Americold Realty Trust Acquired by EQT | Logistics M&A Deal

EQT has acquired Americold Realty Trust, a logistics other business in Georgia, for $1.3 billion. Americold operates temperature-controlled cold storage logistics across North America, providing warehouse capacity and pallet positions for the cold chain, including in Atlanta. EQT acquisitions target mission-critical infrastructure in logistics M&A, using its Active Core Infrastructure fund to scale cold storage assets while Americold retains a 30% equity stake and manages day-to-day operations. The divestiture acquisition is structured as a new North American cold storage joint venture platform, with EQT taking a 70% interest and expected net cash proceeds of about $1.1 billion to repay debt, announced in May 2026.