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BlackRock combines GIP and HPS to finance Meta's AI data center project through a major bond sale.

Blackstone (NYSE:BX) has launched SablePointe Credit Strategies, an asset based lending platform focused on secured credit. The company plans to invest $30b in AI focused data centers in Japan as part of its digital infrastructure push. Blackstone has appointed Carey S. Roberts as Senior Managing Director and General Counsel, Real Estate. Blackstone, trading at around $115.4, is rolling out these initiatives after a period of weaker share performance, with the stock down 27.3% year to date...

APO, ARES, BX, KKR and JPM join the BoE first private-market stress test to gauge whether a severe global downturn could expose wider risks.

(Bloomberg) -- The Bank of England will stress test private markets against a doomsday scenario featuring 7% interest rates, a 35% collapse in UK share prices, a 400 basis-point increase in leveraged loan spreads and a wide range of artificial intelligence disruptions, the central bank announced on Friday.Most Read from BloombergRead the 14-Point Draft Memorandum Between the US and IranModi Warns of ‘Shortage of Trust’ Ahead of Trump MeetingTrump Blows Through His Iran Red Lines in Justifying Pe

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Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX) is one of the 12 Most Profitable Stocks to Invest In. On May 19, 2026, Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX) announced a joint venture with Google to create a new U.S.-based company offering data center capacity, operations, networking, and Google Cloud’s tensor processing units, or TPUs, as a compute-as-a-service offering. The new company will […]

Google and Blackstone have formed a joint venture to offer AI data center capacity, networking and computer hardware as a “compute-as-a-service product,” the asset manager said. The tie-up opens a new avenue in the rush of private equity into AI infrastructure, moving it beyond data centers and into the business of financing compute itself. Blackstone is making an initial $5 billion equity commitment, with the first 500 megawatts of capacity expected online in 2027, the firm said in a statement.

The new company gives enterprises a second route to Google's TPUs, with 500 megawatts targeted for 2027

Blackstone Inc (NYSE:BX) and Alphabet's Google have announced a joint venture aimed at developing a new US-based company that will provide dedicated cloud infrastructure centered on Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). The planned company will offer data center capacity, operations,...

The new U.S.-based company will sell access to Google's Tensor Processing Unit chips as a compute-as-a-service offering, with 500 MW of capacity targeted for 2027