Ares Management, an American global alternative investment manager operating in the credit, private equity and real estate markets, completed the investment in SB Energy, a climate infrastructure and technology platform from Softbank, a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company, for $600m. “SoftBank launched SB Energy to accelerate access to reliable, cost-effective, renewable energy. Combining AI and technology with renewable deployment at scale is critical to the energy transformation and benefits people across the globe. Our new investment from Ares brings together Ares’ climate infrastructure experience, SoftBank’s AI and technology ecosystem, and SB Energy’s track record of execution into a single platform to deliver flexible renewable energy at scale,” Michel Combes, SoftBank Group International CEO.