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Nvidia Partners with Six Firms to Raise $500 Billion for AI Chips
Nvidia has announced partnerships with Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to launch compute financing platforms aimed at raising over $500 billion for AI infrastructure, with CEO Jensen Huang saying Nvidia could backstop up to $125 billion, or 25%, of potential deals. Blackstone President Jon Gray said on CNBC that AI compute will be seen as a financeable asset class, similar to how mortgage lenders assess homes. The move comes amid rising skepticism about AI spending, and Nvidia shares fell after the deal was first reported, erasing more than $70 billion in market value. Blackstone, one of six partners, has seen AI compute demand across its portfolio companies surge sevenfold this year and has prior experience financing AI infrastructure for companies like Anthropic. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink compared this moment to the creation of mortgage-backed investments in the 1970s, but commentators have flagged circular financing concerns, and Moody's has warned that heavy capex is squeezing free cash flow and pushing tech giants toward more debt.
Mark Walter, owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and CEO of Guggenheim Investments, is under federal investigation over whether his insurance firms properly characterized billions in assets, a probe that has spotlighted private equity's growing role in the industry. Walter, who also bought a majority stake in the Lakers last year and now plans to sell it, owns roughly $1.1 trillion in life insurance assets, and investigators are examining whether those insurers have enough money for payouts; he has not been charged. Since 2014, private-capital firms have invested over $31 billion into life insurance and annuities, according to McKinsey & Co., but critics warn this has created risky "zombie insurers" that could blow up. Anant Bhalla, who ran American Equity before its sale to Brookfield in 2023, told Semafor that private equity is using "too high octane fuel" on balance sheets, while forensic accountant Tom Gober noted policyholders are unaware of the risks. Unlike banks, insurers are regulated by states with varying rules, making oversight difficult, and a whistleblower at Guggenheim triggered the probe in 2025.
Nvidia is set to report second quarter earnings, with Wall Street expecting adjusted earnings per share of $2.09 on revenue of $92 billion, according to Bloomberg analyst consensus estimates. That would mark a 96% year-over-year jump in overall revenue and a continued quarter-over-quarter acceleration. Data Center revenue is anticipated to top $85.4 billion, up 107%, with hyperscaler revenue expected to reach $43.5 billion and ACIE sales projected to reach $41.7 billion. The report comes as chip stocks struggle to hold gains following July's steep declines over concerns about returns on AI investments. Nvidia also recently announced a $500 billion capital pool with BlackRock, Blackstone, KKR, Apollo, Brookfield, and Goldman Sachs to securitize its GPUs, and is backing SB Energy and OpenAI's efforts to build an 8-gigawatt data center in Ohio with up to $150 billion.
Brookfield Posts Record Fundraising and Pivots to AI and Nuclear Power
Brookfield reported distributable earnings before realizations of $1.4 billion for the second quarter, up 15% year over year, while management detailed a $100 billion Kentucky AI data center project and a nuclear buildout. CEO Bruce Flatt described a partnership with the US Department of Energy to build an AI campus on federally owned land, and the DOE committed a further $17.5 billion to Brookfield and its utility partners for Westinghouse's reactor pipeline, which is now under construction on 14 reactors with visibility into 40 more and another 100 beyond that. Fundraising hit a record $77 billion, pushing fee-bearing capital up 19% to $672 billion and fee-related earnings up 20% from a year earlier. The board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.07 per share, while the company spent roughly $580 million on buybacks year to date at an average price of $42.
Brookfield Asset Management Enters US$694 Million US Property Joint Venture
Brookfield Asset Management has entered a new joint venture with Varia US Properties AG covering 13 multifamily properties across nine U.S. states, involving assets valued at about US$694 million. The company's shares trade at about CA$71.10, with a 30-day return of 8.24% and a 90-day return of 7.32%, while the three-year total shareholder return stands at 75.79% against a one-year decline of 10.16%. The most followed valuation narrative pegs fair value near CA$80.24, implying the stock is about 11.4% undervalued, though it trades at 29.4 times earnings versus the Canadian Capital Markets industry average of 7.4 times.
