DigitalBridge Announces Partnership with ImpactData to Deliver Digital Learning Infrastructure to Underserved Communities
September 13, 2021 at 04:07 pm EDT
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DigitalBridge Group, Inc. announced a partnership with ImpactData, which partners with colleges and universities to build secure colocation data centers that give enterprises better access to their workloads while encouraging digital expansion in underserved communities. ImpactData is launching a first-of-its-kind network of distributed, edge data centers built exclusively on an inclusion-based delivery model. With DigitalBridge, ImpactData initially partners alongside Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to deliver proximate, high-powered data center capacity in any deployment, size, or scale. This connected ecosystem will enable enterprises to leverage their “Data for Good” to advance student learning, sustain HBCUs, and transform historically disinvested communities. ImpactData is currently exploring several attractive markets, including Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Nashville, Birmingham, and Charlotte, to pilot its cloud center model. In addition, the company expects its innovative concept will deliver participating HBCU institutions value spanning recurring revenue streams, research level connectivity, on-campus innovation & entrepreneurship labs, commercial partnerships, as well as community-based workforce training programming, ultimately, ensuring everyone the opportunity to take part in the New Digital Economy.
DigitalBridge Group, Inc. is a global digital infrastructure investment manager, deploying and managing capital across the digital ecosystem, including data centers, cell towers, fiber networks, small cells, and edge infrastructure. It operates through Investment Management segment. The Investment Management segment represents its global investment management platform, deploying and managing capital on behalf of a diverse base of global institutional investors. Its investment management platform is composed of number of long durations, private investment funds designed to provide institutional investors access to investments across different segments of the digital infrastructure ecosystem. In addition to its flagship value-add digital infrastructure equity offerings, its investment offerings also include core equity, credit, and liquid securities. Its investment management platform is anchored by its value-add funds within the DigitalBridge Partners infrastructure equity offerings.