Sources: data center operator Switch filed confidentially for a US IPO, and a listing could take place as soon as November; Ben Horowitz is joining its board (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)

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Switch confidentially filed for a US IPO, signaling continued investor demand for data center infrastructure tied to AI compute growth.

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<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-07/data-center-firm-switch-is-said-to-file-confidentially-for-ipo"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260807/i29.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260807/p29#a260807p29" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Bailey Lipschultz / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-07/data-center-firm-switch-is-said-to-file-confidentially-for-ipo">Sources: data center operator Switch filed confidentially for a US IPO, and a listing could take place as soon as November; Ben Horowitz is joining its board</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Switch Inc. filed confidentially for a US IPO, according to people familiar with the matter, joining its data center peers &hellip; </p>