SoftBank Group Stock News

DigitalBridge Group Inc (NYSE:DBRG) stock is surging today, last seen up 9.9% at $15.30, after news that Japan-based Softbank is in advanced talks to acquire the company for $4 billion in an effort to expand its AI infrastructure.

Acquisition would further expand SoftBank's investments in artificial intelligence as it tries to center itself in the boom

SoftBank Group agreed to buy all outstanding shares of DigitalBridge Group for $16 apiece, part of the Japanese conglomerate's strategy to take advantage of an AI-driven boom in digital infrastructure.

SoftBank is acquiring data center investor DigitalBridge for $4 billion. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said the deal supports global growth in data centers and connectivity.

SoftBank has slowly been increasing exposure to the AI trade.

SoftBank could announce a deal as soon as Monday, according to the media report. The logo of Japanese company SoftBank Group at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on November 21, 2025.

SoftBank is nearing a deal to buy DigitalBridge, the US-listed investment firm that specialises in data centres and other digital infrastructure, in a move that would deepen the Japanese group's push into assets underpinning artificial intelligence. According to an exclusive report by Bloomberg, the Japanese investment giant is in advanced talks to acquire the business, with an announcement pos...

SoftBank is in advanced talks to acquire DigitalBridge , Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.