BlackRock’s GIP Poised for $38B AES Power Grab – AI-Fuelled Demand Sparks Takeover Frenzy
Deal Details According to people briefed on the matter, BlackRock’s GIP is “nearing” a ~$38 billion takeover of AES investing.com marketscreener.com. This figure includes AES’s debt, reported to be about $29 billion gurufocus.com. In equity terms, AES’s market value was only around $9–10 billion before the news tokenist.com gurufocus.com. GIP – a specialist infrastructure fund now owned by BlackRock – has declined to comment, and AES has also refused to comment on the rumors investing.com marketscreener.com. Financial regulators have rules for such deals, but sources say the acquisition could close quickly under existing approvals, possibly within days marketscreener.com news.bloomberglaw.com. Bloomberg reported the talks