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That sponsor base has funded a shift from mid sized enterprise halls to gigawatt scale AI campuses: Vantage is one of the wholesale landlords behind the Oracle and OpenAI Stargate build out in Port Washington, Wisconsin, and in 2026 announced a UK AI Growth Zone deployment in South Wales with Nebius as the anchor tenant.\\n\\nUnlike REIT peers such as Digital Realty or Equinix, Vantage does not trade publicly. Its playbook is large single tenant leases to hyperscalers and AI labs rather than retail interconnection, and its footprint is concentrated in a small number of very large campuses (Santa Clara, Ashburn, Quincy, Phoenix, Port Washington, Berlin, Frankfurt, Cardiff, Zurich, Johannesburg, Sydney, Osaka) rather than a dense metro fabric.","status":"private","founded":0,"hq":"Undisclosed","hqLat":7.6130084,"hqLng":5.248172,"hqGeocodedAt":"2026-08-23T21:20:44.744Z","hqAddress":null,"hqPrecision":null,"website":"https://vantagedc.com","fundingTotal":null,"type":"brain","roles":["data_center_operator"],"reviewStatus":"reviewed","heatIndex":54,"lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://vantage-dc.com","title":"Vantage Data Centers corporate site"},{"url":"https://vantage-dc.com/company/","title":"Company overview and history"},{"url":"https://vantage-dc.com/company/leadership/","title":"Global leadership team"},{"url":"https://vantage-dc.com/news/","title":"News and announcements"},{"url":"https://environmentalintegrity.org/news/environmental-groups-sue-illegal-data-center-power-plant-projects-in-san-antonio/","title":"Environmental groups sue Vantage and VoltaGrid over San Antonio AI DC power plants","sourceName":"Environmental Integrity Project","publishedAt":"2026-09-21"},{"url":"https://environmentalintegrity.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Lawsuit-against-Vantage-Voltagrid-data-centers-9.21.26.pdf","title":"Lawsuit complaint PDF against Vantage and VoltaGrid (Sep 21 2026)","sourceName":"Environmental Integrity Project (complaint PDF)","publishedAt":"2026-09-21"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Headquarters","value":"Santa Clara, California","sourceUrl":"https://vantage-dc.com/company/"},{"label":"Status","value":"private"},{"label":"Type","value":"brain"},{"label":"Founded","value":"2010","sourceUrl":"https://vantage-dc.com/company/"},{"label":"Parent / ownership","value":"Privately held by a consortium led by DigitalBridge Group, with Silver Lake, AustralianSuper, PSP Investments, GIC and ADIA","sourceUrl":"https://vantage-dc.com"},{"label":"Geographic footprint","value":"~35 data centers across North America, EMEA and APAC; 14 countries including US, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, UK, South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan","sourceUrl":"https://vantage-dc.com"},{"label":"Business model","value":"Wholesale hyperscale colocation; large single-tenant leases to cloud providers and AI labs rather than retail interconnection","sourceUrl":"https://vantage-dc.com/company/"},{"label":"Marquee AI project","value":"Port Washington, Wisconsin campus supporting the Oracle / OpenAI Stargate build; community-investment announcements confirm Vantage as landlord","sourceUrl":"https://vantage-dc.com/news/"},{"label":"Latest tenant win","value":"August 2026: expanded UK AI infrastructure partnership with Nebius, first deployment inside the South Wales AI Growth Zone","sourceUrl":"https://vantage-dc.com/news/"},{"label":"CEO","value":"Sureel Choksi, President and Chief Executive Officer","sourceUrl":"https://vantage-dc.com/company/leadership/"},{"label":"Public listing status","value":"Private; no exchange listing. Owned by DigitalBridge-led consortium","sourceUrl":"https://vantage-dc.com"},{"label":"San Antonio Clean Air Act lawsuit (Sep 2026)","value":"Reported Sep 21 2026: Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club, and Public Citizen sued Vantage Data Centers and VoltaGrid in federal court over two San Antonio AI data center campuses with dedicated behind-the-meter gas plants (plaintiffs cite ~405 MW gas generation, enough for ~1/5 of San Antonio homes, plus 151 diesel backup generators / ~455 MW). Suit alleges use of Texas minor-source fast-track permits instead of major-source Clean Air Act permits with best available controls and public participation. Complaint seeks halt until proper permitting; not a court judgment"}],"aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":"SCOPE-REVIEW: Off-axis entity (data center/crypto/investment/telecom/energy) — not core physical AI","atsProvider":null,"atsSlug":null,"factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"tickerSymbol":null,"stockExchange":null,"secCik":null,"revenueUsd":null,"revenueBasis":null,"revenueAsOf":null,"employeeCount":1500,"employeeCountBasis":"Approximate; company does not publicly disclose headcount. 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