Japan’s SoftBank Group logo at its headquarters in Tokyo, November 21, 2025.
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Shares of data center investment firm Digital Bridge soared as much as 50% in pre-market trading on Monday following Japanese media coverage. Softbank is in talks to acquire a New York-listed company.
Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources, that SoftBank could announce the deal as early as Monday.
CNBC reached out to representatives from SoftBank and Digital Bridge. Both companies declined to comment when contacted by Bloomberg.
DigitalBridge stock peaked 50% higher around 4:20 a.m. ET and was last up 40%. The stock price has increased about 23% since the beginning of the year.
The report comes amid a global boom in infrastructure supporting AI applications, and as SoftBank doubles down on its technology.
A major Japanese company recently sold its entire stake in a U.S. chipmaker. Nvidia It won $5.83 billion to give it room to invest in OpenAI.
DigitalBridge describes itself as a “unique digital infrastructure business” and had about $108 billion in assets under management as of the end of September, according to its website.
