Bain Capital Seeks to Sell at Least 40% Stake in Bridge Data Centres, Valuing Firm at $5 Billion
April 23, 2026
US investment firm Bain Capital is reportedly looking to divest a significant portion of its stake in Bridge Data Centres (BDC), an Asia-Pacific data center operator, in a deal that could value the company at around $5 billion. The move comes just months after Bain sold its Chinese data center business, ChinData, to a local consortium in September last year, signaling a continued reshaping of its portfolio in the region.
According to sources familiar with the matter cited by Reuters, Bain is seeking to sell at least 40 percent of its stake in Bridge. The firm has reportedly hired Citigroup and JPMorgan to manage the sale process, and a number of private equity and infrastructure funds have already expressed interest. Bain declined to comment on the report.
Singapore-based Bridge Data Centres currently operates or has under development five data centers in Malaysia, two in Thailand, and one in India. The company has set an ambitious target of reaching 3 gigawatts (GW) of capacity by 2030. Bloomberg previously reported in December that Bain was weighing its options for the business.
Bridge was founded in 2017 and merged with Bain’s Chinese data center platform, ChinData, in 2019. The two entities were later separated after ChinData was sold to a Chinese-led consortium last September. In addition to its Asia-Pacific holdings, Bain Capital also owns Hscale, a data center firm focused on the EMEA region, and DC Blox, a US-based operator.
The potential sale underscores the continued investor appetite for data center assets, particularly in fast-growing Southeast Asian markets where demand for cloud and AI infrastructure is surging. A deal of this scale would also highlight the ongoing consolidation and capital movement within the sector, as private equity firms look to monetize their investments amid rising valuations.
Source: datacenterdynamics
