Blackstone sees major returns from its data center bet, and plans to continue to "lean into" the AI boom.

On this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management partners Jason Kolman and Eric Requenez are joined by tax partner Chris Roman ...

About 45 minutes west of downtown Chicago lies a rather unassuming, glass-encased data center that some of the world’s largest markets depend on. By one 2018 estimate, at least $25 quadrillion of ...

The next frontier in investing isn’t a new asset class—it’s a new way of giving people access. The rise of private markets is impossible to ignore, we explain in Morningstar’s 2026 Outlook. Since 2015 ...

Data center operators are fixated on the “five nines” — an expectation that they’ll keep the infrastructure behind financial markets, e-commerce and artificial intelligence running 99.999% of the time ...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) has tokenized a private-equity fund on its blockchain platform for wealthy clients, marking a key milestone in its push to digitize alternative investments. The bank ...

SoftBank Group Corp. is in advanced talks to acquire DigitalBridge Group Inc., a private equity firm that invests in assets such as data centers, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The ...

The HVAC equipment market is highly fragmented, with accreditation, reputation, and proprietary technology acting as barriers to entry. These characteristics have long supported consolidation, and ...

The surging electricity demand from AI is leading to record private equity investments in utilities and renewable energy, with deals on track to exceed $150 billion. Data center operators are moving ...

Private equity is knocking on the doors of your 401(k), dressed up in slick marketing and lower investment minimums. Supposedly, it’s a breakthrough – “democratizing” returns once exclusive to ...

There are more private equity funds in North America than there are McDonald's franchises, said KKR & Co's co-CEO Joe Bae, noting that managers have to be very "disciplined." The widening gap followed ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I’m a founder, writer and lecturer focusing on VC funds. The traditional boundaries between venture capital and private equity ...