DigitalBridge Group’s Marc Ganzi is retaining his leadership position following a $4 billion acquisition by SoftBank Group, ensuring continuity in artificial intelligence infrastructure strategy. The arrangement reflects founder Masayoshi Son’s recognition that Ganzi’s expertise will be essential to maximizing value from the transaction.
The acquisition provides SoftBank with significantly expanded exposure to digital infrastructure under experienced leadership, which delivers the computing, storage, and networking capabilities for AI systems. Son has been directing SoftBank’s investments toward artificial intelligence while recognizing the importance of maintaining expert management teams. Ganzi’s leadership will continue driving growth in infrastructure sectors experiencing massive demand from AI applications, which the combined portfolio addresses.
Under Ganzi’s continued leadership, DigitalBridge invests across essential digital infrastructure categories including datacenter facilities, telecommunications tower networks, fiber optic systems, small-cell infrastructure, and edge computing platforms. The company’s holdings include well-known entities like Vantage Data Centers, Zayo, Switch, and AtlasEdge. Ganzi originally led the transformation from Colony Capital, founded in 1991 as a real estate investor, orchestrating the complete pivot to digital infrastructure and the 2021 rebrand to DigitalBridge.
Following the acquisition, Ganzi will maintain his CEO role with DigitalBridge operating as a separately managed platform within SoftBank. His leadership oversees substantial assets: DigitalBridge managed around $108 billion as of September 30, establishing it as one of the world’s largest dedicated investors in digital infrastructure. This experienced leadership gives SoftBank confidence in the acquisition’s success.
SoftBank’s AI infrastructure strategy under Son’s vision extends beyond DigitalBridge. The company is a founding partner in the Stargate project, working with OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX, an investment firm based in Abu Dhabi. Stargate represents a multi-billion-dollar commitment to building large-scale computing infrastructure optimized for advanced AI development. Current plans include five computing facilities in Texas, New Mexico, and Ohio with approximately 7 gigawatts of total power capacity.
