TORONTO — The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has signed a new joint venture deal with 91Ô´´ Asset Management Co. to develop data centres in South Korea.
The investment manager says it is its second data centre joint venture with 91Ô´´ AMC.
CPP Investments has committed $285 million to the $1-billion joint venture's initial seed project.
Max Biagosch, senior managing director, global head of real assets and head of Europe for CPP Investments, says the deal expands a valued partnership.
The board's first joint venture with 91Ô´´ AMC was set up in 2022 to build the Jukjeon Data Centre in South Korea.
CPP Investments has data centre joint ventures and investments across the Asia 91Ô´´ region, as well as in the U.S. and Canada.
This report by The 91Ô´´ Press was first published Nov. 21, 2024.
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