Aligned Data Centers $40B: How Accredited Investors Access AI Infrastructure
    Private Equity

    Aligned Data Centers $40B: How Accredited Investors Access AI Infrastructure

    Aligned Data Centers $40B: How Accredited Investors Access AI Infrastructure The $40B Aligned Data Centers Deal: How Accredited Investors Can Play the AI Infrastructure Buildout By Jeff Barnes, MBA |...

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read
    Data Centers as Alternative Investments: AI-Driven Demand and Accredited Investor Access in 2026
    Alternative Investments

    Data Centers as Alternative Investments: AI-Driven Demand and Accredited Investor Access in 2026

    AI is creating a data center demand surge that every major private capital allocator is chasing. Blackstone's digital infrastructure portfolio delivered 23.5% annual returns in 2025, per Private Equit

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··8 min read
    TeraWulf's $19 Billion Anthropic Lease: What the Bitcoin-Miner-to-AI Pivot Really Signals
    Alternative Investments

    TeraWulf's $19 Billion Anthropic Lease: What the Bitcoin-Miner-to-AI Pivot Really Signals

    According to TeraWulf's 8-K filing , the Bitcoin miner signed a 20-year lease with Anthropic PBC worth roughly $19 billion, turning a coal-country power site in Hawesville, Kentucky into what will...

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··8 min read
    CPP Investments Bets $741M on India Data Centers: What Pension Funds Know That You Don't
    Alternative Investments

    CPP Investments Bets $741M on India Data Centers: What Pension Funds Know That You Don't

    Canada's largest pension fund just made its biggest single India bet. CPP Investments committed ₹70 billion, roughly $741 million USD, to CtrlS Datacenters, taking an 8.2% equity stake and a 48% posit

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read
    Crusoe's $1.38B Series E: What AI Compute Infrastructure Means for Accredited Investors
    Venture Capital

    Crusoe's $1.38B Series E: What AI Compute Infrastructure Means for Accredited Investors

    Crusoe, the vertically integrated AI compute company, closed an initial tranche of its $1.375 billion Series E round on October 24, 2025 , pushing the company's valuation above $10 billion and

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··7 min read