GI Partners is a private alternatives investment firm founded in 2001 that focuses on private equity, real estate, and data infrastructure. The firm is known for its specialization in technology-advantaged and life sciences real estate, including data centers, lab facilities, and “always-on” R&D properties. GI Partners also invests in medical outpatient buildings through its UDLR Healthcare platform, which recently acquired the Thunderbird Medical Pavilion in Arizona. Headquartered in San Francisco with over 180 employees, the firm has raised more than $49 billion in capital to deploy across its strategies. Its portfolio spans major U.S. markets such as Northern Virginia, where it owns six data center assets totaling more than one million square feet.