Blackstone
BizLink to buy Blackstone’s Singapore-based Interplex for US$850 million
Interplex Datacom makes the components that form the physical architecture of AI server racks
Blackstone is about to take a 54% loss on iconic Seattle office tower
The price drop illustrates the persistence of the pandemic-era decline in demand for office space
Blackstone raises its largest Asia private equity fund with US$13.1 billion in final close of third such fund
The firm has invested more than US$7 billion in Asia over 12 transactions in last 24 months
Google, Blackstone to create AI cloud firm with in-house chips
The move adds to a boom in spending on computing infrastructure
DBS, UOB among lenders arranging Airtrunk’s US$2 billion loan for Malaysia growth
Proceeds will support the firm’s 200-megawatt JHB2 facility located in Johor
Blackstone Digital Infrastructure raises US$1.75 billion in IPO to buy data centres
The listing is the largest ever IPO of a Reit set up as a so-called blind pool
Blackstone drops US$4 billion New World deal over control clash
Billionaire Chengs might forgo a deal by injecting capital through a rights issue instead
Blackstone, KKR in talks with Google to bring AI models to portfolio firms
Some firms have considered deals with more than one AI firm
Blackstone’s AirTrunk plans its first data centre-backed bond
The company operates data centres in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore
Blackstone to debut first hedge fund for mini-millionaires
It aims to make relatively liquid bets across an array of asset classes