AI Bubble Risk Shifted to Insurers and Taxpayers, Analyst Warns
Scott Ortkiese, CEO and President of Faulkner Capital Holdings, argues that the risk of an AI bubble has already been shifted away from venture investors and chip buyers into private credit, life-insurance reserves, and state guaranty funds. He points to NVIDIA's August 10, 2026 memoranda of understanding with Apollo Global Management, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to mobilize more than $500 billion of third-party capital for AI compute infrastructure, with NVIDIA potentially backstopping as much as $125 billion. Ortkiese contends that private credit, which he estimates exceeded $1.8 trillion by 2024 and could reach $3 trillion by 2028, lacks bank-level regulatory capital and relies on discretionary marks. He highlights that private equity-owned life insurers hold closer to 50% of portfolios in alternatives, often including loans originated by the parent asset manager, creating a closed loop that finances data-center SPVs and neoclouds like CoreWeave and Lambda. If end-user revenue fails to service debt, he warns, defaults could force impairments at private credit funds and pressure insurer balance sheets, potentially triggering state guaranty association assessments that ultimately socialize losses through premium-tax credits in 44 states.
Brookfield renews issuer bid for up to 10% of preferred shares
Brookfield announced the renewal of its normal course issuer bid to purchase up to 10% of the public float of each series of its class A preference shares. The buybacks will extend from August 24, 2026, to August 23, 2027, with purchases made at the prevailing market price. The program covers Series 2, Series 4, Series 13, Series 17, Series 18, Series 24, Series 26, Series 28, Series 30, Series 32, Series 34, Series 36, Series 37, Series 38, Series 40, Series 42, Series 46, Series 48, Series 51, Series 52, and Series 54.
NVIDIA's $500 Billion AI Bet Called a Digital Infrastructure Bill
Earn Your Leisure hosts Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings framed NVIDIA's $500 billion AI investment partnership with Apollo, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR as 'almost like a digital infrastructure bill,' signaling private capital now backs AI buildout. Jensen Huang cited $1 trillion in Blackwell and Rubin revenue visibility through 2027, and he projected AI infrastructure spending at $3 to $4 trillion annually by decade's end. NVDA carries 58 Buy ratings and an 85% Polymarket probability of a new all-time high, but 27 recent insider transactions trend toward net selling.
Brookfield sweetens Reliance Worldwide bid to A$4.75 per share
Brookfield Capital Partners has raised its takeover offer for Australian plumbing products maker Reliance Worldwide to A$4.75 per share in cash, valuing the company at about A$4.1 billion including debt. The proposal implies an equity value of about A$3.55 billion and represents a 31.6% premium to Reliance Worldwide's A$3.61 closing price on Monday, with shares surging 24% on Tuesday after the announcement. The latest offer follows three unsolicited proposals from Brookfield earlier this year at A$4.15, A$4.25 and A$4.50 per share, and Reliance Worldwide has now entered into a process deed granting Brookfield an exclusivity period through September 15. The companies will work toward an implementation deed, and if a definitive agreement is reached, Reliance Worldwide would have a 30-day period to consider competing proposals. The company's board has not yet made a recommendation on the offer and has advised shareholders to take no action at this stage.
Brookfield CEO Says AI Bottleneck Is Infrastructure, Not Capital
Brookfield Asset Management CEO Bruce Flatt said the main constraint on AI growth is construction capacity, not investor money, during a CNBC panel discussion about the $500 billion AI financing plan. Flatt argued that the industry cannot build enough power or compute, and pointed to Brookfield's history in solar, wind, gas, data centers, and now compute alongside NVIDIA as evidence of its infrastructure expertise. He also noted Brookfield raised a record $77 billion last quarter, including its first AI-focused infrastructure fund, and has partnerships with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Bloom Energy, plus a US Energy Department-backed data center project in Kentucky expected to draw more than $100 billion in private investment. However, Brookfield's global head of AI infrastructure, Sikander Rashid, warned on the earnings call that some capital will inevitably be poorly allocated, citing the early-2000s fiber-optic boom, and Flatt acknowledged there is not yet a proven investment structure for such deals.
SEC guidance removes risk rules from Nvidia $500B AI financing push
The SEC has issued guidance that removes key risk-retention requirements from certain data center debt structures, supporting Nvidia's push to mobilize $500 billion in third-party capital for AI data center construction. The SEC sided with law firm Latham Watkins, concluding that data center securitizations fall outside Dodd-Frank risk-retention rules because data centers, unlike mortgages, do not qualify as self-liquidating assets. Attorneys said the guidance, while only a staff opinion, would open the door to more flexible and capital-efficient data center financing and attract more securitizations. Nvidia last week announced partnerships with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to assemble capital pools for AI compute hardware.
