DigitalBridge stock jumps as SoftBank agrees $4 billion buyout at $16 a share
NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 05:23 ET — Premarket DigitalBridge Group Inc (NYSE:DBRG) shares climbed 9.7% to $15.26 in premarket trading on Tuesday after SoftBank Group said it would buy the digital infrastructure investment manager in an all-cash deal. The acquisition lands as Wall Street’s focus on AI infrastructure shifts from chips to the physical plumbing behind them — data centers, fiber and power — areas where demand can rise quickly but capacity takes years and billions to build. “As AI transforms industries worldwide, we need more compute, connectivity, power, and scalable infrastructure,” SoftBank Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son said.