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Financial Times : Sources: TPG is in talks to acquire UK-based Ark Data Centres, which operates 27 data centers in the UK and Belgium, from Elliott Management at a ~$5B valuation, US private capital group in talks with Elliott over what would be among the booming sector's biggest deals this year.
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Sources: Anthropic is offering Blackstone a 10%+ yield to help finance Anthropic's $60B debt package to buy Google TPUs; Blackstone would invest $9B in the debt (Financial Times)

UK AI Police Startup Hits $400M Valuation

RegLayer: 47+ large US data center projects were delayed, withdrawn, or blocked in 2026; Bernstein says ~35% of the planned US data center pipeline is credible (Financial Times)