Our Digital Infra Investment Review H1 2026 series is now live and we can reveal that global M&A deal value hit US$189bn in H1 2026 — up 67% year-on-year from US$113.2bn. Deal count barely moved (345, +6%), meaning the money went into bigger tickets, with average deal size climbing to US$1.6bn.

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Key findings:

• Global M&A held steady on volume, surged on value – 345 deals (+6% YoY) worth US$189bn (+67% YoY), with average global deal value at US$1.6bn.
• Datacentres dominated deal count; Telecoms overweighted on value – Datacentres captured 56% of deals and 67% of value; Telecoms delivered 25% of value from just 17% of deals.
• USA leads globally – Americas took 50% of M&A volume and 71% of value; the USA alone closed 154 deals (45% of volume) worth US$125.8bn.
• Pipeline signals a more balanced H2 – 225 deals worth US$211bn, with Americas, Europe and APAC each converging on roughly a third of value – driven by strong APAC pipeline.
• Global Debt outpaced M&A – 216 deals worth US$266.5bn, up 47% YoY by volume and 106% YoY by value.

New for 2026: this year's reports also include an exclusive data pack, where you can access the underlying data to use in your own analysis.

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