SoftBank completes its purchase of DigitalBridge for about $3.1bn, making the data-centre investor a controlled subsidiary

SoftBank Group said it completed the acquisition of all the outstanding common stock of DigitalBridge Group, Inc. on 30 September 2026 (US time), for approximately $3.1 billion. DigitalBridge is now a controlled subsidiary, and SoftBank will consolidate its results into SoftBank Group's financial statements from the acquisition date.

SoftBank's release describes DigitalBridge as a global alternative asset manager that invests in digital infrastructure: data centres, cell towers, fibre networks, small cells and edge infrastructure. It will “continue to operate as a separately managed platform, led by Marc Ganzi.”

DigitalBridge's own filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, dated the same day, says it asked the New York Stock Exchange to suspend trading in its common stock before the market opened on 30 September, so the shares no longer trade.

The filing also gives the price paid as $16.00 in cash per share. The deal gives SoftBank a separately run arm that invests in the data centres, towers and fibre its release lists. The Financial Times later wrote about DigitalBridge's new role inside SoftBank; that article, the lead for this story, could not be found or opened from here, so this story is written from the companies' own documents on the day the purchase closed.

• Confirmed SoftBank completed the purchase of all of DigitalBridge's outstanding common stock on 30 September 2026 (US time) for approximately $3.1bn. SoftBank Group
• Confirmed DigitalBridge is now a controlled subsidiary of SoftBank Group and will run as a separately managed platform led by Marc Ganzi. SoftBank release, on DigitalBridge's site
• Confirmed DigitalBridge asked the NYSE to suspend trading in its common stock before the open on 30 September. DigitalBridge Form 8-K