Global Buyout Funds Exit China’s Data Centre Sector as Capital Rotates Across Asia

BEIJING, 23 May 2026 – Global private equity firms are accelerating their retreat from China’s data centre sector, with Warburg Pincus-backed Princeton Digital Group reportedly exploring the sale of its China-based digital infrastructure platform in a deal that could reach as much as US$1 billion.

The potential transaction would mark one of the final major foreign private equity exits from China’s data centre industry, following earlier moves by other global buyout investors to reduce exposure to the country’s increasingly complex digital infrastructure market. Foreign funds had previously invested heavily in Chinese data centres, attracted by cloud computing growth, rising internet traffic and demand from major technology groups.