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Powering Progress Episode 7 – Scaling the Deal
As investment in data centers accelerates, many organizations are pursuing platform strategies and joint ventures to scale development and deploy …
June 10, 2026
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Takanock, a provider of innovative digital and power infrastructure solutions, in new capital commitments totaling $500 million from ArcLight and DigitalBridge
Sitio Royalties Corp. in its $4.1 billion merger with Viper Energy
Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of a majority stake in OEG Energy Group, a leading offshore energy solutions business, with an implied headline valuation of more than $1 billion
Double Eagle IV MidCo, LLC, a private company backed by EnCap Investments L.P., in its entry into a definitive agreement to sell certain of its subsidiaries and assets to Diamondback E&P, LLC (NASDAQ: FANG), in exchange for approximately 6.9 million shares of FANG common stock and $3 billion of cash consideration, subject to customary adjustments
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. in connection with a preferred equity commitment to Origis USA (a portfolio company of Antin Infrastructure Partners)
Riverstone Holdings in the sale of its equity stake in Pattern Energy Group to a consortium headed by APG Asset Management and Australian Retirement Trust (ART)
Quantum Capital Group and FourPoint Resources, in partnership with Kayne Anderson, in their $2 billion acquisition of Ovintiv’s (NYSE, TSX: OVV) Uinta Basin assets
EQT Corporation in the $1.8 billion acquisition of upstream and midstream oil and gas assets in Pennsylvania from Olympus Energy (pending)
Global Infrastructure Partners, a leading global infrastructure investor, in connection with its approximately $2.6 billion all cash sale of Medallion Midstream Partners, LLC to ONEOK, INC. (NYSE: OKE)
Powering Progress
The accelerating adoption of AI is driving extraordinary demand for data center capacity and power, creating both opportunity and complexity for developers and investors alike.
To better understand how the market is responding, we surveyed 200 senior infrastructure developers and private capital investors to capture perspectives on power availability, infrastructure constraints, financing dynamics, and the pace of AI-driven growth.
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IRS Proposes to Withdraw Look-Through Rule for Domestically Controlled REITs
On October 20, 2025, the Treasury Department and the IRS released proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) under Section 897 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), that would remove a rule, initially proposed on December 29, 2022 and finalized on April 25, 2024 (the 2024 Final Regulations) (T.D. 9992), that requires a REIT to “look through” certain domestic C corporations to their shareholders for purposes of determining whether a REIT is considered “domestically controlled.”
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Update: OBBBA Tax Provisions Impacting REITs and Foreign Investors
On July 1, 2025, a little over two weeks after the Senate Finance Committee released its draft tax title (the “Initial Senate Draft”), the U.S. Senate secured sufficient votes to advance its version of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “OBBBA”) — a comprehensive budget reconciliation bill — back to the House of Representatives, which voted in favor of the bill on July 3, 2025.
July 7, 2025 • V&E REIT Update
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Delaware Supreme Court Sets High Bar for Counterparty Aiding and Abetting Liability in M&A Deals
The Delaware Supreme Court’s June 17, 2025 decision in In re Columbia Pipeline Group Merger Litigation reversed a $199 million damages award against TC Energy for aiding and abetting breaches by fiduciaries of Columbia Pipeline Group relating to TC Energy’s acquisition of Columbia Pipeline.
June 24, 2025 • V&E Shareholder Litigation Update
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Senate Draft Tax Provisions Impacting REITs and Foreign Investors
On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its draft tax title for inclusion in the Senate’s version of the budget reconciliation bill, known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the “OBBBA”).
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