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The 2026 midterm elections sent a clear message: Americans are demanding relief from the rising cost of living, and affordability must be a priority for the new Congress and for new state legislatures.
From AI Boom to Investment Risk: Rethinking pension fund data center exposure As community opposition, regulatory scrutiny, and infrastructure constraints mount, some public pension funds are beginning to reconsider their exposure to data center investments. Their decisions raise…
New York Climate Week and the high-level week of the 81st United Nations General Assembly took place amid an increasingly fractured geopolitical landscape. Conflict, energy and food security, tensions between major powers, and growing concern about artificial intelligence…
Trump SEC follows DOL in seeking to bail out private equity, private credit with workers’ retirement savings US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeks to expand fees that private equity managers can charge to everyday investors despite underperformance and illiquidity…
Ohio approves BlackRock-led AES takeover despite concerns over rates and private equity profit goals FERC review remains pending as questions grow over BlackRock’s utility holdings and the deal’s data center ties Columbus, Ohio — The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio…
Private equity’s growing role in AI and energy infrastructure takes focus at Climate Week NYC PESP will highlight how private equity investment across data centers, power generation, and utilities could keep fossil fuel infrastructure operating longer New York, NY— As…
Private equity firms’ emissions rank fifth globally, new analysis finds Most comprehensive scorecard to date maps more than 1,050 fossil fuel assets and finds oil and gas funds lost money after inflation New York, NY…
The AI Infrastructure Gold Rush Is Becoming a Private Equity Gold Rush—and Communities Will Bear the Costs Everyone is discussing AI. Behind every AI model, however, lies a rapidly expanding physical infrastructure: massive data centers, power plants, transmission…
Across the United States, communities are increasingly confronting the consequences of private equity ownership of essential utilities. As financial firms acquire water and electric systems, they often promise fresh capital, improved infrastructure, and operational efficiencies. Yet many of…
Should Michigan be handing its resources to Blackstone? Before dedicating land, water, electricity, and public support to the massive Saline data center, state leaders should…
