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Recurring developments include Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies lending activity, Blackstone Life Sciences financings, energy-transition and power-generation investments, data-center and digital-infrastructure initiatives, and partnerships tied to enterprise technology and AI deployment. Coverage also reflects capital formation, portfolio-company activity and updates from public vehicles connected to Blackstone platforms.
Citi (C) and its financial partners announced a $63 billion transaction to finance Broadcom-based AI compute capacity for Anthropic. Bank of America (BAC), Blackstone (BX) and Morgan Stanley (MS) are the other lead financial partners. The transaction forms part of Broadcom's (AVGO) previously announced compute capacity agreement, with deliveries expected to begin in calendar 2027.
A newly formed special purpose vehicle, a separate entity established for the transaction, will use committed financing to purchase Broadcom AI accelerators and networking solutions for lease to Anthropic. Bank of America, Citi and Morgan Stanley are arranging the first-lien financing, which has priority over second-lien financing. Blackstone is the sole provider of the committed second-lien portion. Broadcom is providing residual value support to the vehicle equivalent to the first-lien financing amount.
Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust (NYSE: BXDC) will host its third-quarter 2026 investor conference call via public webcast on November 16, 2026. The call begins at 9:00 a.m. E.T., with results released that morning before the call. A webcast replay will be available in the Shareholders section of the company’s website.
Blackstone (BX) announced the final close of Blackstone Energy Transition Partners V at $8.7 billion, reaching the fund’s hard cap.
The oversubscribed fund is more than 50% larger than its predecessor. Its investment period began in June, and it has funded Kindle, Fisterra and Viridon to develop and operate power generation and electric transmission lines. It also acquired Flow Control Holdings, Dresser Utility Solutions and DarkVision, focusing on energy efficiency and resiliency.
BETP’s energy transition investments generated a 34% net internal rate of return, an investment performance measure, since 1997 as of June 30. Since January 2025, BETP has committed over $11 billion in new equity investments across the energy transition ecosystem.
Blackstone (BX) announced that its Credit & Insurance business is leading a $1 billion financing supporting Analogic’s combination with Leidos businesses.
The combination involves Leidos’ Security Enterprise Solutions, Ports & Borders and Industrial Automation businesses. The transaction closed earlier in October 2026. Blackstone Credit & Insurance served as lead lender and joint lead arranger, alongside HPS, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.
Blackstone (BX) announced an investment to launch Falcata, a defense technology platform bringing together TSC and Applied Systems Engineering (ASEI).
Funds managed by Blackstone are to acquire and combine the two businesses. The platform brings together technologies used to sense threats and guide and control interceptors for national security missions. Falcata plans to build on both companies' existing capabilities, customer relationships and programs while investing in additional technology and manufacturing capacity. Jonathan Moneymaker is Falcata's chairman, and Brandon Wolfson is its CEO.
Blackstone (BX) launched Blackstone Private Markets Fund (BXPM) on September 24, 2026, giving eligible non-U.S. investors one private-markets allocation. The perpetual strategy spans private equity, infrastructure, real estate and credit.
BXPM draws on Blackstone’s $364 billion private equity strategies, $90 billion infrastructure business, $314 billion real estate business and $469 billion credit and insurance business. Those figures describe Blackstone’s existing businesses, not the size of BXPM. The fund is the first multi-strategy solution under Blackstone Portfolio Solutions, announced earlier in 2026.
Blackstone (BX) launched a new podcast, Inside Blackstone, offering conversations with CEOs, founders, investors and operators on ideas, technologies and trends reshaping business, markets and the global economy.
Hosted by Christine Anderson, Global Head of Corporate Affairs, the show features guests such as Will Ahmed of WHOOP, Eric Schmidt of Relativity Space, Masayoshi Son of SoftBank Group, John Waldron of Goldman Sachs, Rati Levesque of The RealReal and Stephen Hoge of Moderna. Episodes aim to make complex topics like artificial intelligence, healthcare, consumer trends, finance and the future of work accessible to listeners.
Blackstone (BX) has agreed to acquire Flow Control Holdings (FCH), a U.S. provider of highly engineered flow control components, from Audax Private Equity, with closing expected in the fourth quarter.
The acquisition will be made by private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone Capital Partners and Blackstone Energy Transition Partners, while Audax will retain a minority equity stake and continue partnering with Blackstone and FCH’s management. FCH, headquartered in Cincinnati, supplies high-performance liquid cooling components for data centers, as well as sanitary and high-purity flow components for food, beverage, and pharmaceutical markets, serving OEMs and hyperscalers. Blackstone cites strong growth tailwinds from AI-driven, energy‑efficient data center liquid cooling as a core investment theme.
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) announced that Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer Michael Chae will present at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 2:00 pm ET. A live webcast and subsequent replay will be accessible via the shareholders section of Blackstone’s investor relations website.
Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust (NYSE: BXDC) reported second-quarter 2026 net income of $7.1 million, or $0.14 per share. Funds from operations (FFO) and adjusted FFO (AFFO) were each $7.1–$7.7 million, with FFO and AFFO per adjusted share of $0.07 and $0.08, respectively, based on 99.2 million adjusted weighted-average shares.
According to Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust, it recently completed its IPO and has approximately $2 billion of dry powder to invest in stabilized, income-generating data centers leased to investment-grade hyperscale tenants. BXDC is externally managed by an affiliate of Blackstone (NYSE: BX), which reports over $1.3 trillion in assets under management.