In the past week, bidding for major Australian data centre provider AirTrunk has reached the final offer stage. Two consortiums are bidding- on one hand, Blackstone Group in partnership with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). The latter company together with Macquarie Asset Management currently control 88% of AirTrunk. The other consortium includes IFM Investors together with Digital Bridge, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Mubadala's MGX, and Silver Lake. The final offers submitted on August 27th value AirTrunk's portfolio at A$20 billion (US$13.55 billion). No deadline has been set for a final decision on the bids presented. AirTrunk is being assisted in this process by Macquarie Group and Goldman Sachs.