Nvidia and KKR Unveil $500 Billion AI Data Center Financing Plan
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled a $500 billion AI data center financing plan on August 10, standing alongside leaders from Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Blackstone, KKR, Apollo, and Brookfield. The group says it will raise the funds, and potentially more, from outside investors to build new AI data centers. KKR's head of digital infrastructure, Waldemar Szlezak, described the shift as a revenue stream. Nvidia previously announced a plan to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI for data centers needing 10 gigawatts of power, but that investment never fully materialized. No money has been raised yet, only memos of understanding between the firms.
Brookfield and La Caisse complete $6.5bn Boralex acquisition
Brookfield Asset Management and La Caisse have completed their acquisition of Canadian renewable energy company Boralex for around C$9bn ($6.5bn), including debt. The deal, announced in March 2026, was carried out through a plan of arrangement under the Canada Business Corporations Act and included Brookfield's institutional partners such as Brookfield Renewable Partners. The purchasing consortium acquired all outstanding class A common shares of Boralex at C$37.25 per share in cash. La Caisse, previously Boralex's largest shareholder with approximately 15% of shares, will hold a 30% stake following a post-closing investment. Boralex's headquarters will remain in Québec, Canada, and the company will continue to operate independently. Boralex has applied to cease being a reporting issuer and its shares are expected to be removed from the Toronto Stock Exchange on or about 17 August 2026.
Nvidia's Financing Platform to Support AI Investment Boom
Nvidia's $500 billion infrastructure financing platform is set to support the AI investment boom. The deal involves Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR & Co. mobilizing over $500 billion of third-party capital for AI infrastructure buildout. Nvidia will act as a marketplace, helping customers access compute at scale and build DSX AI factories. Goldman Sachs notes corporate profit margins have climbed rather than eroded, distinguishing the current AI boom from the dotcom bubble. Nvidia reported FY26 revenue growth of 65% year-over-year to $215.9 billion and operating cash flow of $102.7 billion.
Brookfield Deepens Insurance and AI Infrastructure Reach
Brookfield Corporation has expanded its global insurance footprint through recently completed acquisitions that add scale to its life and annuity operations, and has announced a major partnership with NVIDIA and other financial institutions to finance large AI infrastructure projects worldwide. The acquisitions of Oaktree and Just Group expand access to insurance float and long-duration liabilities that can be invested into real assets and private credit where Brookfield already has operating expertise. The NVIDIA partnership positions Brookfield as a key capital provider to large-scale AI data center and compute projects, with plans to mobilize part of over US$500 billion of third-party capital linked to its infrastructure and private credit franchises. Brookfield is a CA$143.4 billion multi-asset manager running large platforms across real estate, infrastructure, renewable power and private equity. Investors will watch for specific fee-bearing capital raised and deployed into AI infrastructure and insurance-backed strategies in upcoming quarterly results, along with the performance of the US$642.83 million buyback program.
Intel prices $20B stock offering; Super Micro, Workday surge
Intel priced an upsized $20 billion public stock offering this week, selling over 210 million shares at $95 each and expecting net proceeds of about $19.7 billion to fund AI-related growth opportunities. Super Micro Computer closed 19% higher on Wednesday after issuing fiscal first-quarter guidance well above Wall Street forecasts, while Lumentum rose 14% on strong fiscal fourth-quarter results and outlook. Workday jumped nearly 18% on Thursday after Reuters reported private equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to buy the software company, with Needham analysts estimating a potential takeover price of $240 to $250 per share. NVIDIA confirmed it is working with a consortium of lenders including Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to raise $500 billion for AI infrastructure, signing a memorandum of understanding to establish first-of-their-kind compute financing platforms at global scale. AMD filed a mixed shelf debt offering that could raise up to $5 billion in four tranches, and Argus upgraded Sandisk to Buy from Hold with a $1,600 price target.
SWI Group partners with Brookfield on U.S. multifamily portfolio
SWI Group's Varia US Properties has signed a definitive agreement with affiliates of Brookfield Asset Management covering 13 of Varia's 17-property U.S. multifamily portfolio through a newly formed USD 693.9 million two-vehicle joint venture. The joint venture provides access to up to USD 200 million equity capital to fund future acquisitions, enabling Varia US to expand its portfolio and reposition toward higher-quality assets. The 13 properties, comprising 4,112 units across nine U.S. states, have an aggregate gross asset value of approximately $694 million, while four properties will remain wholly owned and consolidated by Varia US. Varia US will actively invest in the joint venture assets to maximize value ahead of planned disposals, with proceeds recycled into higher-quality acquisitions.
