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The Competition DG makes the information provided by the notifying parties in section 4 of Short Form CO available to the public in order to increase transparency. This information has been prepared by the notifying parties under their sole responsibility, and its content in no way prejudges the view the Commission may take of the planned operation. Nor can the Commission be held responsible for any incorrect or misleading information contained therein.
This notification concerns the following undertakings:
a) Silver Lake Group, L.L.C. (“Silver Lake”), California, United States;
b) AustralianSuper Pty Ltd as trustee of AustralianSuper ("AustralianSuper"), Australia;
c) c. DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (“DigitalBridge”), Florida, United States; and d. Vantage Data Centers Europe S.à r.l (“Target”), Luxembourg.
On 28 February 2024, Silver Lake notified to the Commission their intention to acquire indirect joint control of Target, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. Target is currently jointly controlled by DigitalBridge, Public Sector Pension Investment Board (“PSP”) and AustralianSuper. Post-Transaction, Target will be jointly controlled by Silver Lake, AustralianSuper and DigitalBridge.
The concentration will be accomplished by way of acquisition of shares.
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are as follows:
a) Silver Lake is a global technology investment firm. Silver Lake’s investment professionals are located across North America, Europe and Asia and have extensive technology investing and operating expertise.
b) AustralianSuper, headquartered in Melbourne, is an Australian industry public offer superannuation and pension fund established under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Commonwealth).
c) DigitalBridge is a dedicated, global-scale digital infrastructure investment firm headquartered in the USA and listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
d. Target, established in Luxembourg, indirectly owns and operates a portfolio of data centres across Europe,