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Billionaire Li Ka-Shing’s CK Group To Sell UK Power Networks To France’s Engie For $14 Billion

Li Ka-shing, senior advisor to CK Hutchison Group. Visual China Group (Getty Images) Companies controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing and his family have agreed to sell Britain’s largest electricity producer

February 26, 2026

Breaking News

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani Steps Up AI Push With $110 Billion Data Center Investment Plan

Mukesh Ambani and Indian billionaire Gautam Adani have been capitalizing on the artificial intelligence boom by ramping up investment in data centers in the world’s most populous country.

February 19, 2026

Breaking News

Billionaire Gautam Adani Earmarks $100 Billion To Develop AI Data Centers Across India

AdaniConnex, a joint venture between the Adani Group and US data center operator EdgeConneX, plans to develop 2 GW of data center capacity, which can be expanded to 5 GW.

February 17, 2026

Breaking News

Billionaire Enrique Razon Sells Stake In Hydropower Projects To First Gen For $1.3 Billion

The deal expands ties between billionaire Enrique Razon and the Lopez group. In May last year, Prime Infra agreed to acquire a 60% stake in the first-generation gas-fired power plant assets led

February 13, 2026

Breaking News

Australia’s 50 Richest 2026: Stronger Australian Dollar Powers Tycoons’ Wealth To $254 Billion Amid Global Headwinds

The data center gold rush has created two of the three new fortunes in this year’s rankings.

February 9, 2026

Breaking News

‘Software-mageddon’ Wipes $23 Billion off Indian IT Shares

Indian technology stocks lost $22.5 billion from their value this week as recent AI tools launched by Anthropic and Palantir impacted Indian software exporters. Sell-off in shares of Indian software exporters started

February 6, 2026

Finance

KKR, Singtel To Buy Stake In Data Center Operator STT GDC For $5.2 Billion Amid AI Boom

KKR and Singtel will acquire the remaining 82% stake held by ST Telemedia, a subsidiary of Singapore’s government-linked investment company Temasek, in a deal that values STT GDC at US$10.9 billion.

February 4, 2026

Breaking News

Thai Billionaire Dhanin’s Son Buys Telenor’s Stake In Mobile Carrier True For $3.9 Billion

True Corp has been deploying 5G networks across Thailand. Getty Arise Digital Technology Co., controlled by Supachai Chearavanont, the youngest son of Thai billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont, has agreed to acquire a 24.95%

January 22, 2026

Breaking News

Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Proceeding With $2.7 Billion IJM Takeover Despite Money-Laundering Probe

Jeffrey Cheah, founder and executive chairman of Sunway Group. Ian Teh, Forbes Asia Sunway – Holdings owned by Malaysian billionaires Jeffrey Xie— is acquiring Kuala Lumpur-listed construction company IJM for 11 billion

January 22, 2026

Breaking News

China to spend $574 billion on power grids amid renewables push

China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency said on Thursday that Beijing plans to spend 4 trillion yuan ($574 billion) by the end of the century to upgrade its power grid as it accelerates

January 15, 2026

Finance

Thai anti-corruption commission reveals ex-PM Paetongtarn and family’s assets at THB11.32 billion after PM exit

January 15, 2026 Bangkok – this National Anti-Corruption Commission (national aerospace committee) Publish a Statement of Assets and Liabilities Padontan Shinawatra After she was removed from office on Wednesday (January 14) Prime

January 15, 2026

Political

Philippine Tycoon Federico Lopez-Led First Gen’s Renewable Arm Plans $1.7 Billion Geothermal Expansion

Energy Development Corp., the renewable energy arm of tycoon Federico Lopez and his family First Gen Corp., plans to invest 100 billion pesos ($1.7 billion) to upgrade and expand its main geothermal

January 13, 2026

Breaking News

Malaysian Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Launches $2.7 Billion Takeover Bid For Builder IJM

Sunway Group, controlled by Malaysian billionaire Jeffrey Cheah, has launched an 11 billion ringgit ($2.7 billion) takeover bid for smaller rival IJM amid a boom in real estate and construction across Southeast

January 13, 2026

Breaking News

Barnes Foundation’s New COO, Heritage Reports $2.2 Billion, and More

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in equilibrium state, art news Newsletter about the art market and beyond. Register here Receive it every Wednesday. Happy Friday! Here’s a roundup of the moves

January 9, 2026

Art Markets

Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Doubling Down On AI Bets With $4 Billion DigitalBridge Deal

SoftBank has been increasing its bets on artificial intelligence, committing $30 billion to OpenAI, and the company is building the massive Stargate data center project in the United States

December 30, 2025

Breaking News

Philippine Tycoon Lucio Tan’s PNB Prepares To List $1.4 Billion Property Arm

The listing dates back to Philippine National Bank’s 2021 property-for-equity swap, after which the bank committed to distributing 59% of PNB Holdings’ shares to its shareholders as property dividends.

