M&A Deal Summary

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and Birch Infrastructure Acquire Rowan Digital Infrastructure

On December 17, 2020, infrastructure investor Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and Birch Infrastructure acquired utilities company Rowan Digital Infrastructure

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners’ 2nd and Birch Infrastructure’s 1st transaction in the Utilities sector.
  • This is Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners’ 3rd and Birch Infrastructure’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners’ 2nd and Birch Infrastructure’s 1st transaction in Colorado.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2020-12-17
Target Rowan Digital Infrastructure
Sector Utilities
Buyer(s) Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
Birch Infrastructure
Deal Type Joint Venture

Target

Rowan Digital Infrastructure

Denver, Colorado, United States
Rowan Digital Infrastructure is designed to deliver sustainable solutions to green data centers located on Rowan sites. Rowan’s scope of services includes land acquisition, built-environment, energy and water sustainability solutions, renewable power supply and other infrastructure. Rowan Digital Infrastructure was founded in 2020 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

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Buyer

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Infrastructure
Founded 2015
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners is a specialist ‘value-add’ investor and asset manager that originates, acquires, constructs, operates and manages, direct investments in the low-carbon energy infrastructure market. The Firm looks to capitalize on the transition to lower carbon and more sustainable energy production, distribution and consumption. Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners was established in 2015 and is headquartered in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 6
Sector (Utilities) 2 of 2
Type (Joint Venture) 1 of 1
State (Colorado) 2 of 2
Country (United States) 3 of 4
Year (2020) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-09-14 Flexitricity

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Flexitricity is a provider of reserve electricity. Flexitricity offers these electricity volumes to the transmission and distribution system operators as positive or negative reserves for ancillary services. Flexitricity was founded in 2004 and is based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-11-30 Habitat Energy

Oxford, United Kingdom

Habitat Energy is a specialist in AI-enabled battery optimization and trading services. Habitat’s proprietary software allows for real-time trading, forecasting and revenue generation in the wholesale and ancillary service markets. Habitat Energy was founded in 2017 and is based in Oxford, United Kingdom.

Buy -
Buyer

Birch Infrastructure

Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States
Category Company
Founded 2018
Sector Utilities
DESCRIPTION

Birch Infrastructure is an independent developer of shovel-ready data center industrial campuses (>50MW) designed to capture fundamental cost advantages related to land acquisition, renewable power supply and other infrastructure and utilities. Birch Infrastructure develops, structures, owns & operates utility infrastructure on behalf of hyperscale data centers. Birch Infrastructure was founded in 2018 and is based in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Utilities) 1 of 1
Type (Joint Venture) 1 of 1
State (Colorado) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2020) 1 of 1
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