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Compass Datacenters' Auction Progresses as Lockup Expires

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Published: February 3rd, 2023
RedBird, Ontario Teachers' and Azrieli back the Dallas data center company and have right of first refusal on any deal.

As a lockup agreement between backers of Compass Datacenters LLC expires this month, three people told The Deal that the telecom infrastructure company is progressing through an auction process that it launched last year.

Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Guggenheim Partners LLC are advising Compass, two of the people said. One source said the process for the data center operator, which is backed by RedBird Capital Partners LLC, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Azrieli Group Ltd., is fairly far along. Telecom, media and tech industry trade publication TMT Finance reported that Compass hired the banks in October, according to a report obtained by The Deal.

Compass Datacenters does not disclose financials. During Azrieli’s second-quarter earnings call in August, CEO Henkin said Compass is fast-growing and had almost $190 million in Ebitda under contract but did not specify the period for the earnings. TMT Finance reported that the company expects $85 million in 2023 Ebitda.

Azrieli CEO Henkin also noted during the November call that U.S. data center operators CyrusOne, CoreSite and QTS sold for 25 to 30 times Ebitda. The companies are not perfect comparisons for Compass, since the Dallas company builds data centers for clients in addition to its own properties. A multiple in that range would value Compass well into the billions.

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