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AI data center executives are raking in massive stock windfalls — some are cashing them out

CoreWeave is one of the most successful among a crop of firms delivering the infrastructure for AI. Its top execs have quietly sold off shares.

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Apr 27, 2026

Why the founder of coworking firm Industrious is happy to have a boss now

Jamie Hodari built Industrious into an unlikely winner of the coworking industry. Now he's stepping away from the firm that defined his career.

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The Stargate AI data center under construction in Abilene, Texas, US

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A Texas developer got a $2 billion loan to build Oracle data centers in the 'burbs

Data center development has focused on massive projects for AI training in obscure locations. AI inference is pushing construction closer to cities.

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Data Centers

Data center executives fret over the industry's increasingly toxic public image

Data center development has boomed but communities and politicians are pushing back. Sinking sentiment imperils trillions of dollars of development.

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Data Centers

For crypto miners turned AI stars, the real test is about to come

Meet the quiet winners of the AI boom, the crypto mining players pivoting to big opportunities in the AI boom.

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John Greenwood, Quynh Tran, and Joe Jackson

Data Centers

The dealmakers stitching together multi-billion-dollar bets on AI infrastructure

Wall Street is pouring billions into AI data centers. Meet the financiers from firms like Apollo, JPMorgan, and KKR funding the boom.

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Blue Owl keeps chasing AI infrastructure deals and is writing the loans to back them

Blue Owl has become one of Wall Street's most prolific investors in data centers. Now it's growing its book of loans tied to the sector.

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CoreWeave says Nvidia has its back on data center financing

On a recent call with analysts, CoreWeave said that Nvidia would guarantee its data center lease payments as it confronts huge buildout costs.

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Blue Owl shopped debt for a CoreWeave data center. Lenders weren't sold.

Blue Owl tried to line up debt for a Pennsylvania data center tied to CoreWeave, but lenders passed, underscoring growing caution around AI-linked credit.

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Director of the New York City Department of Planning, Dan Garodnick, speaking into a microphone.

Feb 16, 2026

NYC's outgoing planner says Mamdani's proposed rent freeze must avoid 'pushing buildings into distress'

NYC's City of Yes policy, led by Dan Garodnick, aims to address housing crisis. Mayor Mamdani faces challenges in implementing affordable solutions.

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Eric Schmidt-backed data center venture is negotiating a major deal with Google

Bolt Data and Energy was recently cofounded by Eric Schmidt and raised $150 million. Now it's in talks to have Google anchor Texas campus.

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Feb 6, 2026

Floyd Mayweather accused in lawsuits of owing millions for luxury watches, gold, and rent on palatial apartment

The boxer allegedly failed to pay the $100,000-a-month rent on a swanky 4,629-square-foot duplex condo in Manhattan.

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Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman speaks and holds out his hand in a gesture during the Business Roundtable CEO Innovation Summit in Washington, DC on December 6, 2018.

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Data centers are powering Blackstone's $1.3 trillion investment empire

Blackstone sees major returns from its data center bet, and plans to continue to "lean into" the AI boom.

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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison points his finger during keynote

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Oracle and OpenAI's AI data centers buildout needs $500 billion, and Wall Street is starting to flinch

Appetite for loans tied to Oracle's data center partnership with OpenAI has diminished, reflecting concerns over credit risk and AI investment scale.

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Jan 9, 2026

Trump calls to ban Wall Street from buying homes, but industry insiders say the business model has already moved on

Industry insiders say Trump's call to ban big investors is out of sync with how those players actually buy homes.

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Data Centers

The investor who blocked a $9 billion AI deal expects that bet to soon pay off

Shareholders voted down a takeover bid for Core Scientific late last year because it wasn't rich enough. Here's why they think the bet will pay off.

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Inside Floyd Mayweather's lavish, debt-filled post-boxing life

Private jets, Bugattis...and a pile of bills: Inside Floyd Mayweather's lavish, debt-filled post-boxing life

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Data Centers

Rising star catch-up: Chad Tredway is back at JPMorgan and at the helm of its $79 billion real estate portfolio

Tredway had left JPMorgan to launch his own investment firm. Now he's back to capitalize on an ascendant real estate market.

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A woman in a white coat looking through a microscope in a lab.

Oct 27, 2025

Lab spaces were the hottest commercial real estate bet. Now, landlords are facing headwinds from DC and Silicon Valley.

Life-sciences real estate, once a pandemic-era star, is grappling with record vacancies, shrinking funding, and overbuilding across top biotech hubs.

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Wall Street's rising stars share how they set boundaries and avoid burnout — even in one of the toughest industries

For Business Insider's 2025 rising Wall Street stars, early morning sweat sessions and time with family are key to staying balanced.

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Daniel Geiger

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AI data center executives are raking in massive stock windfalls — some are cashing them out

Why the founder of coworking firm Industrious is happy to have a boss now

A Texas developer got a $2 billion loan to build Oracle data centers in the 'burbs

Data center executives fret over the industry's increasingly toxic public image

For crypto miners turned AI stars, the real test is about to come

The dealmakers stitching together multi-billion-dollar bets on AI infrastructure

Blue Owl keeps chasing AI infrastructure deals and is writing the loans to back them

CoreWeave says Nvidia has its back on data center financing

Blue Owl shopped debt for a CoreWeave data center. Lenders weren't sold.

NYC's outgoing planner says Mamdani's proposed rent freeze must avoid 'pushing buildings into distress'

Eric Schmidt-backed data center venture is negotiating a major deal with Google

Floyd Mayweather accused in lawsuits of owing millions for luxury watches, gold, and rent on palatial apartment

Data centers are powering Blackstone's $1.3 trillion investment empire

Oracle and OpenAI's AI data centers buildout needs $500 billion, and Wall Street is starting to flinch

Trump calls to ban Wall Street from buying homes, but industry insiders say the business model has already moved on

The investor who blocked a $9 billion AI deal expects that bet to soon pay off

Inside Floyd Mayweather's lavish, debt-filled post-boxing life

Rising star catch-up: Chad Tredway is back at JPMorgan and at the helm of its $79 billion real estate portfolio

Lab spaces were the hottest commercial real estate bet. Now, landlords are facing headwinds from DC and Silicon Valley.

Wall Street's rising stars share how they set boundaries and avoid burnout — even in one of the toughest industries