# Global Switch: infrastructure company

Canonical ID: `cd78963e-ebff-434e-bedb-f611cf0f83ed`

## Key facts

- **Australia sale (company-claimed):** Dec 2024: completed the A$2.12B sale of Global Switch Australia to HMC Capital.
- **Tier 1 markets (company-claimed):** [London](/locations/london.md), [Paris](/locations/paris-france.md), Frankfurt, [Amsterdam](/locations/amsterdam-netherlands.md), [Madrid](/locations/madrid.md), [Singapore](/locations/singapore.md) and [Hong Kong](/locations/hong-kong.md).
- **Takeover talks (reported, unconfirmed):** SC Capital Partners and [Warburg Pincus](/investors/warburg-pincus.md) reportedly pursued a deal valuing the company at $6B to $7B including debt.

- **Slug:** global-switch

## Models

_No models registered._

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Global Switch?

Owner and operator of large carrier and cloud neutral data centres in [Europe](/locations/europe.md) and Asia-Pacific, whose investors include Jiangsu Shagang Group and Avic Trust.

### What does Global Switch make?

Global Switch has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry.

### Is Global Switch a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Global Switch ranks in roughly the top 75% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (4)

1. https://www.globalswitch.com/announcement/update-on-capital-raising-activity/ · 2024-12-18
2. https://www.globalswitch.com/announcement/agreement-reached-for-the-sale-of-global-switch-australia-to-hmc-capital/ · 2024-10-24
3. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/global-switch-confirms-search-for-london-campus-co-investor/
4. https://irei.com/news/warburg-pincus-sc-capital-partners-reportedly-pursue-data-center-operator-in-potential-7b-deal/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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