** DigitalBridge DBRG.N shares jump 42.2% to $5.88 premarket after Bloomberg News reports SoftBank 9984.T nears deal to acquire the co
** SoftBank could announce agreement with data center investment firm as soon as Monday, report says
** DBRG stock has more-than-doubled since talks were first reported on Dec. 5
** Co led by CEO Marc Ganzi, is one of the world's largest dedicated digital infrastructure firms and manages $108 billion in assets
** Firms are channeling billions into AI infrastructure on demand boom
** As of last close, stock up 23% YTD
(Reporting by Utkarsh Tushar Hathi)
((utkarshtushar.hathi@thomsonreuters.com))