Technology Magazine January 2026 | Page 182

DIGITALBRIDGE

“ The last estimates for investment requirements in the data centre space are in trillions”

Steven Sonnenstein, Senior Managing Director, DigitalBridge
Both will demand unprecedented levels of investment – running into the trillions of dollars – and create opportunities on a scale the industry has never seen.
But capital alone is not enough.“ Our success is tied to making the right investments at the right time, but that does not exist without the right partnerships,” Steven says. For him, that means working hand in hand with management teams, customers and suppliers – the people on the front lines of running and scaling infrastructure every day.
The challenge ahead is to align all these stakeholders so that everyone is“ rowing in the right direction”. By combining scale, timing and deep operating partnerships, DigitalBridge aims not just to capture opportunity, but to define the next era of digital connectivity.
For Steven, this is conviction and vision in action: conviction in the discipline to invest wisely, and vision to build the infrastructure that will power AI, 5G and beyond.
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