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(Reuters) -An investor group, which includes BlackRock, Nvidia, xAI and Microsoft, will buy Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management and co‑investors in a deal worth $40 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2026, the companies said on Wednesday. Aligned will remain based in Dallas, Texas, and will be led by CEO Andrew Schaap. The group aims to deploy $30 billion of equity capital initially, with the potential of reaching $100 billion, including debt. Here are key facts about Aligned Data Centers: SIZE AND SCALE ** Founded in 2013 and based in Texas, the company builds and operates data centers for hyperscalers and cloud computing companies.  ** The company has 50 data center campuses and touts roughly 5-gigawatts of contracted and available capacity. ** Aligned completed a capital raise of more than $12 billion in January this year, which includes $5 billion of new primary equity, comprising funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management, and more than $7 billion of new debt commitments. ** It acquired Latin American data center provider ODATA in 2023, in a major push to boost its portfolio, with ODATA now operating in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and the U.S. ** Aligned is also building a new data center in Texas with Nvidia-backed cloud company Lambda. EXECUTIVE TEAM ** Andrew Schaap is the CEO of Aligned Data Centers since 2017. Prior to joining Aligned, he held many leadership roles in his 11 years with data center operator Digital Realty Trust. ** Schaap is the founder and board member of DC Delta, an advisory council of global data center end users and innovators, among others, who are focused on data center efficiency and sustainability. ** Meghan Baivier is the finance chief of Aligned Data Centers since 2024. ** Prior to joining Aligned, Baivier was chief operating officer of Easterly Government Properties, a fully integrated real estate investment trust focused properties leased to the U.S. government. CUSTOMERS ** The company targets hyperscalers, cloud providers, neocloud operators and large enterprise customers. ** Cloud computing platform Nutanix and IT services provider Datto are among the customers of Aligned Data Centers. COMPETITORS ** Companies such as Equinix, Digital Realty Trust, CyrusOne, Microsoft and Vantage Data Centers are rivals of Aligned. (Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru)

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(Refiles to remove extraneous word in paragraph 6) By Gianluca Lo Nostro (Reuters) -British consumer credit firm Lendable launched a monthly 20-pound mobile plan on Wednesday, the latest financial technology firm to expand into telecommunications to unlock new revenue streams. London-based Lendable, founded in 2014, is the first fintech in Britain to launch such a service. It joins a string of firms in other countries tapping into the telecoms market and seeking to build "super-app" ecosystems that combine banking, shopping and communications. Revolut recently announced plans for its own mobile virtual network operator in Europe, while Klarna will launch a $40 per month plan in the United States. Unlike mainstream providers, these operators do not own the wireless infrastructure they depend on, which allows them to avoid heavy fixed costs while competing on the pricing front. Celebrities have also jumped on the trend. Ryan Reynolds-backed budget brand Mint Mobile was sold to T-Mobile US for $1.35 billion in 2023, while U.S. President Donald Trump's family business has licensed its name to launch a mobile service. Lendable's plan will be powered by U.S.-based tech company Gigs, which provides the operating system, and will be available on the Lendable-owned Zable app, which has 2 million customers. The plan includes unlimited 5G data, calls and texts on Vodafone's network, plus 10GB of roaming across 38 nations. "Expanding into telecoms is a natural next step for us," Lendable co-founder and CEO, Martin Kissinger, said in an interview. Kissinger said that, unlike other fintechs focused on current accounts, international payments and trading, Zable offers cost-saving options with the aim of lowering bills. When asked about fundraising, Kissinger said Lendable was a profitable and well-funded business. "At the moment, we are not thinking about any kind of listing, as there is still a lot of building to do." He declined to comment on a potential initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange. (Reporting by Gianluca Lo Nostro in Gdansk; Editing by Milla Nissi-Prussak)

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(Reuters) -Cybersecurity firm F5 said on Wednesday it had detected unauthorized access to certain company systems by a highly sophisticated nation-state threat actor, but the breach had no impact on its operations. The company discovered the intrusion on August 9 and took "extensive actions" to contain the threat, engaging external experts, including CrowdStrike, Mandiant, NCC Group and IOActive, to assist with the investigation, it said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. F5, a provider of cybersecurity and multi-cloud application services, said the attacker had long-term access to its internal systems used to develop BIG-IP software and stole files containing parts of the program's code and details about security flaws that had not yet been made public. The company, however, said it found no signs that key security flaws were used in attacks or that its software development process had been tampered with. F5 said information from a few customers was involved in the breach, and it was reaching out to those affected directly. The company continues to strengthen its security controls and infrastructure following the incident, it said, adding that the U.S. Department of Justice had approved a delay in publicly disclosing the breach until September 12, citing national security considerations. (Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)

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(Reuters) -An investor group, which includes BlackRock, Nvidia, xAI and Microsoft, will buy Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management and co‑investors in a deal worth $40 billion. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2026, the companies said on Wednesday. Aligned will remain based in Dallas, Texas, and will be led by CEO Andrew Schaap. The group aims to deploy $30 billion of equity capital initially, with the potential of reaching $100 billion, including debt. Here are key facts about Aligned Data Centers: SIZE AND SCALE ** Founded in 2013 and based in Texas, the company builds and operates data centers for hyperscalers and cloud computing companies.  ** The company has 50 data center campuses and touts roughly 5-gigawatts of contracted and available capacity. ** Aligned completed a capital raise of more than $12 billion in January this year, which includes $5 billion of new primary equity, comprising funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management, and more than $7 billion of new debt commitments. ** It acquired Latin American data center provider ODATA in 2023, in a major push to boost its portfolio, with ODATA now operating in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and the U.S. ** Aligned is also building a new data center in Texas with Nvidia-backed cloud company Lambda. EXECUTIVE TEAM ** Andrew Schaap is the CEO of Aligned Data Centers since 2017. Prior to joining Aligned, he held many leadership roles in his 11 years with data center operator Digital Realty Trust. ** Schaap is the founder and board member of DC Delta, an advisory council of global data center end users and innovators, among others, who are focused on data center efficiency and sustainability. ** Meghan Baivier is the finance chief of Aligned Data Centers since 2024. ** Prior to joining Aligned, Baivier was chief operating officer of Easterly Government Properties, a fully integrated real estate investment trust focused properties leased to the U.S. government. CUSTOMERS ** The company targets hyperscalers, cloud providers, neocloud operators and large enterprise customers. ** Cloud computing platform Nutanix and IT services provider Datto are among the customers of Aligned Data Centers. COMPETITORS ** Companies such as Equinix, Digital Realty Trust, CyrusOne, Microsoft and Vantage Data Centers are rivals of Aligned. (Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru)

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(Reuters) -Cybersecurity firm F5 said on Wednesday it had detected unauthorized access to certain company systems by a highly sophisticated nation-state threat actor, but the breach had no impact on its operations. The company discovered the intrusion on August 9 and took "extensive actions" to contain the threat, engaging external experts, including CrowdStrike, Mandiant, NCC Group and IOActive, to assist with the investigation, it said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. F5, a provider of cybersecurity and multi-cloud application services, said the attacker had long-term access to its internal systems used to develop BIG-IP software and stole files containing parts of the program's code and details about security flaws that had not yet been made public. The company, however, said it found no signs that key security flaws were used in attacks or that its software development process had been tampered with. F5 said information from a few customers was involved in the breach, and it was reaching out to those affected directly. The company continues to strengthen its security controls and infrastructure following the incident, it said, adding that the U.S. Department of Justice had approved a delay in publicly disclosing the breach until September 12, citing national security considerations. (Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)

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