Blue Owl, QIA reach first close on digital infra platform
Qatar Investment Authority and Blue Owl have reached first close on its digital infrastructure platform aimed at accelerating global computing capacity for hyperscalers amid rapid cloud and AI transformation
IREN closes $2.3bn convertible notes offering
AI cloud and data center developer IREN Ltd closed its offering of convertible senior notes and repurchase of certain existing convertible notes, it said today
ZincFive closes Series F funding round, US
Oregon-based nickel-zinc batteries company ZincFive has closed an oversubscribed $30 million Series F funding round
OpenAI, NextDC to develop Oz AI campus
OpenAI and NextDC have signed an MoU to co-develop a hyperscale AI campus at NextTDC’s S7 site in Eastern Creek, Sydney
Uzbekistan unveils $11bn energy, infra pipeline
The government of Uzbekistan has launched 42 new energy and infrastructure projects, with a combined investment value of around $11 billion
GEM Realty Capital to sell Aligned Data Centers stake, US
GEM Realty Capital has sold it equity stake in Aligned Data Centers to a consortium led by AIP, MGX and BlackRock’s GIP
Grain adds former FCC commissioner as senior adviser
Grain Management has appointed Geoffrey Starks, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, to its board of senior advisers
Chindata, HEC partner on China energy-compute cluster
Chindata and HEC has formed a strategic partnership to establish a regional vertically integrated energy-compute cluster in Ulanqab, China