Blackstone
Blackstone is the world's largest alternative asset manager with over $1.3 trillion in assets under management, focusing on private equity, real estate, credit, and hedge funds. In data center and AI infrastructure, it acquires and develops commercial real estate assets to support hyperscale and cloud growth sectors globally.
About Blackstone
Blackstone is a publicly traded (NYSE: BX) global investment firm that invests in a diverse range of asset classes, including the data center industry. As one of the world's largest alternative asset managers, Blackstone's data center investments focus on acquiring, developing, and operating data center facilities to meet the growing demand for cloud computing and digital infrastructure. Blackstone's expertise in real estate and technology investments, as well as its extensive global reach, position the firm as a significant player in the evolving data center market.
Blackstone is an American alternative investment management company that invests in real estate, including data centers supporting AI infrastructure and cloud computing.
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Google-Blackstone names TPU neocloud Crux AI, hires Meta's Alan Duong
Google and Blackstone have named their TPU neocloud product Crux AI and hired Meta's data center engineering head Alan Duong to lead the initiative.
Google-Blackstone JV experiences delays in data center projects
Google and Blackstone's joint venture has experienced delays in data center projects, according to reports.
Google-Blackstone data-centre venture faces site delays in Wyoming, Texas
Google and Blackstone's Project Blade, a joint-venture cloud computing company backed by $5 billion in Blackstone investment, has encountered multiple delays in securing data-centre sites. Google withdrew a Wyoming Cheyenne site project from developer Crucible over execution concerns and is re-filing permits, while a Texas site was deemed unsuitable due to unavailable transformers. Texas policy changes have also paused new projects. The venture has 29 candidate sites and maintains its 500-megawatt 2027 capacity target, though overall data-centre project completion timelines have fallen from 90% to 50% probability.
Nvidia partners with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR on $500bn financing program
Nvidia has partnered with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR for a $500 billion financing program.
Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Reports Q2 2026 Results
Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust Inc. (NYSE: BXDC), a newly public data-centre REIT, reported second-quarter 2026 results with net income of $7.1 million and FFO and AFFO per share of $0.07 and $0.08 respectively. The company closed its initial public offering on 15 May 2026 and holds $2 billion of dry powder for acquisitions. CEO Nick Pell highlighted the stabilized data-centre market fundamentals and stated BXDC is positioned to acquire mission-critical facilities leased to hyperscale tenants on long-term contracts, with support from Blackstone, the world's largest financial investor in data-centre assets.
Google-Blackstone Project Braid data centres hit delays across sites