卡塔尔主权财富基金和博枫正在支持一项拟建于英格兰北部的1吉瓦数据中心项目，该项目可能成为英国最大的数据中心。位于德拉克斯发电站的这一建设项目，是卡塔尔投资局旗下Qai与这家另类资产管理公司规模200亿美元的人工智能基础设施投资合资企业的首笔投资。合作方计划在未来五年投资34亿美元。
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund and Brookfield are backing a proposed 1-gigawatt data center in northern England in what could become the UK’s largest. The buildout at the Drax Power Station is the first investment from Qatar Investment Authority’s Qai and the alternative asset manager’s $20 billion AI infrastructure investment venture. The partners intend to invest $3.4 billion over the next five years.
咨询公司全球主权财富基金指出，该项目因已具备电力接入而拥有先行优势，但仍需获得开工建设许可、确定主力租户并取得政府批准。该咨询公司还表示，海湾地区的主权投资者正采取不同战略：阿布扎比的MGX正在配置外部机构资本，沙特阿拉伯的HUMAIN将人工智能运营与投资相结合，而Qai正与基础设施专业公司博枫合作开发计算资产。
The project has a head start for already having a power connection, but still requires a green light to begin construction, an anchor tenant, and government approvals, Global SWF noted. The consultancy added that Gulf sovereign investors are adopting distinct strategies: Abu Dhabi’s MGX is deploying external institutional capital, Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN is combining AI operations with investments, and Qai is partnering with infrastructure specialist Brookfield to develop computing assets.