $32 billion approach in October that ultimately fell apart over valuation disagreements. American Tower fielded a $28 billion offer in November that remains in due diligence. The pattern is clear: public market multiples for digital infrastructure assets have compressed while private capital—especially sovereign wealth funds and pension allocators—remains willing to pay premiums for long-duration, inflation-protected cash flows. DigitalBridge's exit removes one of the few pure-play digital infrastructure GPs from public markets, leaving allocators with fewer liquid options to gain exposure to the asset class. The timing matters. Hyperscale AI compute build-outs are driving record leasing velocity in Tier 1 and Tier 2 data center markets, but equity investors have punished the sector for capital intensity and rising interest rate sensitivity. Private buyers face no such quarter-to-quarter scrutiny.
The forward signal is in the capital rotation. DigitalBridge's management will continue operating the platform under private ownership, which suggests the buyer consortium sees runway in current portfolio construction rather than a need for radical repositioning. The company holds meaningful stakes in Vantage Data Centers, Vertical Bridge, and Zayo Group—each of which could themselves become exit candidates in the next 18 to 24 months if AI infrastructure demand holds. Watch for secondary transactions within the DigitalBridge portfolio as the new ownership structure seeks liquidity events to return capital. Also watch for competing bids before the Q2 close; the 1.2x book valuation leaves room for a counter from strategic buyers, particularly foreign telecom operators seeking U.S. digital infrastructure exposure.
The deal's close will likely catalyze a broader repricing of public digital infrastructure REITs and GPs. If private buyers are willing to pay low-teens premiums for platforms with $77 billion in AUM, smaller public peers trading below book value become obvious arbitrage targets. The cycle is not ending. It is moving out of public view.
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Monitor portfolio exposure to public digital infrastructure GPs; this repricing cycle favors private platforms with locked-in LP capital over quarterly-reporting structures.
For the operator
Watch for follow-on M&A in DigitalBridge's underlying portfolio—Vantage, Vertical Bridge, Zayo—within eighteen months as new ownership seeks liquidity events under private structure.
For the house
Short public digital infrastructure REITs trading above 1.5x book; long private co-investment exposure in hyperscale data centers with locked-in AI compute contracts through 2027.
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