Canadian stocks are seen turning in a mixed performance on Thursday with investors mostly reacting to earnings announcements. Stantec Inc. has reaffirmed its annual guidance to reflect strong demand and favorable market conditions, still expecting adjusted income per share growth of 15% to 18% and net revenue growth of 8.5% to 11.5% for fiscal 2026. CCL Industries posted net income of C$223.8 million, or C$1.31 per class B share, in the quarter ended June 30, 2026, compared with C$213.1 million, or C$1.21 per class B share, a year earlier. Brookfield Corporation reported second-quarter net income of $364 million, or $0.14 per share, up from $272 million, or $0.10 per share, a year ago. Onex Corporation reported net earnings of $131 million for the three months ended June 30, 2026, down from $229 million a year earlier, with net earnings per diluted share of $1.71 compared with $3.30. Weak commodity prices may trigger some selling in energy and materials sectors, and a lack of progress in Middle East peace efforts could weigh as well.
Brookfield Asset Management Joins Nvidia in $500 Billion AI Infrastructure Push
Brookfield Asset Management is partnering with Nvidia and other major Wall Street firms on a planned US$500 billion AI infrastructure financing initiative. The partnership aims to mobilize large-scale private capital into data centers and related AI infrastructure projects. The initiative positions Brookfield alongside global technology and financial leaders in a high-profile push to fund the next wave of AI build out. Brookfield Asset Management is a CA$123.1 billion capital markets firm that focuses on private equity, acquisitions, and growth capital investments. The partnership highlights how a traditional capital markets business can participate in technology build outs through financing rather than chip design or cloud services.
Nvidia to invest $1.01 billion in Naver for AI data center stake
Nvidia will invest about $1.01 billion in South Korean internet company Naver to help finance an AI data center, taking a 4.5% stake in Naver once the deal closes. Nvidia, Naver, and U.S. private equity firm Brookfield are also in talks for Brookfield to provide up to $9 billion in additional funding for the project, with Naver covering the remaining costs. Naver shares jumped 8.2% on the news. The investment deepens Nvidia's push into Asia's AI buildout, following a separate series of deals with South Korean firms including Naver and SK Group to build large-scale AI infrastructure. CEO Jensen Huang said the three-way partnership is building sovereign AI infrastructure at the scale needed to fuel Korea's startups and industries. For Naver, the deal funds its AI factory project and arrived the same day the company said it will cancel 1.017 trillion won of treasury shares, a separate move to boost shareholder returns.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Unveils $500 Billion AI Infrastructure Financing Framework
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced a financing framework with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to mobilize more than $500 billion in third-party capital for AI factory buildouts. Huang stated that GPU compute has become bankable infrastructure, with one-year H100 rental rates rising from roughly $1.70 per GPU-hour in October 2025 to $2.35 by March 2026, and B200 Blackwell cloud pricing ranging from about $5.30 to $7.05. NVIDIA may provide residual-value support covering up to 25% of an opportunity. Amazon shares fell 2.4%, Microsoft dropped about 1%, and Alphabet lost nearly 2% as the capital pool could empower neoclouds and frontier labs to challenge hyperscalers, which are already tracking combined 2026 capital spending near $745 billion. CoreWeave, in which NVIDIA holds a $2 billion equity stake, saw its shares rise 1% after reporting first-quarter revenue growth of 111.6% year over year and a backlog of nearly $100 billion.
Nvidia signs MOUs with six Wall Street firms to mobilize over $500 billion for AI infrastructure
Nvidia announced memoranda of understanding with Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, and KKR to mobilize over $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure. The company retains an option to backstop up to roughly 25% of the financing, or about $125 billion, creating correlated risk if underlying AI projects underperform. The $500 billion figure represents non-binding MOUs and is a multiyear target, not committed capital. A key structural risk is the mismatch between data center GPUs, which become obsolete in three to five years, and infrastructure-style lending tenors that typically match assets with 30- to 50-year useful lives. Nvidia's stock declined about 3% following the announcement.
