You own the AI build-out. Now you're lending to it.
For two years the AI build-out has been an equity story — a thing universal owners owned, through their Nvidia and hyperscaler
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AI infrastructure, capex, and portfolio implications.
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The Universal Owner — You Own It. Now You’re Lending to It (June 22, 2026)
The Universal Owner — “You own it. Now you’re lending to it.” Today’s ~7-minute audio briefing: the credit migration (Nvidia’
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UAO Daily Video Brief — June 22, 2026
The UAO Daily Video Brief, read by our presenter: the AI build-out becomes a credit story, China’s new rare-earth
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The universal owner is now the lender of the AI build-out
Research & Commercial Insight · June 22, 2026 · UAO Research There is a tidy story large allocators have told themselves about artificial intelligence:
Who owns the AI grid: hyperscalers, listed infrastructure and the 49-gigawatt gap
Hyperscalers are committing $700 billion to AI infrastructure in 2026. Every dollar demands power the grid cannot yet supply. Antoine Tigneres maps the 49-gigawatt gap and asks whether listed infrastructure at 2009 valuations is a mispricing or a liquidity discount worth holding.
The AI Power Grab: Why the Next Sovereign AI Trade Is Power, Not Models
Data centers, grids and baseload energy are becoming the scarce assets behind the AI boom — and long-term capital may be the natural owner.
AI
Data Center Power Demand and the Grid, for Asset Owners
AI is reshaping electricity demand. A guide to the data-centre power surge, the grid bottlenecks it creates, and the investment exposures that follow for institutions.
AI
The Stargate AI Infrastructure Project, Explained
Inside Stargate: the $500bn AI data-centre build-out backed by OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank and Abu Dhabi's MGX, and what it signals for institutional capital.
AI
The AI Capex Supercycle and the Long-Term Portfolio
Hyperscalers are spending toward $700 billion a year on AI infrastructure. What the capex supercycle means for long-horizon asset owners.
Gulf Capital
MGX: Abu Dhabi's AI Investment Vehicle, Explained
How Abu Dhabi built a $100 billion AI investment vehicle and why MGX has become a central player in the global AI infrastructure build-out.
The Frontier
The Power Wall
When the binding constraint on AI shifts from chips to electrons, the world's largest owners are exposed twice. A 50,000-path scenario on whether the grid can build fast enough — with the cinematic.
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