BlackRock

The ChatGPT maker is seeking a roughly US$1.4 trillion valuation after postponing its IPO plans.

International

OpenAI in US$30 billion round talks with UAE funds, BlackRock

Top AI firms have turned to deep-pocketed Middle East investors to meet their intense capital needs

2026-10-05T22:51:13.000Z

While China has pockets of markets that are doing well and set to drive innovation, domestic demand is still slow.

Wealth & Investing

Innovation core to AI trade in China’s two-speed economy: BlackRock executive

Global AI adoption is still at its infancy, with interest in agentic AI further driving demand

2026-09-20T07:53:21.000Z

Investors in BlackRock’s US$23.1 billion HPS Corporate Lending Fund sought to pull roughly 11.5% of shares, compared with 13.3% in the prior quarter, according to a regulatory filing on Friday.

Wealth

BlackRock private credit fund redemption requests ease in Q3

This could be an early sign of easing redemption pressures across the industry

2026-09-13T09:45:06.000Z

An AirTrunk data centre under construction in Australia (pictured). The AI boom has fuelled a wave of multibillion-dollar data centre deals across Asia-Pacific.

Technology

AirTrunk gets US$2.3 billion green loan for Johor data centre

Global coordinators that led the financing include Credit Agricole, DBS, HSBC, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and UOB

2026-07-29T04:49:29.000Z

Proceeds will fund a data centre campus in El Paso, Texas, that is expected to provide as much as one gigawatt of computing capacity for AI workloads.

Companies & Markets

BlackRock raises US$12.5 billion of debt for Meta data centre

The 2048 note sells at a yield premium of 2.875 percentage points over 10-year Treasury yields, according to a source

2026-07-27T22:27:55.000Z

Companies & Markets

BlackRock gets soft demand for bond sale after AI debt sell-off

[NEW YORK] BlackRock has seen weaker-than-usual demand for a corporate bond sale tied to a Meta Platforms data centre project in Texas, as investors grapple with concerns about excessive artificial in...

2026-07-25T03:23:47.000Z

It’s the latest in a string of debt deals helping to fund tech companies’ massive investments in artificial intelligence.

Companies & Markets

BlackRock eyes more than US$12 billion debt for Texas data centre

[WASHINGTON] BlackRock is looking to sell more than US$12 billion of bonds to help finance a data centre campus in El Paso, Texas, according to people with knowledge of the transaction, the latest in ...

2026-07-20T15:29:43.000Z