The Importance of Power in the Exponential Growth of Digital Infrastructure

Let’s set the scene: How would you characterize the current environment for digital infrastructure?

Marc Ganzi We’re at a significant inflection point. The convergence of artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, and energy has created a unique opportunity. It’s not just about investing capital—it’s about executing with a vision and discipline to create long-term, sustainable value. AI is advancing rapidly, global markets are volatile, and power is becoming the new bottleneck. The firms that align speed, scale, and sustainability will emerge as winners.

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ABOUT MARC GANZI

Marc Ganzi has been an investor and operator in the digital infrastructure sector for 30 years and has led DigitalBridge’s transformation into a premier platform for digital infrastructure and real estate investment.

Ganzi originally founded Digital Bridge Holdings in 2013 and, as CEO, built it into a leading digital infrastructure investment firm with over $20 billion in assets under management. In July 2019, the firm merged into what is now DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG), a publicly listed company. Under Ganzi’s leadership as CEO, DigitalBridge has grown into a global digital infrastructure powerhouse with over $100 billion in assets under management and a portfolio of 45 companies spanning towers, data centers, fiber, small cells, and edge infrastructure.

Earlier in his career, Ganzi founded Global Tower Partners (GTP), which grew to become one of the largest privately owned tower companies in the US, and worked as a consulting partner for DB Capital Partners, where he oversaw the institution’s investments in the Latin American tower sector. Prior to those roles, he co-founded and served as President of Apex Site Management, one of the largest third-party managers of wireless and wireline communication sites in the US. Outside of his work with DigitalBridge, he is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee of the Federal Communications Commission. He received a Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School of Business.