CPP Investments and Equinix to Acquire atNorth for US$4 Billion

CPP Investments and Equinix agreed to jointly acquire Nordic data-center operator atNorth for approximately $4 billion -- CPP Investments investing about $1.6B for a roughly 60% controlling interest, Equinix holding the remaining 40% -- adding atNorth's eight data centers across five Nordic countries, about 1GW of secured power and an 800MW pipeline.