Blackstone president says more tech sector fundraising ahead to keep up with AI industry growth
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- ✓Blackstone president Jon Gray said major tech companies will raise more capital to support AI growth.
- ✓Speaking at a summit in Hong Kong, Gray noted that demand for computing power and energy is huge.
- ✓He said, "Now you're in an environment where the demand's running well ahead of supply."
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Gray, speaking at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority's Global Financial Leaders' Investment Summit, said most of the major tech companies were expected to raise more capital.
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"Meta and Google and Oracle raising equity ... SpaceX going public, Anthropic going public," Gray said. "On top of it ... the data centers, the energy needs are enormous."
Gray said he has a tremendous amount of conviction and confidence in AI infrastructure because of "pretty extraordinary" demand for computing power.
"Now you're in an environment where the demand's running well ahead of supply," he said. "So that gives me a lot of comfort."
Tech stocks globally have been under pressure in recent weeks as growing concerns about AI spending have triggered a new wave of selloffs.
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