{"slug": "carlyle-to-sell-2-6bn-data-centre-power-unit-to-eqt-for-fivefold-return", "title": "Carlyle to sell $2.6bn data centre power unit to EQT for fivefold return", "summary": "Carlyle Group agreed to sell its data centre power unit to EQT for $2.6 billion, generating a fivefold return on its investment. The deal highlights strong demand for AI infrastructure assets in private equity markets.", "body_md": "# Carlyle to sell $2.6bn data centre power unit to EQT for fivefold return\n\nSource:\n\n[Financial Times Technology](https://www.ft.com/technology)Deal underscores bright spot for private equity portfolio company sales amid strong demand for AI infrastructure\n\nDeal underscores bright spot for private equity portfolio company sales amid strong demand for AI infrastructure\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carlyle-to-sell-2-6bn-data-centre-power-unit-to-eqt-for-fivefold-return", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/carlyle-to-sell-dollar26bn-data-centre-power-unit-to-eqt-for-mnlo", "published_at": "2026-07-09 19:00:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-09 19:20:03.595928+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Carlyle Group", "EQT"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carlyle-to-sell-2-6bn-data-centre-power-unit-to-eqt-for-fivefold-return", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carlyle-to-sell-2-6bn-data-centre-power-unit-to-eqt-for-fivefold-return.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carlyle-to-sell-2-6bn-data-centre-power-unit-to-eqt-for-fivefold-return.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/carlyle-to-sell-2-6bn-data-centre-power-unit-to-eqt-for-fivefold-return.jsonld"}}