Macquarie, an Australian global financial services group, completed a acquisition of a 40% stake in VIRTUS Data Centres, a data centre provider, from ST Telemedia, a Singapore-headquartered strategic investor, for £2bn. "We are pleased to have propelled VIRTUS’ growth journey over the past seven years which has seen their platform grow into the UK’s leading hyperscale data centre provider today. Our commitment has demonstrated the value of developing high-quality data centres in strategic locations. With Macquarie’s partnership, we look forward to building on this strong momentum, accelerating VIRTUS’ growth strategy and expanding our services to customers across Europe," Bruno Lopez, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres CEO.