Aligned Data Centers
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Aligned Data Centers is an industry-leading provider of innovative, sustainable, and adaptive digital infrastructure designed to power cloud and AI workloads for hyperscalers, neocloud providers, and enterprise customers. The company operates 50+ campuses across North America and Latin America with over 5 GW of contracted and available capacity. Aligned uses proprietary air-cooled, closed-loop cooling systems and adaptive modular infrastructure to deliver scalable, high-density data center solut...
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Ideal Customer
- Aligned's primary sweet spot is global hyperscalers, neoclouds, and large-enterprise organizations that require multi-megawatt deployments at scale, typically under long-term contracts of 10–15 years.
- They target customers with aggressive AI, HPC, or cloud workload growth who need rapid deployment timelines and ultra-high rack densities (from 3 kW up to 350+ kW per rack).
Key Differentiators
- Aligned's primary differentiator is its patented adaptive cooling technology platform, including Delta3 (air-cooled, closed-loop) and DeltaFlow (liquid-cooled) systems, which support rack densities from 3 kW to over 350 kW and consume dramatically less water and energy than legacy data center designs — the company claims up to 80% less energy and 85% less water versus traditional cooling.
- Their ExpandOnDemand platform enables customers to scale from air-cooled to liquid-cooled infrastructure in live environments without reconfiguring data halls.
Industries Served
- Aligned primarily serves hyperscale cloud providers, AI and machine learning companies, neocloud operators, large enterprises, and U.S. federal government agencies.
- Key named customers and partners include Oracle, Lambda (AI Developer Cloud), and Datto, reflecting a strong position across cloud, AI/HPC, and enterprise IT.
Service Coverage
- Aligned Data Centers operates across the Americas with a rapidly expanding footprint.
- In North America, they have campuses in Dallas/Plano (TX), Chicago (IL), Phoenix (AZ), Salt Lake City (UT), Northern Virginia (Ashburn, VA), Hillsboro (OR), Atlanta (GA), Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Abernathy (TX), and more sites under development.
Partnerships
- Aligned has formal technology and go-to-market partnerships with leading brokers, enterprise and government systems integrators, agents, resellers, and global technology providers, which it describes as core to its GTM strategy via a Referral Program.
- Named technology relationships include Oracle (which selectively partners with Aligned for OCI deployments emphasizing sustainability) and Lambda (AI Developer Cloud), which uses Aligned's DFW-04 data center for AI infrastructure.
Company Size & Ownership
- Aligned Data Centers was founded in 2013 (originally as Aligned Energy) and has grown to approximately 1,000–1,063 employees globally as of early 2026, reflecting 62% headcount growth since 2023.
- Revenue is estimated at approximately $150–$160M based on third-party intelligence sources, though the company does not publish financials.
Compliance & Certifications
- Aligned's facilities are certified for SOC 2 Type 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, HITECH, NIST 800-53, and ISO 27001 across their North American campuses, with Latin American sites additionally holding ISO 14001, ISO 9001, and ISO 20000-1 in select markets.
- Their flagship Plano, TX data center earned both Uptime Institute Tier III Certification of Design Documents (TCDD) and Tier III Certification of Constructed Facility (TCCF).
Compiled from public sources by VenSearch · Last researched October 13, 2026
Offerings
9 offeringsDedicated Space Build Out
Aligned works with customers to design and build customized administrative and office space within its data center campuses, tailored to each team's unique requirements. This service provides customers with their own fully isolated environment within Aligned's campus footprint, built to specification and ready to scale. It is designed for teams that need both operational and administrative space co-located with their infrastructure.
Federal Data Centers
Aligned Federal, a US-based affiliate of Aligned Data Centers, delivers secure, flexible, and sustainable data centers specifically for U.S. Federal Government Agencies. These facilities are designed to meet the unique compliance, security, and operational requirements of federal customers. The solution is part of Aligned's broader adaptive infrastructure platform.
Gigascale Campuses
Aligned delivers gigascale AI campuses at speed across the Americas, handling land sourcing, power procurement, and permitting to provide infrastructure purpose-built for AI and high-performance computing. These turnkey, powered gigascale sites are designed for ultra-high-density AI and ML clusters, featuring liquid cooling and ultra-adaptive infrastructure for seamless scaling. They are positioned in key markets across the Americas.
Hyperscale Campus and Build to Scale
Aligned delivers hyperscale campuses and build-to-suit data centers with rapid deployment and massive scale to support cloud and AI workloads. These facilities feature innovative cooling systems and flexible expansion capabilities designed to grow seamlessly with customers' densities and IT requirements. Aligned offers flexible design, ownership, and operational models to match customer growth roadmaps.
Managed Data Center Services
Aligned offers a full suite of managed services across operations, monitoring, and compliance to ensure performance and uptime, allowing customers' internal teams to focus on business-critical tasks. Services include on-site staff available 24/7/365 to handle deployment, maintenance, and troubleshooting needs. The managed services layer covers remote hands support, turnkey fit-outs, dedicated space build-outs, and white space provisioning.
Multi-Tenant and Enterprise Colocation
Aligned provides adaptive colocation data centers that power enterprise workloads ranging from cloud to AI, with high-density infrastructure and a white-glove service standard the company calls unreasonable hospitality. The offering is designed to support everyday enterprise applications with flexible, scalable space in Aligned's existing campus footprint. Customers benefit from Aligned's operational expertise and on-site staff.
Remote Hands
Aligned provides 24/7 on-site technical support for physical infrastructure tasks including rack-mounting equipment, operating system installs, and structured cabling. The service is available on-demand around the clock, 365 days a year, with certified staff at each facility. Remote Hands enables customers to operate without needing their own on-site technical personnel.
Turnkey Fit-Out
Aligned designs and builds rack-ready environments for customers, covering power and cooling system design, containment installation, and structured cabling so customers can simply plug in and go. This service eliminates the need for customers to manage physical infrastructure buildout themselves. It is designed to accelerate speed to market by handling all deployment preparation on the customer's behalf.
White Space
Aligned provides raw white space deployments where the company supplies the power, cooling, and physical space while customers supply their own racks, cages, and cabling to build their ideal environment. This offering gives customers maximum flexibility to configure their infrastructure to their own specifications. It is suited for teams that want control over their own hardware buildout within Aligned's facilities.
Considering Aligned Data Centers?
Our team will work with you to determine if Aligned Data Centers is the right fit for your organization. From research and assessment through procurement negotiation and ongoing vendor management — we handle the entire process at no cost to you.