December 27, 2025

Breaking News

Thai cabinet approves over 5 billion baht to bolster armed forces

December 24, 2025 Bangkok – The Cabinet approved central budget funds for the Royal Thai Army to purchase additional equipment to enhance personnel capabilities in the amount of 206 million baht, Prime

December 24, 2025

Political

Blackstone-Backed AirTrunk Earmarks $3.4 Billion To Build New Data Center In Melbourne

AirTrunk has been expanding throughout the region. Following the Melbourne project, the company announced last week that it will invest up to $8 billion over the next few years to build a

December 24, 2025

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UOL, CapitaLand Deal Leading Proposal Of $1.2 Billion For Mixed-Use Singapore Website

Singapore horizon with Marina Bay Sands and main downtown high-rises. dpa/Photo Partnership using Getty Pictures A consortium of UOL Team, regulated by the household of late financial and building billionaire Ng Cho

December 17, 2025

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Blackstone-Backed AirTrunk Earmarks $8 Billion To Increase Information Facility Impact In Japan

Khuda claimed AirTrunk’s financial investment in Japan was among the biggest by an Australian firm. Considering that going into Japan in 2021, it has actually spent about US$ 1.6 billion.

December 17, 2025

Breaking News

Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong’s VinFast Investing $1 Billion To Increase EV Manufacturing Facility In Indonesia

VinFast has actually been increasing making centers throughout Asia as need for electrical cars booms. In very early December, VinFast revealed strategies to spend $500 million to triple its electrical car production

December 16, 2025

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Billionaire Cheng Household Marketing Alinta Power To Singapore’s Sembcorp For $4.3 Billion

Alinta Wind Ranch, south of Geraldton, Western Australia. AFR Image by ERIN JONASSON (Image credit history: Fairfax Media using Getty Images using Getty Images) Fairfax Media (Getty Photos) Chow Tai Fook Enterprises–

December 12, 2025

Breaking News

Riches Goes Across $300 Billion In The Middle Of Securities Market Craze; Information Facility Billionaires Climb Up Into The Leading 10

Otto Toto Sujiri. Ahmad Zamroni Forbes Asia This tale belongs to Forbes’ 2025 insurance coverage of Indonesia’s wealthiest individuals. See complete checklist right here In a troubled year, Indonesia’s benchmark supply index

December 11, 2025

Breaking News

Amazon, Microsoft Ready To Invest Over $50 Billion on AI in India

united state technology titans Amazon and Microsoft today introduced collective financial investments of greater than $50 billion in India, emphasizing the nation’s introduction as a tactical center for cloud, expert system and

December 10, 2025

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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani Steps Up AI Push With $110 Billion Data Center Investment Plan

Billionaire Gautam Adani Earmarks $100 Billion To Develop AI Data Centers Across India

Billionaire Enrique Razon Sells Stake In Hydropower Projects To First Gen For $1.3 Billion

Australia’s 50 Richest 2026: Stronger Australian Dollar Powers Tycoons’ Wealth To $254 Billion Amid Global Headwinds

‘Software-mageddon’ Wipes $23 Billion off Indian IT Shares

KKR, Singtel To Buy Stake In Data Center Operator STT GDC For $5.2 Billion Amid AI Boom

Thai Billionaire Dhanin’s Son Buys Telenor’s Stake In Mobile Carrier True For $3.9 Billion

Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Proceeding With $2.7 Billion IJM Takeover Despite Money-Laundering Probe

China to spend $574 billion on power grids amid renewables push

Thai anti-corruption commission reveals ex-PM Paetongtarn and family’s assets at THB11.32 billion after PM exit

Philippine Tycoon Federico Lopez-Led First Gen’s Renewable Arm Plans $1.7 Billion Geothermal Expansion

Malaysian Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah’s Sunway Launches $2.7 Billion Takeover Bid For Builder IJM

Barnes Foundation’s New COO, Heritage Reports $2.2 Billion, and More

Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Doubling Down On AI Bets With $4 Billion DigitalBridge Deal

Thai cabinet approves over 5 billion baht to bolster armed forces

Blackstone-Backed AirTrunk Earmarks $3.4 Billion To Build New Data Center In Melbourne

UOL, CapitaLand Deal Leading Proposal Of $1.2 Billion For Mixed-Use Singapore Website

Blackstone-Backed AirTrunk Earmarks $8 Billion To Increase Information Facility Impact In Japan

Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong’s VinFast Investing $1 Billion To Increase EV Manufacturing Facility In Indonesia

Billionaire Cheng Household Marketing Alinta Power To Singapore’s Sembcorp For $4.3 Billion

Riches Goes Across $300 Billion In The Middle Of Securities Market Craze; Information Facility Billionaires Climb Up Into The Leading 10

Amazon, Microsoft Ready To Invest Over $50 Billion on AI in India

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