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Ardian and Rockfield expand German footprint with prime Berlin asset and new partnership with The Social Hub

Ardian and Rockfield expand German footprint with prime Berlin asset and new partnership with The Social Hub

Terminal X AI Matches Senior Investors 88.6% Using GPT-6.1

Terminal X, an AI startup specializing in agentic operating systems for investment firms, reports that its Eval Agent, powered by OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol, matched senior human investors' judgments 88.6% of the time across 500 scored evaluations, a 220 basis point improvement over the next-best model. The Eval Agent, which grades outputs against a 54-criterion rubric, caught 25% more mandate deviations and ran workflows at 30% lower cost per query. Terminal X's Capital Memory system encodes each firm's investment reasoning into custom agents, with deployments on-premise or in customer clouds. The company has built 1,700 firm Memories and run over 1 million custom workflows. A private equity customer reported $2.4 million in annualized savings. The company is now extending firm memories to individual investors.

• Terminal X's Eval Agent on GPT-6.1 Sol matched senior human reviewers 88.6% of the time across 500 scored judgments.
• GPT-6.1 Sol caught 25% more mandate deviations and ran workflows at 30% lower cost per query than the next-best model.
• Terminal X has built 1,700 firm Memories and run over 1 million custom workflows.

Blackstone Announces $8.7 Billion Final Close for Blackstone Energy Transition Partners V

Blackstone announced the final close of its energy transition fund with $8.7 billion in commitments.

Wall Street Pitches Data Centers as Real Estate; Risks Grow

Wall Street is increasingly pitching data centers as a real estate investment, with alternative asset managers like Blackstone, Blue Owl, and Brookfield launching REITs and public vehicles to bring AI infrastructure to investors. Blackstone's Digital Infrastructure Trust (BXDC) debuted in May 2026, raising about $1.75 billion, but shares are down 16% amid political backlash, regulatory moratoriums in New York and Texas, and broader market volatility. Blue Owl is reportedly considering a public REIT roll-up valued up to $6.5 billion, while Brookfield listed its data center provider Csquare in July. Despite the enthusiasm, risks are mounting: 70% of Americans oppose local data center construction, Oracle's force majeure notice on a New Mexico project underscores regulatory and political delays, and an Nvidia-backed Australian IPO was pulled due to weak demand. Experts caution about liquidity, technological obsolescence, and overvaluation, but institutional investors dominate current ownership.

• Blackstone's Digital Infrastructure Trust (BXDC) launched on NYSE in May 2026, raising ~$1.75 billion, but shares are down 16%.
• Blue Owl is reportedly planning a public REIT with a value up to $6.5 billion, rolling up existing data center investments.
• New York and Texas passed moratoriums on new hyperscale data center approvals in July and August 2026.