Uniper Doubles Adjusted Net Income as Germany Launches Privatization Process
Uniper reported adjusted net income of $448 million for the first half of 2026, more than double the $156 million from the same period last year, as Germany has launched a sales process to privatize the energy giant it bailed out during the 2022 crisis. The company reaffirmed its full-year core earnings forecast and raised the lower end of its adjusted net income guidance for 2026. Germany is considering a sale or initial public offering for its 99% stake in Uniper, with Equinor, Brookfield Asset Management, EPH, and Taqa reportedly expressing interest. Uniper was nationalized in 2022 at a cost of about $53 billion after the loss of Russian gas supplies pushed it to the brink of collapse.
Wall Street consortium with Nvidia assembles $500 billion AI infrastructure fund
A consortium of Apollo Global, Blackstone, BlackRock Global Infrastructure Partners, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs, and KKR is assembling a $500 billion funding package in partnership with Nvidia to underwrite artificial intelligence infrastructure. The capital will cover chips, power generation, and data centers, marking a shift toward treating compute capacity as a long-term utility. The group brings together firms managing trillions in combined assets, including Blackstone with over $1 trillion and Brookfield with over $900 billion. The move follows earlier phases of AI financing, from single-company special purpose vehicles to tech-company networks, and now to institutional-grade consortiums. The deal was first reported by the Financial Times and confirmed by Reuters, though specific terms and the debt-equity mix remain undisclosed.
Bloom Energy Expands AI Infrastructure Power Deal with MiTAC
Bloom Energy is expanding its partnership with MiTAC Computing Technology to deploy fuel cell microgrids at MiTEC's AI server manufacturing campus in Fremont, California, adding to an existing installation in San Jose. The deal highlights growing demand for onsite power beyond data centers, as AI hardware manufacturers face the same grid constraints. Bloom now has nearly two dozen AI infrastructure customers, representing about 250 megawatts of contracted capacity, up from zero two years ago. This is in addition to hundreds of megawatts already deployed at data centers, with recent strategic expansions including up to 2.8 gigawatts with Oracle and a fivefold increase to $25 billion with Brookfield Asset Management. The company is positioning its rapidly deployable fuel cells as a standard for AI onsite power across the broader infrastructure build-out.
Blackstone leads consortium in $16 billion Kuwait pipeline joint venture
Blackstone, alongside Brookfield and KKR, has entered a $16.00 billion lease-and-lease-back joint venture with Kuwait Oil Company covering its entire domestic and export pipeline network. The deal adds long-term, tariff-based infrastructure exposure at scale for Blackstone. Separately, Blackstone's private credit arm is reportedly in talks to acquire HSBC's A$30.00 billion Australian loan portfolio, and its vehicles joined a $2.00 billion funding round for AI data center company Firmus. These moves underscore Blackstone's strategy of pairing energy infrastructure with private credit and AI-related data center financing.
Brookfield consortium to develop large AI data center and power campus in Kentucky
A consortium including Brookfield has agreed to develop a large privately funded data center and power campus at the U.S. Department of Energy's Paducah Site in Kentucky. The stock trades at CA$61.68, with a five-year total shareholder return of 68.27%. Brookfield's price-to-earnings ratio stands at 86.3 times, well above the Canadian Capital Markets industry average of 9.2 times and the peer average of 18.6 times. Earnings grew 161.2% over the past year, but the five-year record shows an annual decline of 35.1%, and annual revenue growth is reported as falling 90%.
Boralex secures all regulatory approvals for Brookfield and La Caisse deal
Boralex has received all regulatory approvals needed to close its previously announced plan of arrangement with Brookfield and La Caisse. The company expects the transaction to be completed on or about August 14, 2026, subject to remaining closing conditions. Boralex shareholders approved the arrangement on June 4, 2026, and the Superior Court of Québec issued a final order the following day.
Bloom Energy Earns Buy Rating and $243 Target After 165% Revenue Surge
Bloom Energy has received a Buy recommendation and a $243 price target from 24/7 Wall St., implying 11% upside from its current price of $218.32. The call follows a fourth consecutive earnings beat, with second-quarter revenue soaring 165% year over year to $1.065 billion and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.78 nearly doubling estimates. CEO KR Sridhar highlighted validation from all major US hyperscalers and a $5 billion partnership with Brookfield, underpinning a $20 billion total backlog. The stock has rallied 151% year to date but pulled back 19% over the past month, while risks include a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 271 and pending litigation over scandium sourcing.
