BlackRock Inc.'s Global Infrastructure Partners (Global Infrastructure Management, LLC) (GIP) has attracted Swedish private equity firm EQT AB (publ) (OM:EQT) as a partner in its bid to acquire US power generation company The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES), Bloomberg reported. A definitive agreement could be sealed in the coming weeks, although no deal is certain yet, insiders quoted by the media have said. Arlington, Virginia-based AES was said last year to be considering strategic options for its business, including a sale.
These deliberations started after the company attracted takeover interest, according to an earlier Bloomberg report, which also pointed to Brookfield and GIP as potential suitors. In October 2025, the Financial Times said that GIP is close to clinching a deal at a valuation of USD 38 billion (EUR 32.2 billion), including debt, for the US power supplier.
