Blackstone
Largest alternative asset manager, with a large data centre platform through QTS and others.
- Value
- Data centre platform about $185B including projects under construction (Q2 2026, internal valuation)
- Growth
- Plans $30B for AI data centres in Japan over three to five years (reported)
- Based in
- New York, US
- Founded
- 1985
- Listed
- Public (BX)
It owns some of the largest data centre assets in the US and is expanding abroad.
Some of its valuations are internal and not tested by a sale.
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committed to develop 600 MW of new hyperscale capacity across QTS
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Infrastructure investor that owns power and data centre assets, and runs a $100B AI infrastructure program.
AI infrastructure program of up to $100B, with $10B equity target and $5B committed (launched with Nvidia and KIA)
Open profilePrivate credit and investment firm that funds data centres and their leases, with a large Meta joint venture.
Took 80% of Meta's Hyperion data centre joint venture
Open profileLarge bond investor, owned by Allianz, that buys the debt behind AI data centres.
BlackRock took $3B of the Hyperion bonds
Open profileUS data centre operator owned by Blackstone, and one of the largest in the country.
Blackstone bought QTS for about $10B in 2021
Open profileAlternative asset manager that lends against GPU fleets and data centres, often through leases.
Committed $3.5B toward a $5.4B deal for Nvidia chips leased to xAI (reported)
Open profileWorld's largest asset manager, which buys AI infrastructure debt and owns GIP, a buyer of data centres.
Bought $3B of the Hyperion bonds (US press reports)
Open profileAbu Dhabi AI investment fund, backing Stargate and AI data centres in the US, UAE and Europe.
Reported to have closed nearly $50B from investors in July 2026, targeting $100B
Open profileJapanese investor with a large OpenAI stake and a role in the Stargate project.
Completed a $41B investment in OpenAI for about an 11% stake (Dec 2025)
Open profileVehicle that buys Nvidia GB200 chips and leases them to an xAI subsidiary, financed by Apollo.
Apollo committed $3.5B toward a $5.4B deal (reported)
Open profileSources: mingtiandi.com, aibusiness.com
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