Healthpeak Properties Beats Q2 FFO Estimates on Leasing and Senior Housing Gains
Healthpeak Properties reported second-quarter 2026 adjusted funds from operations of 46 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 44 cents by 4.6%. Total revenues rose 11.1% year over year to $771.6 million, exceeding the consensus of $726.2 million. The results were driven by solid leasing across outpatient medical and lab properties, with combined new and renewal lease executions totaling 1.6 million square feet, and a 19.2% increase in senior housing same-store adjusted net operating income. Management raised its full-year 2026 adjusted FFO guidance to a range of $1.73 to $1.77 per share, up from $1.71 to $1.75. The company also completed the sale of a 49% interest in an 86-property outpatient medical portfolio to Brookfield for approximately $1.025 billion, retaining a 51% stake and continuing to provide management services.
Brookfield has completed its acquisition of Oaktree, one of the world’s premier credit managers. The deal marks the next step in a partnership that began in 2019 and fully brings together the Oaktree and Brookfield platforms. With the addition of Oaktree, Brookfield’s global credit platform now offers a broad range of solutions across opportunistic credit, real asset credit, asset-backed finance and corporate performing credit to institutions, financial advisors and individuals. The U.S. becomes Brookfield Asset Management’s largest market, home to over 60% of its employee base and the source of nearly half of its revenue. Howard Marks will serve as Co-Chair of Oaktree alongside Bruce Karsh, who also remains Oaktree’s Chief Investment Officer.
Bloom Energy's Market Cap Drops to $60 Billion After Peaking Near $100 Billion
Bloom Energy's market capitalization has fallen to about $60 billion after peaking at nearly $100 billion earlier this year, even as the company expects revenue to double to roughly $4 billion in 2026 with operating income approaching $1 billion. The stock surged 291% in 2025 amid AI data center demand, but the author sold shares after deeming the valuation excessive. A partnership with Brookfield Asset Management, initially worth $5 billion and now boosted to $25 billion, will fund AI infrastructure that purchases Bloom's fuel cell technology. The author now views the stock as a reasonable but risky buy given continued growth expectations through 2027 and beyond.
Blackstone, KKR, and Brookfield Form $16 Billion Kuwait Oil Pipeline Joint Venture
Blackstone, KKR, and Brookfield have formed a $16 billion infrastructure joint venture to acquire a 49% minority stake in Kuwait's total domestic and export crude pipeline network, marking the largest foreign direct investment in the country's history. The 20.5-year lease-and-lease-back agreement, divided equally among the three partners, covers 13 core pipelines spanning roughly 320 kilometers, with Kuwait Oil Company retaining a controlling 51% equity stake and exclusive operational power. The investor group will receive volume-based tariff payments, providing consistent cash flow regardless of crude price fluctuations, while the deal unlocks $7.85 billion in immediate upfront proceeds for Kuwait Petroleum Corporation to support its goal of boosting oil production capacity to four million barrels per day by 2035. The transaction aligns with strong second-quarter 2026 results for both Blackstone and KKR, with Blackstone's infrastructure assets under management growing 40% year-over-year to $90 billion and KKR's infrastructure and energy real-assets strategy reaching $114 billion, or about 15% of its total AUM.
KKR Reports Record Q2 Earnings and Joins $16 Billion Kuwait Infrastructure Deal
KKR & Co. Inc. reported record second-quarter 2026 results with net income of US$700.48 million and diluted EPS from continuing operations of US$0.70, alongside record fee-related earnings and a record monetization quarter that beat analyst estimates. Separately, Kuwait Oil Company announced a US$16.00 billion lease-and-lease-back joint venture with a consortium including KKR, Blackstone and Brookfield, described as the largest foreign direct investment in Kuwait's history. The deal highlights KKR's growing infrastructure footprint and its ability to secure long-duration, tariff-based exposure in a landmark transaction.
Brookfield Asset Management Expected to Post Higher Q2 Earnings
Brookfield Asset Management is expected to report a year-over-year increase in earnings and revenues for the quarter ended June 2026. The Zacks Consensus Estimate calls for earnings of $0.44 per share, up 15.8% from the prior-year period, on revenues of $1.47 billion, a 14.6% increase. The consensus EPS estimate has been revised 2.27% higher over the last 30 days, and the Most Accurate Estimate is above the consensus, yielding a positive Earnings ESP of +1.14%. Combined with a Zacks Rank of 3, this suggests the company is likely to beat the consensus EPS estimate when it reports on August 5.
