AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoAI Infrastructure Funding: Alphabet plans to raise $80bn via equity offerings, including a $10bn private deal with Berkshire Hathaway, as it boosts AI capex to $180–$190bn. Berkshire Moves to Deploy Cash: Berkshire committed $16.8bn over two days, including backing Alphabet’s AI push. Fund Flows & Market Mood: May’s best-performing funds and trusts leaned heavily on AI themes, even as investors worried about geopolitics and stagflation. India Market Outlook: Aberdeen’s James Thom told CNBC India’s fundamentals remain stronger than past stress, despite outflows, currency pressure and geopolitics. Data Centre Expansion (India): Anant Raj signed a Haryana MoU to invest Rs 20,000 crore in data centres, targeting 307MW by 2031–32. AI Factory Launch (Armenia): Eleveight AI opened a $70m AI data centre, planning another $50m this year. Packaging Policy Risk (NY): New York’s PRRIA would shift recycling costs to manufacturers and limit recycling tech to mechanical, likely lifting consumer prices. Telecom Oversight (Pakistan): A parliamentary panel grilled IT and telecom officials over poor mobile and internet service quality. Real Estate Distress (UK/NI): Belfast Commercial Funding stepped in to refinance debt tied to Newry’s Quays Shopping Centre, ending administration.
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