The Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Revolution

The quality of infrastructure supporting the digital economy will help determine the winners and losers that emerge from the AI boom. Companies, countries and regions that embrace the hyperscale and AI revolution—particularly by developing the data centers and power supplies necessary to be competitive—will be in a stronger position for the future.

A Prescription for Growth

It’s a defining moment for healthcare. From drug discovery to digital delivery, a once-in-a-generation revolution is promising to introduce new cures for some of the most intractable illnesses, as well as personalized treatment at a lower cost. Innovation is flourishing. Total pharmaceutical, MedTech and biotech patent applications increased from more than 197,800 globally in 2011 to almost 357,640 in 2021. For every drug or new medical device that’s approved, many patents are filed to protect intellectual property. New drugs have the potential to transform treatment of serious diseases, including diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Yet not all healthcare companies will be winners. While the true innovators will prosper, others look likely to be left behind.

The rapid explosion of generative AI for general use has captured the global imagination with what the technology might enable. It’s expected to have a profound impact on economic growth by exponentially increasing productivity. That’s because everything today – from culture to consumer products – is a product of intelligence.

September 2023

Intense competition between great powers and mounting security issues are increasing risks to economic growth and investment returns.The world’s three big trading blocs are turning inwards, as they seek to promote strategic industries.

March 2023

With climate change set to make unbearable heatwaves more common, legislative climate action is gathering pace and there is a growing sense of urgency that “green investing” plays a vital role in the world’s vision to decarbonize. But is it able to live up to its hype? Or are we in danger of “fiddling” while the world burns?

October 2022

A confluence of technological discoveries is opening up great potential for innovation. Quantum computing, artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, robotics, genomics and space – all are transforming our world. Indeed, today the smartphone in your pocket has 100,000 times the processing power of the rocket that landed man on the Moon 52 years ago – and technological development is accelerating ever faster…

Explore the general-purpose technologies that will revolutionize industries and reshape the global economy. 

December 2021

Asset classes such as private credit, real estate debt, infrastructure, and clean energy increasingly offer new opportunities for higher yields, due to powerful forces such as regulations reducing banks’ appetite for lending, the drive for new infrastructure, and the fight against climate change.

September 2021