Bloom Energy Reports Record Revenue, Raises Full-Year Forecast Again
Bloom Energy reported its strongest quarter in history, with revenue surging over 165% to nearly $1.1 billion and adjusted earnings per share of $0.78, crushing analyst estimates. The company raised its full-year revenue guidance to between $3.9 billion and $4.2 billion, representing 100% year-over-year growth at the midpoint, and boosted its adjusted earnings per share outlook to $2.55 to $2.85. Demand is accelerating, particularly from AI data center developers, with Brookfield Asset Management expanding its financing framework fivefold to $25 billion and Oracle committing to deploy up to 2.8 gigawatts of fuel cells. Shares rose more than 8% in early pre-market trading but remain nearly 50% below their peak earlier this year.
DOE Paducah Site to Host $100 Billion Data Center Campus and Dedicated Energy Project
A coalition of energy and infrastructure companies announced a $100 billion privately-funded project to develop a data center campus at the U.S. Department of Energy's Paducah Site in Western Kentucky. The campus, once fully constructed in 2032, will support up to 1.8 gigawatts of utility capacity and over 1.2 gigawatts of compute capacity, backed by up to 4.6 gigawatts of dedicated generation resources built specifically for the project. The partnership includes Brookfield, NextEra Energy, Big Rivers Electric Power Corporation, Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative, and Paducah Power System. The development is expected to create approximately 8,000 construction jobs and 600 full-time operations jobs, while shielding residential and small-business ratepayers from additional costs. DOE selected Brookfield to lease land and develop the data center campus, and NextEra Energy to build and own the dedicated generation resources, including up to 2 gigawatts of natural gas and up to 2.6 gigawatts of battery energy storage systems.
Halper Sadeh LLC, an investor rights law firm, is investigating whether the proposed sales of LXP Industrial Trust, Finward Bancorp, and Personalis, Inc. are obtaining fair deals for their shareholders. The firm is examining LXP Industrial Trust's sale to Brookfield Asset Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for $61.20 per share in cash, Finward Bancorp's sale to First Financial Bancorp for 1.35 shares of First Financial common stock for each share of Finward common stock, and Personalis, Inc.'s sale to Tempus AI, Inc. for $16.25 per share. Halper Sadeh LLC may seek increased consideration, additional disclosures, or other relief on behalf of shareholders, and encourages affected investors to contact the firm to discuss their legal rights and options at no cost or obligation.
Brookfield sees 6.5 GW of AI data-centre capacity coming online in India
Brookfield Asset Management expects about 6.5 gigawatts of data-centre capacity for artificial intelligence to come online in India over the next five years, a senior executive said on Tuesday. The 6.5 gigawatt estimate refers to India's wider data centre market, not Brookfield's own planned capacity, according to Arpit Agrawal, managing partner and head of India and the Middle East for Brookfield's infrastructure group. India currently has about 1.5 gigawatts of installed data centre capacity, almost all for uses other than AI, and Brookfield expects non-AI capacity to rise to about 3 gigawatts in addition to new AI-related demand. Brookfield's Digital Connexion venture, a partnership with Digital Realty and Reliance Industries, has about 160 megawatts of data-centre capacity in India, of which 60 megawatts is operational and fully leased, with the remainder under construction. Meanwhile, Brookfield's India energy platforms expect to add about 4 gigawatts to 4.5 gigawatts of renewable capacity this year, and the firm manages more than 32 billion dollars of assets across its strategies in India, aiming to more than triple that figure to more than 100 billion dollars within five years.
Naver Shares Surge After Nvidia Unveils $1 Billion Stake
Naver shares climbed about 10% in South Korean trading Monday after Nvidia agreed to invest $1 billion for a 4.5% equity stake in the internet company. The investment will support an expansion of Naver's artificial intelligence infrastructure, specifically its AI factory at the GAK Sejong data center. Nvidia will acquire the shares through a private placement priced at about a 1% discount to the prevailing market price, subject to customary closing conditions and Naver securing additional project financing. Brookfield is expected to provide up to $9 billion of financing for the development, bringing the project's planned investment to as much as $10 billion. The facility is targeted to reach 200 megawatts of capacity by 2028, strengthening Naver's AI computing capabilities, and will deploy Nvidia's Blackwell and Vera Rubin AI platforms.